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Tone Vs Sound: The eternal guitar-nerd question
If you’ve ever posted about guitar anywhere online you’ve probably found yourself in the middle of a bloody free-for-all about the nature and origin of tone. Is it all in the fingers? Is it all about...
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Eddie Van Halen
I haven’t tackled the massive, sad news of the passing of Eddie Van Halen here yet because it just felt too immense. This guy changed everything for everyone. Do you play a Strat-style guitar with a...
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Peavey Resumes HP 2 Production
The story is pretty well known by now: Eddie Van Halen designs the Wolfgang with Peavey, Eddie eventually sets up his own brand in partnership with Fender, and many years later Peavey announces that it...
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Great Rock Bloopers And Spontaneous Moments
Mistakes. We’ve all made ’em. Some of us more than others. Rock stars are not immune to the embarrassment of a glorious clanger, and sometimes these little whoopsies, wonky notes and unwanted warbles...
View ArticlePlaying In A Duo
The idea of a guitar-plus-drums duo isn’t a new one. A lot of us even started out this way by pure necessity. I know I did: I’d been playing electric guitar for about two years before I met a bass...
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Wait… wait… EVH Bumblebee Tribute guitar?
Check this out!!! SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (July 18, 2019) – In celebration of the 40th anniversary of five-time platinum-selling 1979 album Van Halen II, EVH® is privileged to unveil the ’79 Bumblebee...
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Cool Gear Alert: MXR EVH5150 Chorus
Some of my favourite recorded chorus sounds are courtesy of one Mr. Eddie Van Halen. Whether using an actual chorus pedal or setting his Eventide harmonizers to a slight pitch-shift, Eddie’s given us a...
View ArticleVan Halen Hit The Road
Van Halen fans (in the USA), rejoice! The band is hitting the road for a greatest hits tour this year, and they’ll kick off preparations with a performance for Jimmy Kimmel Live on March 30. They’ll...
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New Van Halen Live Album Details
Okay, so you’ve surely heard by now that Van Halen will release their first ever live album to feature David Lee Roth. There was, of course, Live: Right Here, Right Now back in the 90s, and I wore that...
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EVH 5150III 1×12 50-watt combo amp
Gooood… goooooooood. Eddie Van Halen’s EVH has announced the release of the long-awaited 5150III 50-watt combo amp with a single 12″ speaker and power scaling. Note that it’s a pretty damn big amp –...
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Introducing Black Lightning Gallery
Are you a fan of great guitar music? Of course you are. Do you need some inspiration for the wall of your music space? Maybe a shrine to your favourite artists? Or just something cool to hang above...
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Incoming New Guitar Day: Squier Bass VI
Sometimes it’s nice to treat yerself (even if it means living on ramen noodles for a few weeks), so to celebrate two years of my super-awesome job I’m treating myself to a Squier Vintage Modified Bass...
View ArticleTeaser: Van Halen ‘I’m The One” Live, 1978
The really very excellent Van Halen News Desk has just posted links to a bunch of videos of Van Halen performing in Fresno in 1978 and 1979. You should head over there to see all of ‘em, but here’s an...
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INTERVIEW: Dave Leslie of The Baby Animals
Hot off the success of their first studio album release in 20 years, This Is Not The End (and its Top 20 ARIA Album Chart debut), iconic Aussie rockers The Baby Animals are hitting the road for the...
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My Favourite Guitar And Bass Intros
Is there anything better than a good song intro? Well, yeah. I can think of a few things, and some of them even have something to do with music. But still, there’s just something magical about a great...
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BVB Hits Back At ‘Fake Cab’ Haters
The other day a photo surfaced on the internets of Black Veil Brides performing with some dummy speaker cabs – empty cabinets placed on stage for visual effect. And I guess BVB are a band who attract a...
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NAMM: Peavey Michael Anthony VB-MA Amp
Would Van Halen I be as iconic if it didn’t kick off with Michael Anthony’s couldn’t-be-more-simple-or-more-cool intro to ‘Runnin’ With The Devil’? …Look, I’m gonna say no. Mike was a huge part of Van...
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NEWS: Guitar Hero: Van Halen song list
Now, I’ve never played Guitar Hero. While I’m glad it exists and I’ve seen the benefits first hand in terms of getting kids interested in playing real guitar, well, I have real guitars. But the kids of...
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INTERVIEW: Joe Satriani
You have to have been living in some kind of coop to not have heard about Chickenfoot, the new supergroup featuring Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Mike Anthony and Chad Smith. Far from just being a mixture...
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