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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Has A Lot Of Stuff In His Guitar Rig! [VIDEO]

Johnnie Walker — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:50:31 +0000

Behind the scenes videos from bands are some of my favorite things. I love watching bands recording albums, tour backstage crap, even gear tours. It’s cool to see all the different ways that musicians can get to their goal of making their instruments sound like they want them to. Premier Guitar does a lot of [...]

Incredible Guitarist! [VIDEO]

Dubba G — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:07:45 +0000

Something “light” to start off my posting day! This guy is awesome! Careful though if you’re at work, around kids, etc… He drops an “F” Bomb in this!

Happy Easter!

Dubba G — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:00:29 +0000

Happy Easter everyone!! I hope all of you have an awesome day with friends, family and chocolate bunnies! In keeping with the “resurrection” theme of this day; I put together a dream band of departed rockers. I’ve “brought back” John Bonham on drums, Mike Starr on bass and Ronnie James Dio on vocals. Now I need [...]

Biohazard Vs. The Rock – Ock! [VIDEO]

Dubba G — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:25:34 +0000

We’ve gone from 6 strings, to 7 … to 12. STILL; somebody, somewhere wanted more. Will 51 strings freakin’ do???? Meet the “Rock – Ock”. An 8 neck, 51 string, 40 lb monster guitar. (Makes that weird one Rick Nielsen has look kinda puny huh??) Every guitar player should have one of these right?? Here’s ”Crossroads”!! And I’m [...]

Guitar Recording Tips From A Master, Jimmy Page

Dubba G — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:39:58 +0000

Some insight for all you guitarists, recording engineers/producers and wannabees!! Jimmy Page fronted one of the biggest bands EVER, wrote some of the best riffs ever and did a LOT of production work. (On his own material and the work of others!) From The Yardbirds, to Zeppelin, to his solo stuff … and a lot [...]

Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 Guitars to School Music Programs

Jeff Giles — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:22:04 +0000

Being in the school band just got a whole lot cooler for some of the kids in the Los Angeles area: Eddie Van Halen has teamed up with the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation to donate 75 guitars from his personal collection to schools that don’t have enough funding to pay for instruments. For Van Halen, it was a simple case of giving back — as he put it simply, “Music education and families are dealing with the economic times, and I wanted to help them.”

Know How To Play Smoke On The Water? Wanna Learn … Watch Closely! [VIDEO]

Dubba G — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:58:01 +0000

Time for your daily “waste of 7 or 8 minutes”!! This guy, for some reason, stacked up 100 classic guitar riffs and then learned to play them all as one song. Some people have wayyyy to much free time. It’s kinda cool though, check it out! Don’t plan on learning your favorite one though. Not without [...]

These Kids Can Jam!

Duke Keith — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:34:55 +0000

Check out this video of these amazing kids playing on their guitars. And you thought your kids had talent. Check out the video below: