Weird Houses

Go the the link and there is a link to go to for each one of the Houses. LINK: Youtube

Rodrigo y Gabriela- "Hanuman"

New video for Rodrigo y Gabriela's single "Hanuman" from their new record 11:11 out on Rubyworks Records. Directed by Olallo Rubio.
LINK: Youtube

LED Guitar Helps Beginners Learn To Play Like A Pro

Learning to play guitar usually means watching someone else place their fingers in the right spots and attempting to copy, then trying to remember where the heck you’re supposed to put them all when it comes time to play that chord again. That’s why this Fretlight LED guitar from Optek Music Systems seems like a fun and easy way to learn how to play. LED lights show you the proper finger placement for whichever song you’re playing, so you just have to follow the little red lights and you’ll be playing in no time. It’s like your own private tutor and light show all rolled into one!
Link –Via: DesignTAXI, Via: Neatorama

100 Historical Guitar Riffs

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If the history of rock ‘n’ roll had to be explained without words in a limited time, it would sound like this. Alex Chadwick plays all 100 guitar riffs in one take! They’re labeled, but they’ll be so familiar to you that you could probably name most without seeing the titles. This is thoroughly pleasant to listen to. -Via: The Daily What, Via: Neatorama

Guitar Built out of an Ammunition Box

After Tate Chmielewski first encountered cigar box guitars at a folk music festival, he started building musical instruments from unconventional source materials. This is an electric guitar with one EMG active pickup based around an old ammunition box. Link, Via: Neatorama

Star Wars Millennium Falcon Guitar

Uploaded by fiskybusiness89 on Feb 8, 2012 Custom made Millennium Falcon Guitar Excuse the less than fantastic guitar playing Music: "For The Ladies" by Brian Fisk. LINK: Youtube

Unusual Guitars

The title says it all. LINK: Youtube

Damien Hirst + Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers - spun bass guitars

London-based Damien Hirst and California-based Flea, of The American Red Hot Chili Peppers have collaborated on the spun guitar series. The collection consists of 125 color spun guitars with cases decorated in the same manner. The 'multi colored deluxe spin', 'black and white', and 'color spin bass guitar' are each signed by Hirst and Flea on the back with an edition number on the base of the neck and the Hirst-Flea logo featured on the headstock. LINK

Pachelbel Canon In D guy does impossible with dual intruments at the same time!

Guy skillfully plays Canon In D on acoustic guitar and piano at the same time. This requires a lot of coordination and concentration. Recorded on a Canon 7D with Zoom H4n. Piano used is a Yamaha C7 Grand. The guy playing also produces pop, rock, and hip hop tracks for major label EMI. LINK: Youtube

Leonardo Da Vinci Guitar

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The Martin Guitar Company marked the milestone of its 1.5 millionth guitar produced by making it a one-of-a-kind Leonardo Da Vinci special edition -with a mosaic inlays of The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa and other reproductions of Da Vinci art. The company unveiled the guitar at the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show in Anaheim. -Thanks, Stratoblogster! Via: Neatorama

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA - Live Stream


We absolutely love theses guys. They have awesome music, and this show is outstanding. They are in Dublin. LINK

World’s First Real Gold Guitar

“Introducing ‘The GoldCaster‘, the world’s first and only real gold guitar. This one of a kind instrument presents fabulous tones and luxury not available from traditional guitars.” w/ photos. LINK: UniqueDaily

Roger Mayer, guitar effects maker for Hendrix, Page, Beck

Roger Mayer was an acoustic engineer for the British Navy who in the late 1960s, through his pal Jimmy Page, became the go-to electronic effects whiz for Jimmy Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, and a bunch of other innovative musicians. For Hendrix, he built the Octavia, a pedal that doubled the input pitch an octave higher or lower and, natch, added fuzz. I love the 1968 photo above of Mayer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mayer is still in the game, making and selling guitar effects pedals Via: his site here. And for an interview with Mayer, check out the video below.



Roger Mayer is the electrical engineer who developed several electric guitar effects, most notably the Octavia, an effects pedal which reproduced the input signal one octave higher, and mixes the two sounds with some added fuzz. The effect was popularized by Jimi Hendrix, and can be heard during the solos on the song "Purple Haze". LINK, Via: Youtube

Here is a LINK to the Jimi Hendrix Official Blog where you can listen to more on his death and some of his music. http://jimi-hendrix-fanclub.blogspot.com/

Bohemian Slide

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Making of:
http://bit.ly/MakingOfBohemianSlide

Evolution of Guitar Rock - With No Guitars

Crash Kings take on Rolling Stone magazines greatest rock guitar songs of all time with nothing but drums, bass and a custom clavinet rig. Link, Via: Youtube

Millennium Falcon Guitar

What kind of guitar would Han Solo play a solo with? This Millennium Falcon Guitar, of course! Its maker, Travis S., told our pal Urlesque blog:

Tell us about the guitar’s construction.

I used a vintage Millennium Falcon toy / playset for the body. As it’s an electric guitar, the body material is relatively unimportant (in comparison to acoustic instruments) so i just had to concern myself with building the necessary structural elements of the instrument into the toy.

Since the aging plastic wouldn’t be able to withstand the tension of the strings, I pieced together a maple block running from end to end inside the ship. The bridge, neck, and strap pins connect to this piece; while attached firmly with some powerful glues the toy itself is almost entirely cosmetic.

The top of the toy has been routed out for the electronics, including some switch activated LEDs. Those required separate battery packs, which I made accessible using the structure of the toy; one pack is hidden in the original battery compartment while the other is attached to the ramp door that was designed to open.

Link, Via: Neatorama

Guitar: Impossible (stop motion music short by MysteryGuitarMan)

Over 1000 cuts. 6 hours of guitar tabbing. 1 hour of shooting. God knows how much editing. Go to the link below and he has other links you can follow.

LINK: Youtube

Little North Korean children play full-size guitars

The guitars are bigger than themselves. LINK, Via: Youtube

Shane Speal's "Chugger" 2-string cigar box guitar

Shane Speal is selling signed and number "Chugger" 2-string cigar box guitars for $75 each. They sound great!

"The Chugger" 2-string cigar box guitar. LINK: Boingboing, Via: Youtube

Korn Mourns Death of Slipknot Bassist Paul Gray 2010 Interview

Korn mourns the death of Paul Gray, bassist for the band Slipknot.

On May 24th, 2010 Slipknot bass player Paul Gray was found dead in a Des Moines, IA hotel room.

Gray had been a member of Slipknot from the beginning and was a key part of their transformation into a metal icon. To date Slipknot has released 5 best selling albums and sold over 14 million records worldwide.

The band is currently on a one year hiatus.

As a child Gray grew up in Des Moines, IA and was considered by friends to be a caring human being who didn't forget his roots. He still resided in his hometown and leaves behind a wife and unborn child.

Paul Gray was 38 years old.

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This clip is from an exclusive BryanStars Interview with Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer just hours after news of Paul Grey's death. LINK: Youtube

Watch the full 12 minute interview with Korn HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLUbvT...