Guitar has star spot at HardRock Cafe: Rock trio Feeder give bass guitar to HardRock Cafe in Cardiff.
Monday, 22 December 2003
Copy of star's guitar strikes right chord: yes, it's that old chestnut again, a replica of Brian May's Red Special.
Friday, 19 December 2003
Thursday, 18 December 2003
Tuesday, 16 December 2003
Monday, 15 December 2003
Friday, 12 December 2003
Girls with guitars (and drums): More women learn, teach male-dominated instruments such as guitars and drums. And companies are changing ads to target this new market.
Guitarist Icons: Marshall: The third issue of Guitarist Icons concentrates on 40 Years of Marshall Amplification.
Guitarist brands Pop Idol judge Cowell "a joke": Guitarist Andy Taylor of legendary pop band Duran Duran has branded Simon Cowell a “joke” and accused him of helping to ruin the British music industry.
Thursday, 11 December 2003
Get Well Soon, Scotty!
Presley's guitarist Scotty Moore in serious condition following brain surgery
Wednesday, 10 December 2003
Guitarist set to riff for Zep legend: A Suffolk guitarist is to perform for Led Zeppelin rock legend Jimmy Page at a competition designed to find the country's best riffer.
Chameleon guitar apes classic sounds. Yes, you've guessed it, this is an article about the Line 6 Variax. I've been meaning to discuss this guitar on this website for a long time, having first seen this at The London Guitar Show in May, but I still haven't decided whether I think it's a good thing or not. The whole idea seems rather soul-less to me. For more info, see www.line6.com/variax.
Guitar Shed 1.6 - MacUpdate: Guitar Shed is a set of tools for guitarists, bassists, and many other musicians. Includes an extensive tuner, with customizable alternative tunings, a chord library, tablature organizer, jam machine, song jammer - which lets you slow your songs down for practice, as well as loop sections continuously for simple learning.
Tuesday, 9 December 2003
Fire burns house of guitarist John Abercombie: Renowned guitarist John Abercombie was injured in a fire that heavily damaged his home in Putnam Valley - and destroyed many of his guitars.
Guitar Tuner 0.1: Guitar Tuner is a small Java application, which allows the user to tune their guitar with the aid of their computer.
Monday, 8 December 2003
The retuning of Gibson guitars: Once nearly bankrupt, company now has $250 million in sales and a new market of baby boomers.
Thursday, 4 December 2003
Stones row over Jagger knighthood: Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has hit out at bandmate Mick Jagger's "ludicrous" decision to accept a knighthood. Richards said he did not want to go on stage with someone wearing a "coronet and sporting the old ermine" and told the singer it was a "paltry honour".
"It sent out the wrong message. It's not what the Stones is about, is it?" Richards told Uncut magazine.
"It sent out the wrong message. It's not what the Stones is about, is it?" Richards told Uncut magazine.
Wednesday, 3 December 2003
Tuesday, 2 December 2003
Sharon admits cheating on Ozzy with guitarist Randy Rhoads - sorry, just a tenuous guitar link here, folks!
Monday, 1 December 2003
Today is the anniversary of the birthday of Jaco Pastorius who was born on 1 December 1951.
Jaco, who single-handedly popularised the fretless bass guitar, has often been referred to as "The World's Greatest Bass Player"... and with good reason. Unfortunately Jaco's all too brief time on this planet came to an end on 19 September 1987.