Archive for July, 2007

John Mayer and Some Guy Named Eric Clapton on Good Morning America Tomorrow

UPDATE: It is now 8:43am mountain time. Since this has already aired on the east coast you can catch a few video clips on the ABC website here.
Ok, who is skipping work tomorrow morning? I’m lucky enough to have the day off, so I’ll be at home. Good Morning America should air here in Mountain [...]

Summer NAMM 2007 This Month in Austin, TX

Summer NAMM will be kicking off July 27th, 2007 and running through the 29th at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Once again I will watch from the sidelines in pure jealousy. As we all know the NAMM trade shows are only open to association members, and to be a member you have to [...]

Christopher Amott Returns to Arch Enemy, New Album Release Date Announced

I have had this starred for a few weeks now. Arch Enemy has announced the release date of their next studio album Rise of the Tyrant. The album is slated to be on shelves September 24th, 2007.
I love the last few Arch Enemy albums and I’m excited to hear this new one. I don’t [...]

Win John Mayer’s Master-Built Continuum Stratocaster from Fender

Right now Fender is holding a contes to allow us guitar fans to win one of two John Mayer Fender Stratocasters. The first prize is the exact master-built Continuum Strat that John has been playing on his summer tour. The second prize is one Limited Edition John Mayer Signature Stat. There are only 500 of [...]

Is It Illegal to Teach Someone How to Play a Copyright Song?

I have been following this story lately about YouTube pulling over 100 videos created by NextLevelGuitar.com that show people how to play portions of copyright songs. Apparently YouTube received a take down request stating that the lessons were a copyright infringement. I first read about it in the post Guitar Lessons Removed from YouTube in [...]

My Turn: Eight Random Facts about Matt Van Stone

After seeing IG tag Cary from Electric Guitar Review I now see that Cary has tagged me in this Eight Random Facts madness. So here we go, here are eight random facts nobody cared to know about Matt Van Stone, but will now know.
1. I recently moved to a new house and my phone is [...]

Top 10 Seymour Duncan Pickups, Free Legal Tabs Coming Soon, and Blank Tab Sheets

Here is another quick roundup of a few stories I have starred in my trusty Google Reader.
GuitarSite.com has posted the top 10 Seymour Duncan pickups in 2007. This information was obtained through the Seymour Duncan newsletter. I have EMG pickups in my Epi right now, but I have always wanted to give some Seymour Duncans [...]