I have been listening to Randy Johnson quite a lot lately, so I figured it was time to feature him again. (’cause I like this guy). I managed to catch him live last year at John Pisano’s Guitar Night and he was sensational. Randy’s command of the instrument is flawless and his playing superb. He […]
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“SEND IN THE CLONES” – UPDATING THE JOHNSON MILLENNIUM AMP This column is directed at a select group of guitarists out there – those who presently own the “Johnson Millennium Stereo 150” guitar amp (see video below), and wish to update the software of their amp to the current version 1.05. Those of you who
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In the last lesson we reviewed the basic blues progression along with using the 9th an 13th chords (Click Here for Blues Lesson 1). In this lesson we are going to look at more extended chords and altered chords that can be played in place of the dominant 7th chords. We will also see that
Blues Lesson One The Basic Progression and Using Extended Chords Domenick Ginex is a guitarist living in Tampa, Florida. He has played in several groups in the Tampa Bay area for over 25 years. Over the next several weeks we are going to look at the blues. We’ll go over the basic chords and progressions,
MORE BLUES SOLOING This lesson is going to provide a high level overview on how to use the mixolydian mode when soloing over the blues progression. So what is the mixolydian mode and how can you use it? Basically the mixolydian mode is a scale that you will apply to each chord in the blues
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Hi everyone. I’d like to share a really fast slurred lick today from my epic tune “Over Age”. This lick chimes in as part of the third chorus when I wanted the song to stay hot after a “smoking gun” solo section. I chose to share this particular lick with you because it’s not an
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GIBSON AWARDS World’s top guitarists selected at 2000 Gibson Awards; Andy Summers wins Lifetime Achievement honor. In a ceremony honoring the world’s best guitarists at the Hard Rock Cafe Los Angeles, guitarist Andy Summers http://www.andysummers.com/ was presented with the 2000 Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award. Other honorees include Jeff Beck, Chrissie Hynde, Lyle Lovett
The home of Gibson electric guitars today is “Gibson USA,” built in 1974 in Nashville specifically for the production of Gibson’s Les Paul guitars. Although the entire guitar industry went through a slump in the late ’70s, the spirit of innovation remained strong at Gibson. In response to a growing demand for vintage stylings, Gibson
RIP ERNIE BALL Ernie Ball, a legend in the musical instrument industry and founder of the Ernie Ball Company in 1962, passed away on Thursday, September 9 after a lengthy illness. A resident of San Luis Obispo, CA, he was 74 years old. One of the last great colorful entrepreneurs, he created products that helped
