One of the most successful hard rock acts in the 1980s was Def Leppard, who by the end of the decade had sold more than 20 million albums worldwide. Tragedy struck the band in 1984 when, as a result of a car accident, drummer Rick Allen had his left arm amputated. Nothing, however, could have [...]

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Lindert Twister S and WD Deep Six Baritone Guitars
 
If you’ve never come across a Baritone guitar, you could be forgiven for being confused by them. Just where do these long-necked axes with six fat-ass strings fit in? The actually live somewhere between a bass and a standard six-string, relating to those instruments much like a [...]

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If only for his contributions to the Band of Gypsys, Drummer Buddy Miles is one of the true legends of the Sixties rock scene. Born in 1946 in Omaha, Nebraska, Miles began his career at the age of 12, playing drums in his father’s jazz band. By the time he was 15, Miles had hit [...]

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I just came across this link over at Boing Boing to a Flickr Pool of hand made guitar picks. I thought this was a really cool idea although I’m not sure about cardboard picks! This person, sorry I don’t know a name just the Flickr username Aud1073cH, has actually used bits of old laptops, old [...]

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The competition to win a signed copy of Prashant Aswani’s album “Revelation - Fully Loaded”. Thank you to everyone for entering but in the words of Highlander, there can be only one! So congratulations to the chosen one Stanford Axle!
Prashant sent me a video of his appearance at the Melbourne music conference CMI Frontrunner 2008 [...]

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The model we introduce to you today is based on… a Coke can, yes you read it well, the new Ooh La La stompbox, continuing with their original and curious designs, includes a front cover that is very similar to the Coke can design. The pedal is called Ooh La La Soda Meiser Pedal and [...]

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Forgive my less than perfect photo but I wanted to quickly illustrate the size of this itty bitty book, it literally rests in the palm of my hand! And yet it is stuffed to the brim with photos and information on 500 of the coolest, weirdest and iconic guitars in the history of the instrument. [...]

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Head over to fellow guitar blogger extraordinaire GL Wilson’s site Guitarz for a wrap up of The London Guitar Show 2008. Check out some great photos of the latest products, including an impressive Orange Amplifier stack, giant Boss pedals and spooky Brian May guitar!
Thanks for sharing your photos G.L.!
Become a Shred Master with this Troy [...]

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  I thought I would share with you a bunch of Guitar T-Shirts that I discovered the other day over at redbubble. The first, top left, is called Stormtrooper Guitarist by Zak Thorpe who has also created a few other guitar related tees. The next T-Shirt, 2nd from left, is called Guitar Zombie by artist [...]

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B.C. Rich have been around for a long time now and their production guitars are pretty affordable (starting at around $250) and popular with Rock and Metal guitarists. Well I recently received an email from Guitar Noize reader Jake Hollands about the new site for B.C. Rich Handcrafted Guitars for B.C. Rich fans who want [...]

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