Jeff Beck expects to release his new studio album sometime later this year. Until then, we can enjoy watching him show us some of the great vintage guitars in his collection. Among the treasures are a Fender Telecaster with humbuckers, a Fender Strat, an original Gretsch Rancher, a 1954 Telecaster, a 1956 Gretsch Duo Jet and more. Beck also shows his Gibson ES-175, though he refers to it as an L5. I guess when you've got so many guitars, you're bound to get them mixed up every once in a while. . . .
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IN THE BASSMENT
In this short and insightful article, Igor Saavedra presents a noticeable trend in today's bass playing technique and performance based on his personal observations and supported by Facebook profile and Twitter account data . . .
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Tut Taylor
Dobro legend Tut Taylor was born on November 20, 1923. At an early age, he taught himself to play the Dobro using a flatpick, a unusual technique that he still uses to this day. In addition to appearing on some of the best bluegrass and old-time albums of all time, Taylor has been a luthier, a vintage guitar dealer, a sign maker and music historian. Decades before it was popular, Taylor was also . . .
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Here's an extraordinary video which captures Jerry himself demonstrating a slowed-down version of the The Claw. Be sure to listen to Reed's original studio version of the song from 1967's The Unbelievable Voice and Guitar of Jerry Reed on youtube. What more evidence of J.R.'s instrumental prowess and unique contributions to the guitar pantheon do we need? You won't need much gear to achieve total authenticity, just a thumbpick and a nylon-string guitar, but as you'll soon discover, the real challenge . . . |
GREAT GEAR
It seems like every modern genre of music has embraced an indulgent amount of reverb in the mix as a default. Decades before this recent trend, however, the surf rockers of the early '60s were swimming their way through the heavy reverb sounds of Fender amps and tank units. Amid countless options for stompbox reverb, the revamped Surf Rider III from SolidGoldFX captures the old school surf sounds of the '60s, along with a healthy smattering of . . .
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ARTIST AWARENESS
Emily RemlerIn an interview with People magazine in 1982, Emily once said of herself: "I may look like a nice Jewish girl from New Jersey, but inside I'm a 50-year-old, heavyset black man with a big thumb, like Wes Montgomery." Born in New York City, Remler began to play the guitar at the age of ten and was initially inspired by rock. She took up jazz with a ferocious intensity while studying at Berklee in the early '70's and in 1985 won the Down Beat Guitarist Of The Year award. Then in 1988, she was . . .
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