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Guitar Hero: Aerosmith will be focused on the career of Aerosmith, playing various songs from their discography in chronological order, spanning from Mendon Nipmuc Regional High School in 1970 to the 2001 Super Bowl halftime. It certainly won't include any of the problems that have plagued the band since its for... |
28 July 2008
08:18 GMT |
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Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass, the latest mobile iteration of the widely popular Guitar Hero game series, is now available across the US, for all the fans of "mobile rocking". Released by Hands-On Mobile in collaboration with Activision Publishing, Guitar Hero III: Backstage Pass can offer more than 25 hours of c... |
18 July 2008
10:44 GMT |
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One of the more unusual offerings at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco was from a company called Game Tank. Their take on the whole Guitar Hero craze pushes the idea of the rhythm game one step further. Yup, Game Tank lets you use a real guitar for a Guitar Hero-like game.Their design is called Guitar R... |
26 February 2008
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Musicians who use pedal boards just know how nasty it is to adjust your tone on dark stages, especially when you're in need for a minor change in your tone and can't reach instantaneously to the right knob... Myself, I play either a guitar combo and some pedals before it, or a powered rack and cabinet and t... |
3 January 2008
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Guitar Hero got itself quite hooked on the gaming industry. It started as a PlayStation 2 game and worked its way up to other consoles, such as Xbox, DS, PlayStation 3, PC and, now, the mobile phones will be rocked by this game as well.Verizon Wireless, together with Hands-On Mobile, one of the world's leading d... |
21 December 2007
04:46 GMT |
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In the guitar world, Gibson needs no introduction and no praises: this brand has such things of its own and we're actually talking about one of the guitar's history-makers here. For tens and tens of years, Gibson guitars have delighted both players and audiences with their awesome sound and indestructible m... |
17 December 2007
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It really does matter little whether you are a grown-up with a passion for guitars or you're that pimpled-face teenager looking for a way to become a rockstar...if you're a serious guitar player, there will come a day when you'll feel like doing some recording. Now, we could talk for weeks and even y... |
8 December 2007
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Sometimes, calling customer support to report a faulty machine, controller, game etc. will result in you, the gamer, getting treated like garbage, being promised a full refund, or a new item in the shortest time possible. That "shortest time possible" can either mean a week or three months, depending on the company w... |
3 December 2007
04:11 GMT |
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Care to win Joe Perry's Guitar Hero III Guitar? Sure you do and VH1 Game Break says that all you have to do is write down a few words and say which Legend of Rock you'd like to play Guitar Hero III with, and of course give some arguments.Originally posted by VH1 Game Break: If you're someone who peruse... |
1 November 2007
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Today is "good news" day, and I'm officially happy to report that it's safe to put "Amy Winehouse" and "Pete Doherty" in the same sentence without following them up with such words as "crack", "crack-head" or "overdose". No, this time it's no saucy scandal or raunchy rumor. The troubled but extremely t... |
18 October 2007
05:17 GMT |
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Up until this point, everyone knew that Rock Band was set to ship for the PS3 and Xbox 360 featuring wireless guitar controllers, which is "almost" accurate. You see, due to licensing issues, Harmonix is forced to deliver Xbox 360 gamers a wired guitar controller, while future owners of Rock Band for the PS3 are the ... |
11 September 2007
03:36 GMT |
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Another piece of happy news for the guitarists out there, especially for those who are never satisfied with the sound they manage to get from their gear, no matter how advanced and complex this gear could be: the Roland VG-99 is now available. For those who haven't yet been "infected" with the Virtual Guitar vir... |
7 August 2007
10:26 GMT |
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AdME, sub-division of SONiVOX, a leading supplier of sound products and technology, recently released a new music-driven mobile game on US' largest network, AT&T. The game is called GuitarStar, uses an innovative beat-matching technology and enhances the player's level of engagement by being the first game ... |
5 August 2007
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Yesterday's news said that major retailers started showing off the Rock Band bundle, priced at $200 and ready for pre-order. Of course, fans of the Guitar Hero series and future fans of Rock Band, knew that the game with a peripherals and all would set them back the above mentioned sum of cash. But what if I tol... |
25 July 2007
05:22 GMT |
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I'm sure that ever since Harmonix rolled out the first Rock Band gameplay footage, music games fans all across the world have been dying to know when they'll be able to get it themselves and for how much. As it turns out, my prognosis was accurate. The game is going to set you back $200. You may pre-order i... |
24 July 2007
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YouTube is a huge website that hosts all kinds of clips starting with cat videos and ending with guitar lessons. Speaking of this type of tutorials, YouTube just lost a valuable resource of videos for numerous guitar students after the online video sharing service was forced to remove approximately 100 clips from the... |
9 July 2007
15:36 GMT |
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The POD guitar processor from Line6 has almost become a standard when it comes to professional-sounding guitar tone, guitar recording and generally speaking, guitars sounding good. The Line6 POD has been a most coveted guitar effects processor, sporting not good-sounding tones but a greater editing capability and a g... |
