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Stevie Ray Vaughan is killed when his Bell 206B helicopter crashes into a man-made ski hill

near Elkhorn, Wisconsin. We miss you SRV 8/27/08

After much speculation and a sneak preview at Summer NAMM 2008, Ibanez has confirmed details of its JS 'Black Dog' Tribute, a faithful recreation of Joe Satriani's iconic late 1980s/early 1990s six-string.

The first thing to catch your eye will surely be that finish, which Ibanez has entrusted just one artist to painstakingly recreate for the 100 pieces that will be available worldwide.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that Satriani's original guitar had been the victim of an assault by a magic marker-toting five year old. However, Ibanez describes the predominantly silver and purple graphics as "the drawings that Joe would apply to the original Black Dog body as the spirit moved him". The list price of the JS Black Dog Tribute is $7999 ouch Rulinka's Blue Sky Happiness 8/27/08

Motorcycle enthusiasts are known for their generosity as much as their passion for the open road.

In conjunction with it's 105th anniversary celebrations, Harley-Davidson and the Muscular Dystrophy Association have teamed up to present an online auction featuring an array of special Harley-Davidson items, with all proceeds benefiting MDA. featured items include a behind-the-scenes tour for four of the recently opened Harley-Davidson Museum, with a two-night stay at the Courtyard by Marriott in downtown Milwaukee; a Fender guitar autographed by the Jonas Brothers, Tim McGraw, and the members of the group Blondie, and a custom-made Harley-Davidson themed Fender Stratocaster guitar. The guitar is one of three Harley-Davidson branded, production-quality prototype guitars: one will be placed in the Fender Museum, one will be placed in the Harley-Davidson Museum and the third will be auctioned to benefit MDA. Bidding on this guitar begins Friday, Aug. 22. Harlink-Davidson 8/26/08

Former Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell has set October 14 as the release date for his third solo album, titled "Scream". The set was produced by pop and urban mastermind Timbaland, a

choice that has proven controversial among fans of Cornell's earlier heavy rock projects. But the singer told The Pulse of Radio that he was always in control of his own record. "A lot of people were concerned about, like, am I gonna do what, for example, Timbaland tells me to do, if he wants to tell me to do something, that kind of thing," he said. "We didn't really have that relationship, it wasn't that type of a process. It was more, he would bring in a beat, an idea, I would write to it and sing it, and we would move on kind of to the next thing." Just Link Suicide 8/26/08

Guitar Center presents an Evening with Slash
Guitar Center has announced the next installment of Guitar Center Sessions: An Evening of Dialogue and

Insight with Slash. Taking place Wednesday, September 3 at the Guitar Center in Northridge, CA, the evening is free and open to the public, and will include a book signing for 2008 Pop-Culture Book of the Year Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction (Real Deal Media), the definitive visual history of the band’s early days in Hollywood. The evening will be powered by Gibson, Ernie Ball and Real Deal Media.
Slash is more than just a musician. He is an icon. From Guns n’ Roses to Velvet Revolver, Slash has changed the rock landscape with his rough and ready riffs and unforgettable, soulful leads, becoming one of the most recognizable guitarists in the world along the way. His catalog spans several decades and boasts some of rock’s greatest anthems. 8/26/08

It all came about easily enough. Several D-backs are guitar buffs who’ve visited Fender headquarters and who often like to unwind at Chase Field and on the road by exchanging bat and glove for a Stratocaster® and an amp. Fender, composed as it is of many baseball fans, accordingly sent a dugout load of gear down to Chase Field in spring 2008—a couple Stratocaster guitars, some acoustic guitars, a Jazz Bass® guitar, amps for all of them and even a drum set, and the team’s resident rockers converted a seldom-used storage room into a private music studio soon rechristened the Fender Player’s Lounge. Play Ball 8/25/08

Ed Robertson is the frontman of Barenaked Ladies (not the one just busted for drugs), which means he is at least partly responsible for that

"One Week" song that ruined the entire year of 1998. That doesn't explain why he seems to be one of God's chosen children; Robertson's private plane crashed in Canada yesterday afternoon and all four passengers managed to walk off unharmed. Robertson (not the BNL bandmember just busted for drugs) was piloting his own float-plane -- the kind with pontoons.
'There’s not a scratch on any of them,' said the source. 8/25/08

