Guitars
The Fender Stratocaster Story
Irrespective of time, place or anything, whenever people talk about guitars, be it anywhere in the world, the name Fender Stratocaster inevitably creeps in. Since its first appearance in 1954, it has […]
Music
Features
Interview: Guitarist Jason Nott of Drive A
Touring for nearly the past two and a half years, Drive A has done everything right in the attempt to dominate the rock scene. They may have a myspace and reverbnation, but the internet has […]
Effects
EHX Neo Clone, Iron Lung, and Ring Thing Guitar Pedal Review
Electro-Harmonix has a history of pedals with super-hero-sounding names: Electric Mistress, Memory Man, Worm, and P0G. A new trio is no exception: Neo Clone could come out of the Matrix; Iron Lung might be Iron […]
Music
Who Slaughtered Your Beloved Classic Rock Song?
What makes a classic rock song? Is it the legendary era it was born? The fact that you know within the first two beats that this is YOUR SONG!?! The fact that time slows down […]
Music
Corey Taylor Releases Christmas Single X-M@$
Corey Taylor Releases Christmas Single, singin’ “Merry F@cking Christmas”. The thought of Stone Sour/Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor doing a Christmas Song is ’bout enough to make everyone cringe. When the news came out that he […]
Hot News
Top Ten Classic Rock Guitar Tones
Tone is one of those things that guitarists look for, long for and obsess over. Non-guitarists often don’t understand our mania for it and our ability to split endless hairs in pursuit of it. We […]
Hot News
Rare Randy Rhoads solo video footage surfaces
Randy Rhoads fans, here’s some unseen video footage that recently surfaced. As a huge Randy Rhoads’ fan, whenever some unseen audio or video is discovered, it’s like finding the Holy Grail. And so it is, […]
Music & Life
Top 10 Guitar Riffs Of The 1980s
Top 10 Guitar riffs by Gibson.com — I would have ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’ up further and Rush, ‘Limelight’ removed in favor of Metallica’s cover versions of Diamond Head’s ‘Am I Evil?’. Review these top […]
Amplifiers
Rivera Knucklehead 55 Review – Mike’s Secret Stash
Great tone is expensive. We all know this to be true, right? If you spend any time at all reading guitar magazines and web sites, you will encounter many players debating, touting, and otherwise obsessing […]
Gear
Cheap Guitar Rig Vs Expensive Guitar Rig
We all love guitar gear, right? That’s why you are reading this and also why I am writing this. We all love to chase tones, build rigs, obsess over what we don’t yet have, and […]