19 June 2007
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Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were some hell of a storm which produced one of the most consistent set of damages in US history, both financial and in human lives count. The echoes of their destructive force are still present and it's most likely that a big part of what was lost then will never be able to be replac... |
23 April 2007
10:38 GMT |
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The LP-type guitars are one of the most recognized shapes in the world of sounds. Together with the Fender Stratocaster, the Gibson Les Paul is one of the most common images associated with music generally, not jazz or rock. Wherever there is a guitar design needed, the chances of it being a Les Paul are simply huge.... |
23 April 2007
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Yesterday I was telling you about the mind-blowing snakeskin-covered Parker guitar and it's only a 50-piece edition. Well, today another limited-edition guitar model announcement came on my desk and it was related to the all-time favorites, Fender.I don't care if you're a player or not, having at least... |
20 April 2007
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Guitarists and Ibanez fans rejoice: the JEM series is celebrating its 20th anniversary. And to do this the Ibanez way, another special, limited-series guitar has been prepared: the Steve Vai signature JEM 20TH.The reason why I am telling you about yet another guitar from Ibanez (by the way, who on Earth knows the exa... |
19 April 2007
09:42 GMT |
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Now, that's a really cool one for the guitar players (I really can't tell why are they so lucky and so much gear is made especially for them -anyway I like that!). Tascam were never a bunch of people too well-known for what they've done for the guitar world but rather for their excellent other electron... |
18 April 2007
06:53 GMT |
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I must be true to you and say that I was quite amazed when I first saw the new pickguard concept released by AxeGuardz. What struck me most was the simple fact that even in this very narrow field (pickguards have never meant too much of an innovation-friendly area) revolutionary things and ideas found place, especial... |
12 April 2007
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People have "traveled" everything and still they would not stop at anything: you have the travel TV, the travel blacksmith workshop, the travel steam iron and so may other things, some of them great, some of the monuments of ridicule.It's time to introduce you the travel... guitar, from Miranda (Guitars, obvious... |
12 April 2007
03:44 GMT |
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Have you ever played your acoustic guitar on a PA and gotten the exact sound you were expecting or looking for? If the answer is "yes", then you're one lucky person. If the answer is "no" (and most likely this is the most common answer to the question) maybe it's time you change some gear. Not necessarily y... |
11 April 2007
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We've written about Purdue University here on some other occasions. They were second on the "sinister minister" list issued by RIAA in one of their past attempts to bully the universities to handle in the students RIAA wanted to bash a bit for some file-sharing. Well, nice thing that the subject for this piece o... |
10 April 2007
09:46 GMT |
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So far, the only guitars to benefit from the whole new horizon MIDI processing offered were the electric ones, either bass or common guitars. All you had to do was properly mount the so common Roland GK2 MIDI pickup on your guitar, stick the output connector on your axe, plug in and rock the house through a MIDI synt... |
6 April 2007
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It looks like this is the day of the vintage as the next piece of news is about a tribute guitar. And if you happen to know one thing or two about guitars, the tribute guitars are replicas of the actual instrument of a great player and are to be built to look like the original: this includes dents, chips, scratched... |
6 April 2007
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You don't have to be English to desire a Vox guitar amp: you just need to love your guitar and know what fine sound means. In the instant you comply with such conditions, you're most likely to want a Vox amp. Don't ask why because I can fill in 10 pages with reasons for which I could buy a Vox amplifie... |
6 April 2007
05:22 GMT |
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There are many classes when word comes to instruments: low-priced entry-level, beginner-class, advanced, pro and the custom-shop, usually hand-made, user-specced "royal-class" gear. Now, you see, I haven't met any of the latter that I didn't like, whether it was a bass or an amp or extreme-custom drums or w... |
5 April 2007
10:17 GMT |
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Guitar Hero II is a music video game and a sequel of Guitar Hero. Guitar Hero II was released for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console and was released for the Xbox 360 console on April 3. There are also versions planned for the Nintendo Wii and possibly Nintendo DS. Gameplay is based on the successful formula c... |
5 April 2007
03:14 GMT |
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It's time to salute the anniversary of a fairly new yet already well-known guitar manufacturer: Reverend. This is their 10th year in the business and it looks like their road is going pretty smooth. Reverend has pulled off some acclaimed models and has slowly grown to occupy its niche and it seems like people re... |
4 April 2007
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Yo, bass playaz! This one goes for you as I am rather proud to present you the new contraption from Human Base, the American version: BaseX.oc5. Yep, the name is somehow strange yet what it represents is a great and fine piece of music instrument-building.Siggy Jaeger is one well-known name in the bass industry: he i... |
4 April 2007
05:54 GMT |
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A brief one, now at the closing of the edition, from Musikmesse as well (I warned you that these weeks, the German music trade show will take over everything, haven't I?). Again Orange, the British amplifier/cabinets manufacturer. The new thing the English pulled out of their bags was the Thunderverb 50, a guita... |