When she was two, New Haven-born Desiree Bassett’s hero was country star Reba McEntire, whose songs

she was already singing. At three, Desiree began playing a mini-guitar, moving on to her dad’s full-scale model at five. By 12 she was an acolyte of Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, and Joe Satriani, playing the side stage at Ozzfest. Not yet 16, she’s since found herself jamming on-stage with rock legends and networking at NAMM. Strat-O-Blogster had her on a while back and now Gibson has a feature on her. Take a peek 8/25/08

Alternative music for 150,000 in the park.
The first Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, which came to a close on Sunday, was held over three days and nights, had six stages and 65 bands and was attended by 150,000 people. It was held in Golden Gate

Park and the stages were positioned across an eight-block area of the park which included Lindley Meadow, Speedway Meadow and the Polo Fields. Tom Petty performs with the Heartbreakers on the main stage. Your Gonna Link It Baby 8/25/08

Blues for a Friday. JP Cervoni - Bringin' down the House & Waking the Neighbors. He plays a right-handed guitar “upside down” ( without reversing the order of the strings). His ability to play many styles, his strong rhythm approach and soulful phrasing makes him a session player in high demand. 8/22/08

"I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to go out and buy a guitar and learn to play ..." - Ozzy Osbourne

Blues Rock Guitar Hero Joe Bonamassa Harnesses Fan Power With Innovative Internet-Based Fan Affiliat Program.

Blues rock star, guitar hero and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa has launched an innovative Internet-based fan affiliate program on his website. The affiliate program, which will be ongoing, was conceived by Bonamassa and Roy Weisman -- the artist's manager and partner in the record/management firm J&R Adventures -- to promote and drive sales for Joe's new live album From Nowhere In Particular. The fan affiliate who sells the most copies of From Nowhere In Particular by September 30 will win a signed, newly-issued Inspired By Joe Bonamassa Aged Les Paul Goldtop Guitar from the Gibson Custom Shop's elite "Inspired By" series. Gibsoncustom.com writes that the guitar, valued at $6,000, "is a tribute to this extraordinary guitar virtuoso and his ever growing legend." Bonamassa will present the limited-edition custom instrument to the winning affiliate onstage, at a concert of the winner's choice; J&R will also award $750 towards travel expenses. Bonamassa plays an average of 200 shows a year, in the U.S. and internationally; tour dates are available on the artist's website. So It's Link That 8/22/08

Rickenbacker International has a problem that General Motors would love to have. The company that

made the first electric guitar and whose instruments were popularized by the Beatles in the 1960s can't make them fast enough.
``We're back-ordered two years,'' company owner John Hall said. So he raised prices on all 6- and 12-string guitars and basses by as much as 20 percent this year to cool demand. ``It hasn't completely done that,'' he admitted.
The 77-year-old company that made the chiming guitars played on folk-rock hits such as the Byrds' ``Turn! Turn! Turn!'' is a music industry anomaly: a debt-free, family-owned brand that makes everything at one small factory in Santa Ana, California, 38 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The Beatles had Rickenbacker guitars and Rickenbacker guitars had the Beatles. 8/22/08

10 Manliest Guitars ever 8/22/08

Introducing the Amazing GUITAR LINK UCG102 Interface from BEHRINGER
The GUITAR LINK UCG102 interface is an amazing practice tool that lets you hook up your guitar to

your computer in a flash, giving you the best of both worlds.
The UCG102 guitar-to-USB interface lets you jam and record using modeling amps and effects without the need for any other gear but your guitar. The compact interface links your electric guitar to a PC or Mac computer via a typical USB cable, allowing you to rock with sophisticated software such as the included Guitar Combos BEHRINGER Edition from Native Instruments, Kristal Audio Engine multi-track sequencer and Audacity audio editor. It also features a Headphone output for silent practicing. 8/21/08

MySpace page incriminates guitar thieves. Police in Massachusetts may have found the world's stupidest

guitarists. The two players are accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of guitars – which they then photographed and put on their MySpace page.
Police allege Justin Ray and David Rousseau, both 20 and both of Lowell, Massachusetts, stole 14 guitars worth approximately $50,000 from Daddy's Junky Music stores in Manchester and Salem, Massachusetts. 8/21/08

When tens of thousands of acres of his beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness were reduced to kindling in the great July storm of 1999, outfitter, guide and guitar maker David Seaton

looked for a way to comfort his grief.
He picked up his chainsaw and woodworking tools and got to work. When he was finished, he had built the Ghost, an acoustic guitar created out of the fallen poplar and spruce near Hungry Jack Outfitters, the Gunflint Trail business he runs. Patlink Swayze 8/21/08

