Guitar

Some great tips here from Rich Tozzoli.

Sonoma Wire Works is holding its annual RiffRumble competition and are giving away thousands of dollars in prizes. This time the RiffRumble theme is Metal and I will be judging the top five songs, after public voting has been completed.

I really like the Line 6 gear.

For the last week or so I’ve been testing out IK Multimedia’s new iRig Pro, the company’s audio interface that connects to iPhone, iPad and your Mac. That means that one interface can serve multiple purposes for you.[…]

More iOS music goodness from IK Multimedia.

I bet these sound incredible.

Some nice looking guitars and basses here including a Rosewood Telecaster, a Geddy Lee 1972 Jazz Bass and a Gold Top Dusty Hill Precision Bass.

Looking at the pictures of the guitar and bass brings a tear to your eye.

He plays The Police, Slayer, Pantera and a little bit of everything else. Very impressive acoustic playing.

For all of you guitar fans who love history, here’s a look at Jimmy Page’s rhythm guitar parts from Led Zeppelin’s classic hit “Whole Lotta Love.” The song might’ve ripped off Willie Dixon, but it exposed millions of kids to maybe the world’s most basic blues riff.

Jimmy Page is one of my favorite guitar players.

They did such a great job resurrecting this guitar. I love that they left a lot of the fire damage there and gave the guitar its own serial number and name.

Great to see Leslie getting ready for a new release.

As a guitar player of 25 years, I have quite a bit of analog gear in my studio. Currently I have 23 guitars, eight amps and all kinds of pedals. As a computer nerd, I’ve watched the guitar amp emulation grow to impressive levels over the last decade, but never have I been more impressed with a amp plug-in than I was with the new ENGL amp bundle from Brainworx and Universal Audio.

I love the fact that you can tune all of your strings simultaneously.

Much respect.

An illustration project by David Navarro

Great illustrations of some of the most famous guitars of all time.

An amazing story.

I love the Custom Shop gear that IK Multimedia put together for AmpliTube. New models come from Dr. Z Amplification, Fulltone and Z.Vex Effects.

This is a great one.

You may remember this 14-year-old playing Eddie Van Halen’s Eruption earlier this year.

This is one of my favorite guitar apps for the iPhone and iPad, especially for high gain tones.

Some new guitars from Fender. I’ve had a Squier since 1986 and it’s a wonderful guitar.

I usually go for the lighter woods, but these look nice.

Kevin has done some great guitar recordings in the past including some Ozzy records. He also talks about using the Sonnox plug-ins, which I’m a big fan of too.

I’m going to try this one.

These are some great guitars played by some of the world’s best.

You have to love these instruments. Take a look at the strat for $560—incredible.

Someday, I hope this happens to me.

I’ll be honest with you, as the owner of several Les Paul guitars, I’m not quite sure what to think about this guitar.