3 April 2007
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Orange is a rather nice color or at least I think it is. When this orange color is all over on your guitar amplifier and/or cabinet it may be not that pretty unless they actually ARE Orange. And believe me, if they are orange then things are completely different.This short piece of news just wants to let you know tha... |
3 April 2007
10:37 GMT |
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Some 10 years ago I thought that the life of those nice stompbox pedals was drawing to its end; now I rejoice that not only it is not, but the industry is becoming more and more interested in them once more are people have also begun to love (and of course - buy and use) them again. Not that I have sold my former nic... |
3 April 2007
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It's quite possible that the European Musikmesse in Frankfurt beats the American NAMM in many aspects; if the NAMM hasn't brought us as many things as expected and not even as many new stuff as the previous edition, it's not the case with the European music tech meeting. From the most exquisite pieces... |
2 April 2007
12:35 GMT |
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When thinking of traditional musical instruments I guess that "wood" is one of the first things we relate and associate in our minds. Now, you don't need me to tell you that wood is slowly (and unfortunately - fastly in some places) growing scarce because of irrational exploitation. Several musical instruments m... |
2 April 2007
08:45 GMT |
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If you are a guitar player, no matter whether you are a (semi)pro or simply a guitar enthusiast and if you like music (of any kind) then I should say you have at least heard about Dream Theater, the progressive rock legends. What has King Crimson meant some 30 years ago, Dream Theater mean today: excellence in what e... |
26 March 2007
09:39 GMT |
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There are so many good-sounding, smooth-playing stock guitars in this big world, fit for anyone, from the complete newbies laying their fingers on a guitar for the very first time and up to the old-beards who grew up with BB King. From the cheapest to the most expensive, all these guitars will usually deliver you sou... |
23 March 2007
10:23 GMT |
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Following the tremendous success of Guitar Hero II, Activision announced a sequel for the most rockin' game in the world. Guitar Hero 80s Edition will once again be played on the PS2 if you'll ever be able to quit playing the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II. The sequel features tons of rock tunes from th... |
21 March 2007
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Those who have been reading my articles have already figured not only that I am a metalhead but a guitar-metalhead and most important - a "play-guitar-in-some-bands" metalhead. Meaning I know my way in the guitar world after spending some 14 years playing from the lousiest axes up to big-buck ones.Just minutes ago, a... |
17 March 2007
08:38 GMT |
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Zounds of people in the world play bass and guitar and one thing reunites them all despite the fact that one might play Segovia and a different one plays grindcore: they all have to be in tune! No matter what they play, their instruments must be perfectly tuned unless they all want to play noise.Tuning forks are real... |
17 March 2007
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I guess that even your nephews know the correct answer to the "What's Led Zeppelin?" question. And if they don't, well, you should definitely be ashamed because they SHOULD! No matter what kind of music you may love most, a large part of the proper history of contemporary music has been written on Zep pages... |
16 March 2007
07:51 GMT |
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Another piece of news goes to the guitar players across the world. Since you are involved in the guitar world somehow (it really makes no difference in what way are you connected with guitars) you all should nod your heads in respect as you hear the name Ibanez. "The Hoshino Lounge" is one of the world's greates... |
15 March 2007
10:43 GMT |
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This one goes to all guitar-lovers around the world: Shark Inlays are launching new custom shop-type truss rod covers and man, do they look awesome! For good years now, Shark have been providing to-shelf guitars with the most beautiful tune-ups for the most coveted guitars from PRS (Paul Reed Smith), Taylor or Ovatio... |
14 March 2007
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They say practice makes perfect and I agree; as a matter of fact, I hope you all agree. And even if you don't, this principle is so old and has been proven right for so many times that it transcends our capability to doubt it.So did Nicolas Gonzalez Garrido when he thought of the ultimate practice device, music-... |
13 March 2007
08:01 GMT |
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More and more big universities become interested in online training and issue numerous instruction programs for people around the globe. Imagine how cool this could be; learning from the best, but sparing all expenses related to moving around the world: no more of all these as you can now study in the full comfort of... |
12 March 2007
07:17 GMT |
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Sting needs no presentation from me, nor does he need any introduction from others. Sting IS. And he is not alone as on the face of the Earth there are some more guys and girls who simply ARE and need no one introducing them. People like Steve Vai or Joe Satriani (in guitar), Mike Portnoy or Phil Collins (in drumming... |
9 March 2007
10:50 GMT |
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It's been more than 30 years since Shadow have engineered and constructed the world's first dual-pickup system for acoustic and classic guitars. Now Shadow steps in the spotlight with a re-make of their famous system; only this time, it is far better and the tech progress is making its presence felt better ... |
9 March 2007
05:09 GMT |
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