Paul Reed Smith Guitars, the Eastern Shore company that makes guitars for Carlos Santana and other well-

known musicians, has received a $10 million private equity bond from the state to help pay for a major expansion of its headquarters.
The bond, which is tax-exempt and provides the company with a low interest rate for repaying the loan, will be used to help finance an 84,000-square-foot addition to the company's manufacturing facility at the Chesapeake Bay Business Park in Stevensville. The current facility is 25,000 square feet. The expansion, which is expected to be completed next year, is slated to create 60 new jobs, bringing the company's total work force to 250 people. That should pay off those pesky credit cards! 8/21/08

THE GUITAR THAT GAVE BIRTH TO ROCK 'N' ROLL.. YOURS FOR £3M. THE guitar used by legendary blues singer Robert Johnson is up for sale - at more than £3million.

Johnson, said to have have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his musical ability, used the Gibson L1 acoustic guitar on his only two recording sessions.
The Texas sessions in 1936 and 1937 produced 29 songs that were a huge influenced on future stars such as Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan â?" and led Johnson to be dubbed the father of rock 'n' roll. The current owner only realized he had Johnson's guitar when a boxed set of the singer's work was re-released in 1990 complete with a picture of him playing the battered instrument. 8/20/08

Anchorage Capital Partners recently reported to the Financial Times that it is preparing to launch a closed-

end fund which will invest in the rare and vintage guitar market. "The vintage guitar market, like some of the other exotic investment strategies such as art and wine funds can be enjoyed while holding them, but where this market differs significantly is in how the guitars improve every time you play them. The vibrations on the wood improve the sound of the guitars, so the more they're played the better they sound. The younger generation knows this and has an increasing appetite for acquiring their favorite models. After all, that Monet hanging on the wall doesn't improve every time someone looks at it." Madonna souvenirs (bras) and vintage guitars are the latest alternative assets to attract interest from structured investment funds. 8/20/08

Country singer Pat Green asks for cold one, gets knocked out cold. Green performed Saturday night at the Michigan International Speedway after NASCAR's Carfax 250 race. He's best known for the 2003 hit "Wave

on Wave. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports that late in his show, he shouted, "Anyone got a beer?
A can of suds suddenly soared from the audience onto the stage.
Then a second can from the crowd hit Green between the eyes, knocking him out.
Medical personnel treated him at the track. 8/20/08

Over £60,000 Of Orange Guitar Amps Stolen. One of the world’s most famous British amplifier brands,

Orange Amps, has just announced a major theft of a container load of amplifiers from its Borehamwood premises. Used by some of the biggest stars such as Madonna, Led Zeppelin Prince and Kaiser Chiefs, the robbers targeted this prestigious brand to carry out a daring raid on Saturday 16th August. 8/19/08

Neil Young Announces Quite Possibly Greatest Concert Ever. Choose your poison: Neil Young & Band plus Death Cab

For Cutie in Kansas City... or Neil Young & Band Of Axe-Wielding Rockers plus Wilco at Madison Square Garden... for $75. On the floor. General admission, baby...Emo meets papa grunge? 8/19/08

Metallica now available on Napster: How the mighty have fallen. Things have obviously changed. Illegal downloading has gotten so out of hand that it couldn't be stopped even if the Rolling Stones used every

penny they had to fight it. Napster, after shutting down from its earlier rogue days, has now become a third-rate legal download site. And while Metallica continues to oppose illegal downloading, the desperation to get some recognition among MP3-dependent fans has led them to put their catalog online—on the site of their former enemy. Hit The Links 8/18/08

Have a favorite guitar that you wish you had two of? Right now on eBay you can pick up a "guitar photocopier," a contraption that can carve a new guitar body for you that's exactly like another guitar.

Essentially, you put your guitar down underneath it with a block of wood next to it that will turn into your new guitar. The duplicator then traces the contours of your guitar, using those measurements to carve up the block of wood so it's exactly like what you currently have.
Of course, you can use this to duplicate any number of things other than guitars as long as they fit and are made of wood. Wooden pants! Wooden sandwiches! Small pieces of wood! Let your imagination run wild! It's currently at $1,185 with no bids. [eBay via Music Thing] 8/18/08

Elvis Presley dies in his home at the age of 42, while sitting on the toilet. In the bathroom, he had been

reading The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus. Presumably, Elvis' search was concluded shortly thereafter. 8/16/08

Blues for a Friday. John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchel together. 8/15/08

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."
John Lennon

Guitar Aid celebrates 200th instrument.

