This crazy contraption at first looks like a guitar with a slightly oddly placed floating pickguard but on closer inspection and indeed by watching the demo video below you will see that the floating pickguard is actually a percussive element that allows you to replicate a kind of Conga sound whilst playing your guitar. “The guitar player’s right hand hits, and rubs the Gperc plate that provides a natural s ...

Mr. Fastfinger – Awaki-Waki I’ve become slightly obsessed with Mika Tyyskä recently his playing is just so incredible I love how precise his technique is, lots of staccato runs and he doesn’t drench his guitar tone with distortion to cover up any technique shortcomings this man is pure class. Mika Tyyskä has just released a new EP entitled Stringweaver available through iTunes, Jamtrackcentral.com, Amazon, ...

‘Februus’ by Uneven Structure is one of my favourite Progressive Metal albums so I was excited when ’8′ arrived in my inbox last week. This EP has been re-recorded, re-vocalled and repackaged and sounds every bit as brutal as ‘Februus’. Most of the tracks are much shorter than Februus except the awesome title track ‘Eight’ which is 8 minutes long, perfect. Head over to Uneven Structure’s Facebook page to he ...

How have I not heard of this until now?! It seems Guitarbots has been online for a while but it took a link to a video of Mika Tyyska playing along to his track ‘Awaki Waki’ for me to jump on to the site and give it a go myself. If you have played Guitar Hero you will immediately understand how this game works, even if you haven’t it is very simple, you play the notes on the animated TAB in time and get sco ...

This is partially guitar related as it contains interviews with some Metal guitarists so I thought many of you would find this interesting. Press Release LOUDER THAN HELL: The Definitive Oral History of Metal is in stores NOW! Compiled from over 400 interviews conducted by respected music journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, is a chronological history of heavy metal, told through the words of th ...

David Brent kicks off his new series of guitar tutorials with the song ‘Life On The Road’. “E, A, D, G, B, E. Who cares? What are you going to do with them? Whatever you like. Within reason.” The post Life On The Road | Learn Guitar With David Brent appeared first on Guitar Noize. ...

Ibanez have posted a great hour long interview with Paul Gilbert and Andy Timmons, in fact they are interviewing each other which is extra awesome. Check out the interview here: http://www.ibanez.com/default.aspx?p=paul_gilbert_andy_timmons_interview The post Paul Gilbert & Andy Timmons interview each other appeared first on Guitar Noize. ...

Press Release It’s not just a pickup, it’s a weapon of tonal Armageddon. The Nazgûl was designed with a single purpose; for intense high output chug heavy punch you in the chest ruthless distortion. The tone is heavy and aggressive but also retains articulation and provides a precise pick attack that is necessary for high-output metal. The Nazgûl gives chords heavy saturation and produces a lightning fast r ...

Steve Vai has announced that he is bringing his “Story Of Light” tour Australia in July 2013. Last time Vai came to Australia for a solo tour I was in England so I’m very happy that this time around I will be in Sydney to see Steve, Dave Weiner on guitar, Jeremy Colson on drums, Philip Bynoe on bass and Michael Arrom on keyboards. The Australian tour sees Vai and band play 6 shows in 6 cities in 7 days. Tha ...

Dunlop Manufacturing, guardian of iconic brands such as Cry Baby® and MXR, in partnership with Guitar Center, announce the new MXR Prime Distortion pedal available exclusively at Guitar Center stores, Guitar Center online and Musicians Friend online. This new pedal will be available for purchase on May 22nd, 2013. The new MXR Prime Distortion conjures up vintage hard clipping that’s raw, powerful and highly ...