Archive for April, 2007

Daily Picks – April 28th, 2007

Just a few links I found for today:

Arch Enemy’s Michael Amott talks about the new album that is currently in progress. – I didn’t know this, but apparently they always record 4 guitar tracks on all of their albums. That’s pretty schwicked.
Strat-O-Blogster has found a set of 3 Tom Morello videos on YouTube from a [...]

Win a Custom Gears of War Guitar and Xbox 360 from ESP

ESP Guitars is holding a contest for the best “Air Gamer”. Yeah, you know how much people love to play air guitar? Well ESP wants you to send them pictures of yourself air-button-mashing on your brand new Xbox 360. Here is the description of the contest from the website:
Send us a photo of yourself while [...]

Peppino D’Agostino – Guitarists You Have Never Heard of 4

Guitar Player magazine readers have recently named Peppino D’Agostino the best acoustic guitar player in the magazine’s annual poll.
So, it looks like this guy is not so “never heard of”. But I have never heard of him, so thats why he is here.

I think he needs to cinch up that guitar a little higher. [...]

Get Your Taste of Metal History – Dimebag Darrell Signed Guitar (Only $34k)

A guy on eBay by the name of ramses6615 is selling a Washburn Custom U.S.A. guitar signed by both Dime and Vinny at a Damageplan CD signing in 2004. As of writing this post there are only 12 hours left in the auction and 0 bids. The fact that the guitar is number two of [...]

Dimebag Darrell to be Inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk

Modern Guitars Magazine is reporting that on May 17th, 2007 Dimebag Darrell Abbott will [finally] be inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk. Dime was the highly influential lead guitarist of the 90’s metal band Pantera. Dime was at the forefront of metal as it emerged into the mainstream in the early 90’s and is cited by many [...]

Gibson Warns of Counterfeit Guitars Sold in USA

Gibson has sent out an official press release to warn consumers of counterfeit guitars being sold in the United States after several people launched complaints of receiving below quality guitars. Apparently lately there has been an influx of fake Gibsons coming in from China. If you want to protect yourself, here is your best way: [...]

Himsa Recording New Album

Himsa has completed the writing portion of their third album and are entering the studio today to start recording. This will be their first album with Century Records.
Derek Harn (bass) states: “The new album draws from the strengths of our last two records, Courting Tragedy and Disaster and Hail Horror, but this is an [...]