Fender Road Worn Stratocaster The Fender Road Worn 50′s Stratocaster may have incurred mixed reactions when it was launched, but its fans are many. Nevertheless, the whole subject of whether a guitar should be deliberately d By MNJ | Wednesday October 7, 2009 0
Amplitube Power Group hits town Well during the summer months we’ve had some great software promotions to take advantage of, and now let’s doff our caps to IK Multimedia for extending this pleasure into the Autumn. Their newly By Paul Dakeyne | Thursday September 10, 2009 0
Is the Ukulele a joke? Well, George Harrison didn’t think so. Nor do thousands of people up and down the country who now plunk on this increasingly popular musical instrument. George grew up with the music of George By MNJ | Wednesday September 2, 2009 0
Leo Fender: 100 Today! Clarence Leonidas “Leo” Fender was born on August 10th 1909 in California, which makes today his 100th Birthday. From his early teens, he was tinkering with radios and electronics, building ru By MNJ | Monday August 10, 2009 0
Sonisphere Diary Day 1: Riff and Destroy Pictured left, and still upright at the time, are Mike Fletcher and Tim Maude, our venturesome DV reporters, dispatched to Knebworth at no expense for the Sonisphere gig. Having supped a coup By MNJ | Tuesday August 4, 2009 0
Cornell Plexi 18/20 – Low Wattage Sweet Spot About five years ago, I retired my Mesa Boogies from live work as I was frustrated with not being able to turn them up loud anymore; the advent of decibel meters in venues and the dreaded Health By MNJ | Tuesday August 4, 2009 0
The Lost Art of Rhythm Guitar Although you may be practicing like a demon to play guitar like Satch, Vai or Malmsteen, take some time out to consider the role of rhythm guitarists, how important they are in rock music, and ho By MNJ | Friday July 31, 2009 0
‘Rush’ to buy a Sunburst Geddy Lee Jazz! I blogged here at the beginning of the month about one of my favourite basses in my collection, the Fender artist series Geddy Lee Jazz Bass, only to find out Fender have just released a brand ne By David Bell | Tuesday July 14, 2009 0
Geddy Lee Jazz Bass- A Personal Favourite! Over the years Geddy Lee has played a number of different basses. Many would always remember Geddy with a Rickenbacker 4001, which became his trademark bass of the 70’s. Geddy has also chopped an By David Bell | Wednesday July 1, 2009 1
Status Quo and their Teles What a classic picture! Quo at full tilt on day five of Glastonbury. Can’t you just hear those Telecasters (actually that’s an Esquire Rick Parfitt is playing) chugging away through their custom By MNJ | Wednesday July 1, 2009 0
Stephen Still’s 50s Strat Although I don’t think Glastonbury will ever be about musicians’ musicians; you’ll never see John Mclaughlin, Alan Holdsworth or Joe Satriani on the pyramid, occasionally some real guitar players By MNJ | Tuesday June 30, 2009 0
Graham Coxon’s Tele Deluxe Any guitarist who saw Blur at this year’s Glastonbury would have to be some sort of obdurate old stuck in the seventies diehard not to appreciate first, how great they were and second, what a fin By MNJ | Tuesday June 30, 2009 0
Boss FRV-1, 60′s Fender Classic Reborn Second Roland announcement today is the arrival of the COSM technology based Boss FRV-1. The legendary sound of the 1963 Fender spring reverb has been recreated in this new stompbox emulating tha By Paul Dakeyne | Thursday June 11, 2009 0
Line 6 UX2 – Me, Myself and D.I. I have a problem. It’s an ailment shared by many and cursed by most – I am completely and cripplingly addicted to the sound of a big tubey guitar amp barking at me, preferably transmitting at hea By MNJ | Thursday May 21, 2009 0
Green Day- Album, Tour and Guitar Info. American Rock trio Green Day are back with their new album ‘21st Century Breakdown’, following 2004’s ‘American Idiot’ album that sold over 14 million copies worldwide. (Pictured) is Guitarist Bi By David Bell | Wednesday May 20, 2009 0