http://www.guitar-stuff.net Guitar Reviews, Ratings, Tips, and Comparisons. Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:54:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm having a dry week. I want to post some stuff, but I just don't have the motivation or don't really know what to write about. So here is something that has been sitting in my drafts for like a year. Here is a guitar technique that I stumbled across while ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/08/05/double-down-up-guitar-picking-technique/ Children of Bodom has the new song they wrote for Viva La Bands Vol. 2 up on their MySpace page. It's called Tie My Rope. The album is slated for release on September 4th and includes songs from 19 other bands and has 7 exclusive songs. Head over and check it out.   http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/29/new-children-of-bodom-song/ Eric Clapton's 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival started at roughly 11:45 today in Chicago. If you were not lucky enough to get tickets in the 10 minutes between the time they went on sale and were sold out you can watch it live for free on MSN. Click the image above ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/28/crossroads-guitar-festival-2007-live-now/ Crate has just released the first Amp with a USB port and it's looking pretty enticing. This thing is seriously packed with a lot of crap (good crap I mean). First off it is a stereo mini five-watt amp. Thats right, I said stereo. This eight-inch tall, six-pound bad boy ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/27/crate-profiler-model-5-amp-with-usb-port/ It looks like Seymour Duncan is looking to move in to steal some of EMG's active pickup market with their new Blackout pickups. I only say that because they are active pickups and they look exactly like EMGs, complete with the metallic logo in the bottom right hand corner. Blackouts are ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/26/seymour-duncan-ahb-1-blackouts-active-pickups/ Here is some news for the locals. The Calgary International Blues Festival is happening here in town from the 23rd to the 28th of August. There will be quite a few big names at the show including Edgar Winter Band, Rick Derringer Band, Kinsey Report, Alberg Cummings, and Jimmy Bowskill ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/23/calgary-bluesfest-2007-august-23rd-to-28th/ This is a pretty amazing video I just found. I believe this was for Young Guitar Magazine. Usually when the guitar masters show us their signature techniques they don't really go into much detail. In this video Dimebag goes into perfect detail how he plays harmonics and how he does ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/22/awesome-dimebag-darrell-harmonics-and-squealing-video-lesson/ I'm having a bit of a dry day today. I don't really feel like writing or reading too much. I am trying to research a few things I have wanted to write about but somehow I just keep ending up back on YouTube. Although I don't really want a Dime ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/22/dean-guitars-dime-from-hell-review/ 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 ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/19/john-mayer-and-some-guy-named-eric-clapton-on-good-morning-america-tomorrow/ 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 ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/18/summer-namm-2007-this-month/ 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 ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/17/christopher-amott-returns-to-arch-enemy-new-album-release-date-announced/ 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. ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/16/win-john-mayers-master-built-continuum-stratocaster-from-fender/ 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 ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/14/is-it-illigal-to-teach-someone-how-to-play-a-copyright-song/ 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 ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/14/my-turn-eight-random-facts-about-matt-van-stone/ 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 ... http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2007/07/11/top-10-seymour-duncan-pickups-free-legal-tabs-coming-soon-and-blank-tab-sheets/