Milestone acoustic awarded to charity founder, Dave Sumner.
Since he set up Guitar Aid in 1991, Dave Sumner's mission to provide much-welcomed musical and spiritual relief to some of the most poverty-stricken regions in the world has been hailed as a major success, not least by the recipients of the instruments.
Sumner receiving the 2000th Guitar Aid acoustic from JHS MD, Dennis Drumm – a toolmaker by profession and church band leader in his local Riverside Christian Centre, originally set up Guitar Aid, which was reported on in Gear magazine back in 2002, by buying second grade (marked/damaged) acoustic guitars which he would then repair and make good. When he had enough to make up a shipment, he would transport them himself in a Land Rover and trailer to specific destinations, such as the post war-ravaged Balkans of the early 90's. 8/15/08

More music trouble for the McCain campaign: Jackson Browne sues John McCain over song use.
Jackson Browne is suing John McCain for using the song "Running on Empty" in a campaign ad -- and the

veteran rocker is also calling the candidate a great pretender when it comes to standing up for constitutional rights.
Browne, one of rock music's most famous activists for liberal causes, is "incensed" that the presumptive Republican candidate for president has been using Browne's signature 1977 song "Running on Empty" in campaign commercials, according to the singer-songwriter's attorney. Browne filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against both McCain and the Republican National Committee on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles seeking a permanent injunction prohibiting the use of the forlorn arena anthem or any other Browne compositions, as well as damages.
It's not the first time:
"They used a John Mellencamp song until he made them stop and he used an ABBA song and a Frankie Valli song -- it's ridiculous and it's setting a terrible example," Iser said. "It's shocking that they don't even attempt to get permission. There's no copyright difference between using a song to sell cars or by people running for president." Hey, he's got a new album coming out too -- the first in six years. Linkin' On Empty thanks j-walk 8/15/08

If you closed your eyes, crossed your fingers and hoped Arnel Pineda lived up to the hype as Journey's new

lead singer, you probably weren't alone Tuesday evening as the band took the stage at the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater.
Well, hearing is certainly believing, and without a doubt Pineda is the best replacement Journey has ever had for its most famed vocalist, Steve Perry.
As the story goes, Journey guitarist Neal Schon was scouting for a new singer last year and came across a video posted on YouTube. The clip featured Arnel Pineda of the Filipino band The Zoo. Impressed by Pineda's voice, Schon had the singer flown to America for an audition. A perfect match. Well as good a match as a five foot tall Filipino can be to a rock god. Good luck kid 8/14/08

Lindsey Buckingham Announces Fall Tour to Begin.
Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist Touring in Support of New Solo Album Gift of Screws, Due Out September 16th, 2008 on Reprise Records You Make Linking Fun 8/13/08

Photos of Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster.

Fender has revealed 'making-of' photographs of their upcoming Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series "The Duck" Stratocaster. They've also got a short movie about the guitar -- which is due for release November 28, 2008. He bought the guitar in Sweden in 1978 while still a teenager, himself performing the unusual and delicate modification of scalloping the fingerboard. The guitar has taken a beating over the years (and even a burning or two) as Malmsteen’s main stage and studio guitar; played in countless concert appearances and used on each of his many solo albums. Just be glad John Cruz isn't counterfeiting money but I guess in a way he really is. Play Loud 8/11/08

So you're a wannabe rock star who wants a guitar that's in harmony with your unique personal style? Don't

fret. In a day and age of personalized popularity - when you can buy anything from bobbleheads created in your own image to artwork made from your own DNA - you can also go to Peaveycustom shop.com and order a customized guitar featuring anything from family photographs to pictures of your faithful golden lab.
"The whole front of the guitar was a picture of his dog," said Gypsy Carns, the man who runs the Meridian-based Peavey Electronics Custom Shop, describing a guitar he created for a customer. "On the fretboard, we overlayed the dog's name in mother of pearl. It was quite expensive and time-consuming, but he loved his dog, Boomer. The guitar has the dog's tongue hanging out and his big black nose. His whole face is on the front." 8/11/08

Taylor Guitars and Eventful have teamed up to create a summer competition dubbed "Fire Up The Fans," in which bands compete for a grand prize of $5,000 and three Taylor guitars. The competition encourages

music fans to use Eventful's online "Demand" tool to request an artist performance in their area. The area with the highest concentration of fan requests will be awarded a concert by the winning band.
If you are an artist or a band, this is a great opportunity to mobilize your fans. Taylor will be giving away brand new guitars to the top five bands. Musicians can log on and enter the competition at eventful.com 8/11/08

Scenes from a placid, and occasionally offbeat, Virgin Fest:
On a sectioned-off side of the painting wall near the South Stage, Chad Brady is still plugging away at his tedious task, making a guitar mural entirely out of picks. When asked if he would finish the project yesterday, he could only answer, "I hope." Saturday was spent painting the guitar and gluing up some of the guitar picks that will eventually cover the whole thing. The mural will be auctioned off after the festival, and proceeds will go to the Woody Guthrie Foundation. Let's just hope some of the ominously looming clouds don't let loose, at least not before the glue dries. 8/11/08

Guitar Player Magazine, one of the World's premiere guitar publications, stages its 4th Annual Guitar

Superstar Competition in San Francisco at the legendary Great American Music Hall on Saturday, September 13th 2008. Hosted by Andy Summers of the Police and a panel of celebrity guitarist judges including Joe Satriani, Elliot Easton (Cars), George Lynch (Lynch Mob), Brendon Small (Adult Swim's Metalocalypse) & others.
Hundreds of guitarists from around the world submitted their songs to Guitar Player Magazine for review. Out of those, only 10 were chosen to compete live. The finalists include a diverse collection of talented "shredders", with styles ranging from rock to funk, blues, rockabilly, metal, country, jazz, fusion, fingerstyle, percussive, and slack key. 8/11/08

Blues for a Friday. ZZ Top Jesus Just Left Chicago LIVE!!! 1980 in Germany. Reverend Billy plays the world famous "Pearly Gates" Les Paul. 8/8/08

"Lightnin' Hopkins taught us, "the rubber on a wheel is faster than the rubber on a heel" and Muddy Waters taught us "you don't have to be the best one; just be a good 'un" .. that just about says it all, always strive to be a good 'un..." - Billy F. Gibbons - Z.Z. Top

ZZ Top played the Legendary Buffalo Chip Campground, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. They were joined by country music rising stars, Sugarland.
A favorite among Sturgis Rally music lovers, ZZ Top remains one of the bands most requested by Buffalo Chip campers. “The show is just unbelievable,” said Rod Woodruff, campground owner. “These guys just never fail to light our crowd on fire.”
With a string of hits dating back to the band’s inception in 1970, with Billy Gibbons on guitar, Dusty Hill on

bass and Frank Beard on drums, ZZ Top holds the distinction of being the only rock band to have the same members for 38 years! And they’ve been without peer all those years, supporting their fans including those at the Buffalo Chip during the Sturgis Rally – with annual, grueling concert tours, that especially today leave concert audiences wondering what just hit them. Had planned to be there myself but it looks like next year for me. Rock on Bikers 8/8/08

BB King was my warm-up act on tour.

SHE’S only 23 but singer and guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor has already achieved what most blues performers can only dream of – following BB King on stage.
‘‘I was supporting BB at the famous Blue Balls Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland,’’ explains Solihull-born Joanne, ‘‘but because of his health he has to be in bed by 10pm so I went on stage after, rather than before, him -which was fantastic because everyone was so pumped up after his performance. It was an amazing experience!’’ I Like To Link The Love 8/8/08

And speaking off hot girls with guitars take a peak at Carter's Chord. Listening to the harmony-drenched debut from the all-female Nashville trio Carter’s Chord, you wouldn’t know on first glance that they were

second-generation Outlaws. The girls are sisters, you see – Joanna, Emily and Becky Robertson – and their parents Barny and Carter toured with Waylon Jennings and his wife Jessi Colter for years. (They call Shooter Jennings the brother they never had.) Get your hands back on the wheel and read the Interview 8/8/08

Blazing guitars are part of the legacy of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, dating back to its earliest blues sound in 1974, which was shaped by Jimmie Vaughan. Here's a glance at some of the guitarists who have passed through the band. Ain't That Link Enough 8/7/08

At 60, Aerosmith frontman and wild man Steven Tyler is ready to spill his guts.
Tyler, known for heavy hits such as "Walk This Way" and "Dream On," is working on a memoir to be published in 2009 by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins. The book is not yet titled.
"I have so many outrageous stories, too many, and I'm gonna tell 'em all," Tyler said in a statement Thursday. "All the unexpurgated, brain-jangling tales of debauchery, sex and drugs, transcendence and chemical dependence you will ever want to hear. And this is not just my take, this is the unbridled truth, the in-your-face, up-close and prodigious tale of Steven Tyler straight from the horse's lips." 8/7/08

Woodstock” the DVD: Four hours of peace and music, along with a promising stash of extra features.

