Joe Satriani: A Train of Angels – Video recording
I recorded this piece over the weekend to test some tones out of my new guitar, an Ibanez JEM 70V. “A Train of Angels” is one of my favorite songs
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Guitar-related posts: lessons, theory, recordings.
Joe Satriani — Tears in the Rain: Video recording
I recorded this today, while testing some acoustic guitar simulators in Line 6 POD Farm. The song is Joe Satriani’s “Tears in the Rain”, from the 1992 album “The Extremist”.
Megadeth – Tornado Of Souls: video recording
Last night, I recorded Megadeth’s “Tornado of Souls”, from the album “Rust in Peace”. This is not a note-by-note cover, but my own version. This is my favorite Megadeth song
The Major Scale – Part 3: The CAGED System
In the first part of this lesson, we studied the definition of a Major Scale and the 7 most common patterns for playing it on the guitar. Next, in part
The Major Scale – Part 2: William Leavitt’s positions
This is the second part of my Major Scale guitar lesson. In part 1, you learned about the Major Scale, how to construct it and how to play it using
The Major Scale – Part 1: Basic theory and patterns
I am remaking a series of guitar lessons I wrote to Wholenote.com about 8 years ago. Hopefully, this will be useful to some people out there who are learning on
How to assemble a guitar pedalboard
Last month I nearly finished assembling my guitar pedalboard after nearly 15 years of planning. True, the plan changed a bit throughout the years, but the core of it was
Guitar pedalboard project: Fuzz pedals
August was the guitar fuzz pedal test month. I tried many, many fuzz pedals, and the winner is Robert Keeley’s Fuzz Head. It’s a great, very high quality handmade fuzz
Guitar Pedalboard Project: Chorus pedal
While looking for an Ibanez CS9 Chorus pedal for my Guitar Pedalboard Project, I came across this little gem from tc electronic: the Corona Chorus. I couldn’t find the Ibanez
GarageBand Test – “Fade To Black”
I decided to test GarageBand ‘11 capabilities as as mobile demo recorder, using an 11” MacBook Air and a Line 6 Pod GX USB guitar recording interface. And it’s quite
Jimi Hendrix’s Playing Style
Continuing the mini-lesson series, now it’s time to cover Jimi Hendrix’s playing style. Had he lived, today Hendrix would be completing 69 years old. Hendrix is probably the most influential
Fender American Vintage ’57 Stratocaster
Fender American Vintage ‘57 Stratocaster Experimenting a bit with the Nikon SB-400 flash set up as a spotlight. I used ISO 400 to get enough exposure in the center of