I’ve never really felt strongly enough about the Red Hot Chilli Peppers to develop an opinion about them, but I enjoyed this piece in Guitar Player. After a lot of blah (”the force and the drive of Mars, the warrior, which is the planet of manifestation of what you feel is right from inside”), it […]
I’ve been listening to a lot of BLS, Slipknot, Slayer, etc. lately, and wanted to venture into the realm of heavier guitar tones. So, I bought an Ibanez RG7321 last month. It’s so sick! I can’t believe I’ve waited several years to buy a 7-string.
Interestingly, I’ve not really had a hard time transitioning from a […]
What can I say, I love Ibanez. I love everything they make. I lustfully ogle the Ibanezes every time I go to the local music store. I can’t help it…
Anyhoo, I sold my Fender Floyd Rose Fat Strat on eBay this month, and bought an Ibanez RG321 a week later. I hated to sell the […]
Ibanez announced a new Steve Vai JEM model at the Jan. ‘05 NAMM show. “Bad Horsie” (named after the song of the same name) features a Rock Mirror finish with a clear pickguard. It also shares familiar JEM features such as the Monkey Grip and scooped tremelo routing. Pricing is $3099 SRP, and around $2300 […]
In the early days of amplified music, distortion was usually considered a “no-no.” Simply amplifying (making louder) the sound of an instrument (like an acoustic guitar) is what musicians were initially after. However, many Blues, Country, and finally Rock-n-Roll guitarists discovered that by turning their tube amps up high, they could create a rich, sustaining […]
I finally got my Dimarzio pickups installed a couple of weeks ago. They definitely make my Strat sound louder.
I just bought a Dimarzio Evolution bridge humbucker and two Dimarzio HS-2 single-coils for my Mexican Strat to get a Vai-ish sound.
I read on Dimarzio’s website that “Evolution and JEM single-coils are only available on the Ibanez JEM” and one “can achieve a similar result by wiring an HS-2 for single-coil operation only: black wire […]