Warner plans Blu-ray and DVD editions of the hippie classic for next summer, in honor of the mudfest’s 40th anniversary. “Newly discovered” performances icome from the Who, Joe Cocker, Canned Heat, Joan Baez and Country Joe and the Fish, adding up to about an hour. About time. While “Monterey Pop” thrived on DVD (Criterion), “Woodstock” has been stuck in the video muck since 1969 8/7/08

The future for retro rockers Wolfmother looks uncertain after a tense performance at the Splendour In The

Grass festival in Byron Bay in New South Wales, Australia on Sunday 3 August. According to Australian site Undercover.com.au, the relationship between frontman Andrew Stockdale and his bandmates Chris Ross and Myles Heskett has been volatile for some time now.
Fans who witnessed Wolfmother's set on Sunday have described the band's performance as "tense and uncommunicative", while one insider commented: "That was it. That was their last show. It is all over for Wolfmother."
8/6/08

Metallica's James Hetfield: Robert Trujillo "has already contributed more" than Jason Newsted. Bassist "great to bounce ideas off" during Death Magnetic sessions.
Robert Trujillo has been in the band for five years now, but forthcoming album Death Magnetic, released

on 12 September, sees him featured on a Metallica studio LP for the first time. What's more, frontman James Hetfield claims Trujillo has "already contributed more" than predecessor Jason Newsted did in 14 years and we already know what he thinks of Dave Mustain. 8/6/08

Experience Hendrix is the continuing concert phenomenon that brings together contemporary guitar greats

to celebrate the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix. It is also the title of the first-ever DVD release that chronicles blazing concert performances by top name artists in tribute to Jimi Hendrix. "Experience Hendrix", released through Image Entertainment this month, features highlights of two star-studded concerts featuring such notables as Kenny Wayne Shepherd, DOUBLE TROUBLE, LIVING COLOR, PEARL JAM's Mike McCready, Indigenous, Robert Randolph, Mick Taylor, Kenny Olson of Kid Rock's band, Hubert Sumlin, BAD COMPANY's Paul Rodgers, Buddy Guy, Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Miles, Billy Cox and others.
Fourteen of the performances seen in "Experience Hendrix" were filmed at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, Jimi Hendrix's hometown. Three bonus songs were filmed at San Diego's annual Street Scene. Pick it up wherever fine DVDs are sold. 8/6/08

Iggy and the Stooges had their gear stolen yesterday (Aug. 4) outside the Embassy Suites hotel in Montreal.
Among the missing equipment is a red road case containing: a red Gibson 1963 EB-3 bass; a black road case containing a volcano black Reverend Flying V guitar; a black road case containing a Reverend orange guitar; two black road cases containing Marshall vintage amplifiers; several Marshall 4-by-12 cabinets. Pictures of the stolen gear can be seen on bassist Mike Watt's Web site. Anyone with any information about the incident should contact Fischer at nycentral13@gmail.com 8/5/08

Billed as a "power trio" and "swaggering guitar rock," Pontiak make the kind of sounds that happen when you channel your guitar chord through thick, sludgy molasses on its way to the amplifier. The result is a

slow, methodical but determined sound that's deep and booming. It's also a project of the brothers three: Van (guitar, lead vocals), Lain (drums, vocals), and Jennings Carney (bass, organ, vocals). They hail from Brooklyn by way of Virginia. If you like Fu Manchu like I do. Give 'em a listen. 8/5/08

IRON MAIDEN star ADRIAN SMITH has become the latest rock victim of theft after his brand new Jackson

guitar was stolen after the British group's Athens, Greece gig on Saturday night (Aug 2nd 08).
The guitarist is confident the instrument will be found quickly - because it's a one-of-a-kind, made specifically for him.
Iron Maiden are offering a tour jacket and a handwritten thank you note from Smith for information that leads to the recovery of his guitar. Yea, that should get it back. 8/5/08

Polish up that resume. Nashville-based Gibson Guitar is adding 200 employees to the staff.

