Laura Cox has posted a new video for the start of April – and she’s absolutely smoking this solo.
Wow.
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Orange Brent Hinds Terror Amp
Hunter has just posted his demo and thoughts on the Brent Hinds signature Orange Terror amp.
This has a lovely softness to the attack that really appeals to me. Don’t get me wrong – I love crunchy tones. I just like a slightly soft pick attack even more 🙂
One really cool feature about this amp – it has both a built-in attenuator, and a nifty ‘headroom / bedroom’ toggle switch. Together, they allow you to play at home volumes without losing the tone that you bought the amp for in the first place.
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Chase Bliss Audio Warped Vinyl HiFi Full Demo
Henning has posted his full demo of the Chase Bliss Audio Warped Vinyl HiFi Pedal. I was intrigued by his mixed track demo from earlier. How will the pedal fare in a detailed demo / review?
It’s a long review, because this pedal has a lot of ways to shape the effect. Far more, it turns out, than Henning has time to go into. Not only are there more controls than your average chorus pedal, there’s a lot of dip switches on the top edge of the pedal to shape things even more.
This is definitely a pedal for those of you who are adventurous and willing to put in the time to explore just what this pedal can do.
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Andertons Unveils New Fender Signature Models
Andertons are back with a world exclusive! After PRS took a Fender Strat and stuck a PRS headstock on it, Fender are hitting back with new signature models from Slash and Carlos Santana. After all, if PRS can take an iconic guitar and slap a new headstock on it, why can’t Fender slap one of the most iconic headstocks of all time on a PRS guitar too?
This is an April Fools’ joke from Andertons, based on how the guitar community has reacted to the PRS Silver Sky. The two guitars in the video do exist, and are currently being auctioned on eBay for charity. Full links are in the video description on YouTube, so click through if you fancy bidding on either of these instruments!
Delta Bluesy Drone Licks Lesson
Guitar World has posted another video lesson from Andy Aledort. In this lesson, he’s looking at how to emulate the open-tuning sound of the old delta blues masters on standard tuning.
This video is helpful if you’re looking to improve your understanding of what makes the delta blues sound work, or if you want some tips on how to improvise around this concept.
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The 26 Minute YouTube Advert
YouTube loves to play adverts, and most of the time they’re either totally irrelevant to me, or worse I can’t work out who the advertiser is or what they’re trying to sell.
So when YouTube said it was loading up a 26 minute advert, my first thought was “who on Earth would make an advert that long?”
The cast of the upcoming Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical recently did a promo event in front of an invited audience. The event was filmed, and turned into a YouTube advert.
I’d forgotten just how good some of these songs are. Take a listen. Maybe you’ve forgotten too.
Danelectro Cash Cow Distortion Pedal Demo
Rabea Massaad has just posted a demo of the new Danelectro Cash Cow distortion pedal. It’s a paid demo (as many of these kinds of videos are), and thank you to Rabea for making that clear at the very start.
This has a thick, saturated tone to it – the kind that might be very enjoyable to just noodle on at home unaccompanied.
Rabea does say that he thinks it’s one of the darker distortion pedals that he’s played through. I’d love to hear it in a mix, to hear if it can cut through for lead duties, or whether it works best as a rhythm pedal.
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Kemper Profiler Demo
Shane’s been teasing us about the Kemper Profiler that he borrowed from Sky Music of Melbourne … and now we have his thoughts on it.
I’m going to save my thoughts on the Kemper until I’ve had time to sit down and record my own Kemper demos. For now, I agree with what Shane thinks about the Kemper – especially when it comes to pedals – but I have a lot more to share about profiling accuracy soon!
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PRS Silver Sky vs Original Fender 1965 Stratocaster
The first batch of PRS Silver Sky guitars is out in the wild. Tim Pierce has borrowed one, and he’s posted a comparison of the Silver Sky vs an original Fender Stratocaster from 1965 – a guitar that costs about 10 times as much as the Silver Sky.
Have a listen.
I couldn’t hear a difference between the two guitars, not in the mix at any rate. And, honestly, I think that’s impressive.
Folks have been trying to recreate the fabled 59 Les Paul tone for decades, and so far no-one – including PRS – has managed to do so. We’ve ended up with some really good instruments to choose from if we don’t want a Gibson, but that hallowed tone has remained elusive. (In part because no-one can agree on what it is …). The PRS McCarty 594 is a fantastic guitar, but it does not sound like a Les Paul.
With the Silver Sky, it appears that PRS have managed to recreate that 60s Strat tone, and then improve on both the tone and the playing experience.
Once people get over the headstock, I’m sure this guitar is here to stay.
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Tackling First Fret Buzz
Ben and Christopher from Crimson Guitars tackle a viewer’s question, and one that certainly bugs me about a couple of my guitars: why do we get string buzz on the first few frets of a guitar?
They call this the impossible question, because once a couple of simple things have been eliminated, the list of possible causes quickly balloons out to a crazy extent. Watch the video to see just how many things can be causing the problem.
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