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Exclusive Clare Free Blues Guitar Lesson
Clare Free is one of the fastest rising stars on the UK Blues circuit and is an artist who is redefining the blues for the modern world. Her roots lie in the blues but her influences go way beyond the …
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Gibson SG Diablo Tremelo Review
Gibson, much like Fender, are continuing to update their guitar range and the latest model to undergo a makeover is the trust old workhorse, the SG. Since it’s introduction in 1961 when it replaced the Les Paul for a little …
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TRACER Kick off their First Nationwide Headline UK Tour
Due to popular demand, Australian power rock trio “TRACER” kick off their first nationwide headline UK tour at London’s Islington O2 Academy on Tuesday 24th April. Planet Rock (www.planetrock.com) will start a 48-hour ticket pre-sale for Planet Rock listeners from …
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Want to Meet Richie Kotzen on his 2012 European Tour?
Richie Kotzen is coming back to Europe for a 4 week live tour with his band to support his new album, ’24 Hours’! The tour starts February 29th 2012 in Luxemburg and ends March 24th in Turkey including March 5th …
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Gibson Jeff Tweedy SG 61 Review
The Gibson Jeff Tweedy SG 61 is one of several impressive signature guitars unveiled by Gibson at NAMM 2012. The famous Wilco front man took the leading role in making this is a signature guitar to remember giving Gibson a …
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Take a Sneek Peak at Our New ‘In the style of Joe Satriani’ Guitar Package
We are getting ready to launch our second installment of the ‘In the style of’ series of guitar lessons. Whilst we are busy adding the final touches you can check out a sneek preview of Mike performing this incredible solo. …
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Andy Timmons Interview Part 3
Part 3 of my interview with Andy Timmons. In this section of the interview Andy discusses his signature Ibanez guitars, the AT300 and AT100 as well as some of the other guitars in his arsenal.
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Frepoint Launches First Product With In The Style of Andy Timmons HD Video Guitar Lesson
Fretpoint.com is proud to announce it’s first ever product! As the first installment of a 5 part “In the style of…” series that Fretpoint will be producing over the next few months, this downloadable video guitar lesson is now available …
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Andy Timmons Interview – Part Two
Part two of an audio interview recorded with Andy Timmons in October 2011 ahead of his Italian tour. Andy discusses how he recorded his new album ‘Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt Pepper’ mostly from memory and how he has managed to capture such a killer guitar tone on the new record.
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Joanne Shaw Taylor at Princess Pavilions Falmouth – Gig Review
I’ve been looking forward to seeing Joanne Shaw Taylor since I interviewed her back in September . Both her records are full of classic soul drenched blues and her playing has a maturity rarely since of guitarists her age. However live Joanne is on a different level altogether and the quality of her guitar playing is at times breathtaking.
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The Answer – The Making of Revival
Check out this cracking “Fly on the wall” mini-documentary about the making of “Revival”, the new album from Ireland’s The Answer.
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Everything Burns Release Video for New Single Ghosts and Angels
The official video for ‘Ghosts & Angels’, the first Everything Burns single from their second album.
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Kramer Guitars Interview Steel Panther’s Satchel and Lexxi Foxxx
Kramer Guitars interview with Steel Panther’s Guitarist Satchel and Bass Player Lexxi Foxxx where they talk about the new album ‘Balls Out’ and their (ahem…) “equipment”. Parental guidance is advised!
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Andy Timmons BB Preamp Review
Check out this video review of the Andy Timmons Xotic FX BB Preamp overdrive/boost pedal by Fretpoint demonstrator Mike Baugh.The Xotic FX BB Preamp has become a vital part of Andy Timmon’s sound and I think Mike does a great job of showing just how amazing this pedal can sound.
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Dimarzio AT1 & Cruiser Review
Check out this video review of the Andy Timmons signature Dimarzio AT1 & Cruiser pickups by Fretpoint demonstrator by Mike Baugh.
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Yamaha Mike Stern 1511MS Pacifica Restoration Project
I recently acquired a used Yamaha Mike Stern 1511MS Pacifica for the price of £200 which I think is a bargain considering this guitar generally retails for around £749 brand new. The guitar does have some problems however and over the next few weeks I’ll be documenting which parts I replace and will be posting some photos of the restoration.
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Chickenfoot III Album Review
Second albums are notoriously hard to pull off and this could be the reason behind the cheeky titling of Chickenfoot’s second record. Of course it could also have been a little dig at the ill fated 1998 Van Halen release but who knows? What I do know is that I haven’t stopped listening to Chickenfoot III since it arrived in the post…
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Andy Timmons Interview – Part One
Andy Timmons is quite literally one of the most well respected guitar players in the world right now. He has carved out a successful solo career from the ashes of the rock band Danger Danger and is by definition very much a guitarist’s guitarist. Check out part one of this exclusive interview (including audio clip).
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Chickenfoot vs Van Halen – The Ultimate Heavyweight Showdown?
I honestly thought that this would be one of the biggest heavyweight showdowns in rock n’ roll history however it now looks like the battle could be over before it has even started. Could Chickenfoot vs Van Halen be more like Tyson vs Spinks?
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Marshall YJM100 Yngwie Malmsteen Signature Head Review
The YJM100 was introduced by Marshall as the official signature amp of ‘king of neo-classical shred’, Yngwie J Malmsteen. The amp is being produced as a limited edition run and is based on the power and tone of Marshall’s ‘Holy Grail’ 1959 Plexi head. It’s made in the UK and incorporates some incredible all-valve tone with state of the art features.
