Jason Becker Carvin Guitars Kiesel Guitars Namm 2015
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Ken Susi ESP Guitars: (Unearth) Signature LTD KS-7
ESP Guitars has a Ken Susi Signature model and it looks bad ass if for no other reason it comes loaded with an EverTune bridge. I actually got to meet Ken at Namm last year (2014) and he's a super cool dude to. Congrats to him getting his own signature ESP. Certainly deserves it just out of chops alone. The guitar looks super cool it's a Neck-thru 25.5" scale seven string with a Mahogany body, quilted maple top, maple neck and ebony fingerboard. For pickups it's loaded with EMG 85-7H Chrome in the neck and the EMG 91-7h Chrome in [...]
Ibanez Announces Guitar Lineup Namm 2015
For Gearzombiee Namm is the event. Like the superbowl of gear. As a guitar player and an Ibanez fanboy it's the first booth I want to hit when I get there, and then I hit it again like 30 times more over the next couple days. The second booth?? Well since i'm a drummer also it's the Tama booth, normally located right next to Ibanez. So Hoshino is my day 1 Namm warm up. So the musicradar.com post announcing the lineup for this years Namm show tickled me more than normal for one reason. The Ibanez Jem 77P. I have [...]
iZotope Iris 2 Release
If you've ever used any iZotope stuff you know it's incredible. Here is a release from them for their new sample based synth called Iris 2. Surely to be killer!! iZotope Releases Iris 2 New sample-based synthesizer includes 11 GB of versatile patches and samples Cambridge, MA (November 20, 2014) - iZotope, Inc., a leading audio technology company, has just released the newest version of their sample-based synthesizer, Iris. Iris 2 is a visual instrument that combines the power of a sampler with the flexibility of a modular synth. New features include a robust modulation system, sample pools that can [...]
R.I.P Robert Zildjian Sabian Cymbal Founder
Robert Zildjian, founder of Sabian cymbals passed away today. If you don't know the back story here is the write up on the wiki page. Robert Zildjian (14 July 1923 - 28 March 2013) was the founder of Sabian Cymbals, the 2nd largest manufacturer of cymbals in the world. Robert Zildjian belongs to the Zildjian family, which brought the technology of cymbal making from their ancestral homeland in capital city of modern Turkey to the United States by Avedis Zildjian and then was passed on to future generations of the family members.The company was founded in 1981 in Meductic, New [...]
Bernie Rico Jr Guitars Update
So if you're a guitar enthusiast you've probably heard of Bernie Rico Jr. Guitars. He is the son of Bernardo Chavez Rico or the founder of BC Rich. I have had the pleasure of playing a few of these instruments and I must they they are every bit what the hype says they are. I was just recently in need of a new 7 string. And I have been desperately looking for a builder that I can bond with to make the type of guitars I love to play. My first thought was BRJ. I knew the build times were [...]
Peavey AT-200 Auto Tune Electric Guitar!! Pretty Snazzy!
So most people when they think AutoTune get this terrible look on their face and think of everything from Cher to almost all of the current pop music of today. Autotune has become a 4 letter word if you will to musicians. And rightly so, today a 18-year-old girl with so so vocal ability can sound killer with just a little auto tune. Now I have always been from the camp that auto tune and pitch correct are different things. Granted it's the same technology but if I have a singer in here and he has a killer take but [...]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominations Include Rush, Public Enemy and Deep Purple
If you're a musician and shit, maybe if you're not, the R&R HOF can be very confusing. I actually wish they just wouldn't call it the "Rock and Roll" HOF. I don't know who is in it half the time and a lot of the time they're not even Rock anyway. Some people are very passionate about it. Like Eddie Trunk if you ever listen to his stuff or watch That Metal Show. That dude about spits nails when the hall gets mentioned. I think maybe it should just be the Music HOF. Like important acts are snubbed like, Journey, [...]
**New** Jackson DK2M Pro Series Dinky
It's a Dinky!!! A DK2M Pro Series Dinky to be exact!! And this looks to be a sexy one!! I like Jackson, they make great stuff, take for example this guitar. It's listed on Jackson's website at $1133.32 MSRP so we know its going to street under that. But let's just say it's $1K. You're still getting actual Seymour Duncan's and a Floyd, maple fret board if you want it. Really you wouldn't have to do much to it if you didn't want to. But go check it out yourself at Jackson's website HERE
Peavey 6534+ Orange 4×12 Demo
Here is a quick demo of the Peavey 6534+ played through an Orange 4x12. Good morning world of music type people. As I state in the video the 6534 is basically the 6505 but it uses El34's instead of 6L6's in the power section. Does it make a difference? I think so!! In many cases I think the difference between EL34's and 6L6's is very slight sonically. And more importantly I think that unless you're cranking your amp to the sun you're even farther away from telling a difference. But really in my opinion it’s the pre stage that [...]