The company said Tuesday it will immediately increase its general labor and manufacturing employees base due the overwhelming success and demand for Gibson USA manufactured instruments. 8/5/08

While teen idol Miley Cyrus was grabbing all the attention on the U.S. pop chart this week with her third No. 1 album in two years, 72-year-old blues guitarist Buddy Guy also had cause for celebration.
His new album, “Skin Deep,” opened at No. 68, his highest position to date on the Billboard 200. His previous best was the No. 136 peak for his first chart entry, 1991’s “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues.”
Guy started recording in 1957, but his early career was stymied by under appreciative executives at his Chess Records label. He enjoyed a renaissance in the 1980s, and “Damn Right” became the first of eight albums to reach the pop chart.

“Skin Deep,” released on Silvertone Records, hit the chart, a day after Tuesday’s DVD release of the Rolling Stones’ concert movie “Shine a Light,” which features a guest turn by Guy on the tune “Champagne and Reefer.” 8/4/08

Jimmy Page's Gibson EDS-1275 double neck has been named the 'coolest guitar in rock' in a new rundown

on Gigwise.com
The EDS-1275, pictured below, famously allowed Jimmy Page to perform Stairway To Heaven live without the need for a clumsy mid-song guitar change.
Page also used the weighty instrument live for renditions of other Led Zeppelin classics such as The Rain Song, Gallows Pole and The Song Remains The Same. 8/4/08

Queen's guitarist Brian May has written something that makes even less sense than his group's songs: his

astrophysics doctoral thesis. Yes he is, in fact an astrophysics egghead.
The guitarist just published something called "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud," which won him a Ph.D. from Imperial College in London.
According to Live Science, May's thesis examines the mysterious phenomenon of Zodiacal light, a cone of light that appears in the western sky after sunset and in the eastern sky before sunrise.
This, from the force behind "Fat Bottomed Girls." But good for him! 8/4/08

Blues for a Friday. In honor of the Texas Flood Album turning 25 I offer Stevie Ray and the title cut. DO NOT miss the end of this video as is stage antics are no less that jaw dropping! 8/1/08

Sheryl Crow Jeans...did you ever think that would be a clothing line you'd one day utter? Well, if not - go

ahead and utter, because Sheryl Crow has launched her own Jeans line!
Sheryl Crow, who thinks we should all use one square of toilet paper to save the earth, has launched her own Jeans Line with Bootheel Trading Company. “I want to be able to provide a cool look for anybody, but particularly for those gals out there that have a fashion sense and want to feel good but can’t afford to buy the really high-end stuff.” 8/1/08

For Your Favorite Camping Hippy: The Folding 'Air' Guitar. Oh and you'll have to bring a amp into the

woods as well so that shoots the shit outta that theory. VeganLink 8/1/08

This time, it's Kevin Costner who's coming to Atlantic City for a musical performance. Which begs the

question: Do we really need to see another actor living out his rock-star fantasies? (Paging Bruce Willis. Paging Jim Belushi. Paging Keanu Reeves.) Fact is, he was making music decades before he became a box-office titan. A classically trained pianist who caught the music bug attending church as a youngster, Costner, whose latest flick, the political comedy "Swing Vote," opens today, put music aside once he decided to pursue an acting career. 8/1/08

Motley Crue backing wannabe rockers. The band has announced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an

unknown band to become the opening act on their 2009 tour.
The American metal act revealed details of the competition at a special press conference held outside Hollywood's famous Guitar Centre.
Wannabes are being invited to submit their music at www.makerockhistory.com for the chance to play alongside the legendary rock act. Seriously is Mick Mars still alive or are the just propping up his rotting corpse? Check his photo in the new Guitar Player Mag. YIKES! 8/1/08

CANDLEMASS guitarist Mats "Mappe" Björkman is selling the white "Candlemass skull" Gibson Les Paul Junior

guitar that he used on the band's Grammis award-winning (Swedish Grammy equivalent) comeback album in 2005. The axe, which was also used at a number of live shows that year, comes with a Seymour Duncan Invader pickup plus the original one. The buyer will also get a signed photo with Mappe and the guitar. The guitar will be auctioned via eBay beginning on July 31. 7/31/08

