Archive for September, 2008



Cort: MR710F QB [Reviews]

Tuesday 30 September 2008 @ 11:09 pm

Acoustic Guitars: It’s a dreadnought shape with a Venetian cutaway (another reason I wanted it). Body is made from solid spruce (top) and Quilted Bubinga (back/sides). The neck is mahogany with a rosewood fretboard.

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MXR: Phase 90 1978 [Reviews]

Tuesday 30 September 2008 @ 11:09 pm

Guitar Effects: 1978 transitional period, block logo/script back, non-led MXR Phase 90. This is the easiest pedal you could ever use. One knob, set it to your desired speed and forget about it.

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Punchline: Just Say Yes [Reviews]

Tuesday 30 September 2008 @ 12:09 am

Compact Discs: Released: Sep 16, 2008
Genre: Pop Punk
Label: Modern Short Stories
Number Of Tracks: 12
Punchline veers off the pop punk path slightly, adding in a touch of Ben Folds and The Beatles along the way.

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Alice Cooper: Along Came A Spider [Reviews]

Monday 29 September 2008 @ 1:09 am

Compact Discs: Released: Jul 29, 2008
Genre: Hard rock, heavy metal, Shock rock
Label: Steamhammer/SPV
Number Of Tracks: 11
Cooper first revealed the album’s storyline on his radio show Nights with Alice Cooper and that the theme revolved around a “cool, calm and collected” serial killer named Spider.

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Schecter: Demon [Reviews]

Monday 29 September 2008 @ 1:09 am

Electric Guitars: This guitar has a great flat black finish on a contoured mahogany body. Comes with 2 “Duncan Designed” HB-105 active pickups. Tone and volume knob. Through body string setup. 24 Jumbo fretts, Gothic Cross inlays. Maple neck, rodewood fingerboard. Tune-O-Matic bridge.

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Rasmus: Black roses [Reviews]

Monday 29 September 2008 @ 1:09 am

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Black Roses is the seventh studio album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, was released on 29 September 2008 in the UK.

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The Roots: Phrenology [Reviews]

Monday 29 September 2008 @ 1:09 am

Compact Discs: Released: November 26, 2002
Genre: Hip Hop, Experimental Music, Alternative Hip Hop, Rapcore, Neo Soul
Label: Geffen
Number Of Tracks: 18
The album includes guest appearances from artists including Nelly Furtado, Cody ChesnuTT, Musiq, Talib Kweli, and Jill Scott.

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Boss: PH-1 R [Reviews]

Sunday 28 September 2008 @ 11:09 pm

Guitar Effects: It has controls for speed (how fast it phases), resonance (for added depth of phase) and depth (adjusts the phasing intensity).

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Parker: PB61 [Reviews]

Friday 26 September 2008 @ 1:09 am

Bass Guitars: The Parker PB61, is the beautifully crafted culmination of classic woods, and out of this world modern design.

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The Hendrix sound

Thursday 25 September 2008 @ 11:09 pm

Mr Hendrix a small guide to the theory and the practice of the Hendrix “Sound”.

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Improvisation And Phrasing Techniques: Make The Fretboard Smaller To Improve Your Phrasing

Thursday 25 September 2008 @ 2:09 am

While it is important to know scales in multiple keys and on multiple parts of the fretboard, it can sometimes create too many options for note selection for someone who has been working with the patterns for only a short while.

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Developing Accuracy Through Double Picking Exercises

Wednesday 24 September 2008 @ 11:09 pm

Lesson designed to develop accuracy and synchronization between left and right hands.

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Jay Turser: Warlord [Reviews]

Wednesday 24 September 2008 @ 2:09 am

Electric Guitars: This guitar screams with attitude in black but the white one reminds me of a virgin in a prom dress. The black guitar comes with chrome hardware! 22 frets ith a large headstock kind large like a Dean guitar but a different styling but it kinda balances the guitar nicely.

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Motorhead: USA (Kansas), September 07, 2008 [Reviews]

Wednesday 24 September 2008 @ 1:09 am

Live Concerts: Lemmy might be in his 60s, but the Motorhead frontman still had even the youngest fans wrapped around his finger at a recent show in Kansas City.

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Gibson: Spotlight Special [Reviews]

Wednesday 24 September 2008 @ 1:09 am

Electric Guitars: Bridge is Tunomatic etc with passive a-la Les Paul. No Volute on the Neck and neck is described as chunky. The tuners feature pearl turning knobs on regular les paul tuners. Pickups and metal are all gold plated. Comes with scratch plate not fitted.

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