What a Nielsen Kill-O-Watt Amp Will Let You Do

A Nielsen Kill-O-Watt Amp has tone for days. With it, you will spread unrest, outrage and consternation in a solid swath cutting across all artificial boundaries of class and taste. Spacetime will be twisted so tightly that a Musical Event Horizon will appear and at its periphery, the self-energy of the Funk Field will abstract billions and billions of groove-antigroove particle pairs from out of the roiling quantum foam; the antigroove particles to disappear immediately into the Black Hole, and the groove particles to escape at near-relativistic speeds in all directions. Ok just say he makes cool amps and guitars out of old suitcases and assorted junk. 7/31/08

12-Year-Old Guitar Sensation JACK RIPPER does just that RIPS. Jack started playing guitar at the age of 7. He always loved music. He first was influenced by listening to Alice Cooper, who is still his favorite singer and band. After taking lessons for about a year and a half, Jack started making great progress. Check out the video of him playing the National Anthem. Amazing! 7/31/08

Resurrecting the Dead. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra channels Jerry Garcia and company with the

world premiere of Dead Symphony No. 6. But even Garcia, a man who mined old blues and country for his psychedelic wanderings, might have had trouble seeing this coming. Tomorrow night at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, on what would have been Garcia's 66th birthday, tie-dye meets tie and tails as the BSO performs the world premiere of a work known as Dead Symphony No. 6. 7/31/08

Ozzfest 2008 to Feature All-Star Tribute to Dimebag Darrell. Hard rocking music fans headed to this year’s

Ozzfest will experience a special one-time only all-star tribute to fallen Pantera guitarist and Texas native “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott as part of the Saturday, August 9, one-day stadium spectacular at Dallas’ Pizza Hut Park.
Artists already confirmed to honor “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott include Kerry King (Slayer), Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez (Alice in Chains), King Diamond, Scott Ian and Charlie Benante (Anthrax, Kirk Hammet (Metallica), Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed/Kingdom of Sorrow), Chad Gray (Mudvayne/Hellyeah) and Bob Zilla (Damageplan/Hellyeah). These musicians will stand together onstage, following Hellyeah’s mainstage performance, to pay their respects to their fallen friend with a set including many Pantera classics. 7/30/08

This one makes yesterday's bass look cheap! The $250,000 bass guitar, the Flora Aurum, was built by Jens

Ritter, a luthier from Germany. His line of custom-designed Ritter Royals is being sold by Wynn & Co. Jewelry in the esplanade at Wynn Las Vegas. Ritter makes about 60 handcrafted guitars each year. His clients include Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead. DerLinkenclicker 7/30/08

Bill Wyman Vox Teardrop VBW-2000 - iconic 1960s bass guitar reissued in extremely limited numbers. After 40 years, the bass created specifically for Bill Wyman by Vox has been reissued in very limited numbers.

The Vox Teardrop VBW-2000 has been recreated in almost every detail, with the same styling and the same unique parts. That means a semi acoustic body, a craved maple top with three-colour sunburst and a back and sides made from a natural finished mahogany.
There's also a short 30.5-inch length, a very slim neck, a custom bridge with chrome cover, chrome knobs and scratch plate and to fit that custom spec, a fitted hard case. Only six will be available in the UK (and not many more elsewhere), with a price of £1,599 or whatever that is in real money. 7/29/08

If Scott Weiland's split with rock supergroup Velvet Revolver this year was a disappointment to some, it

was great news for Stone Temple Pilots fans. After seeing Revolver last year I have to say that Saturday nights concert did not disappoint even without Slash. Really great sound and Dean DeLeo's Les Paul collection was a wonder to behold. photo Charley Gallay/Getty Images 7/28/08

A guitar made of thousands of pieces of Guelph, Canada made its debut at the Hillside Festival

yesterday. "The instrument is made entirely of pieces of the university and city's history," creator Doug Larson said. "It's extremely local." The guitar contains around 3,200 artifacts. Each individual piece has a story, the environmental biologist said. He got a piece of aluminum worth more than platinum from a Guelph physicist and 28 mink penile bones from a vertebrate biologist. That's right, penis bones. 7/28/08

The Tone God TubeUlent Amp/Preamp. Imagine an amp that's closer to pedal-size than a full-size amp,

but is actually a genuine tube amp with tones ranging from meaty growls to sparkling clarity. Designed to be controlled like a preamp, it would allow you to plug into anything. Now throw in a head-turning, rugged design with LEDs and visible tubes -- you've got a portable tone monster that every guitarist in the room will be asking you about during the break. Tone Review 7/28/08

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