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Joe Bonamassa - Josh Smith - Kirk Fletcher - Peter Dankelson
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Blues-Metal master, Eric Steckel
Eric Steckel's career spans over 20 of his 29 years. Discovered by British Blues legend John Mayall as a kid, Eric spent much of his younger days touring Europe and the USA and has literally grown up on the road with a guitar in his hands.. Eric calls his style of playing BLUES METAL and that's a great description.....a blend of heavy, intense speed, original, soulful lines and bends all served up with a feel and groove second to none. Eric plays his own signature model Knaggs guitar through a Mezza Barba and the whole package just rocks beyond belief.
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Mark Lettieri - On My Sleeve Guitar Course
It’s not every day you get the privilege to sitting down and learn the secrets of a 4 time Grammy award-winning guitarist but my friends Brett Papa and Mark Lettieri (of Snarky Puppy fame) just released a course that will let you do just that!
The new course, titled "On My Sleeve" is an incredible journey of all the sounds and styles of Marks' biggest influences and will help you become a better guitar player.
This course is taught and based around five original compositions, written by Mark to demonstrate the roots of his different tones, sounds, and techniques.
Working through this material will put you on your way to better internalizing your own influences, and how to translate them into your personal style.
The Course Includes:
Over 5 Hours of Content
Instant access from your computer, tablet, or smartphone
Studio backing tracks recorded by Mark with longtime band member, drummer Jason "JT" Thomas (also of Snarky Puppy)
PDF downloads with full tablature
As a special offer, Brett and Mark agreed to extend a big 40% discount to anyone on my email list, and I don’t want you to miss out.
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Orange Amps Launch Their Retro 1970s Effect Pedals
Orange Amplification announces the return of three iconic effects pedals; the Orange Phaser, Orange Sustain and Orange Distortion — with the trio’s vintage characteristics reworked for the present day.
The modern story of these classic units starts in 2019, when an Orange message board went viral for a photo of the long-discontinued Sustain pedal from the early 1970s, with its outsized form-factor and art nouveau typography. Not long after, the company found the original schematics and the project was started.
The rest of the story writes itself: as more evidence was unearthed about the Sustain and its two brothers, the Distortion and Phaser, Orange set about remaking these beasts, retaining their most-loved qualities and incorporating the contemporary features; LEDs, DC inputs etc — expected on 21st-century effects pedals. The result is three seasoned British made pedals re-tuned and ready for the modern age.
First up is the Orange Sustain, which smooths and regulates guitar sounds, acting like an overdrive for clean tones with added chime and warmth. Boosting volume without scuffing purity and making soft parts louder and the loud parts softer, it offers an expressive, nuanced and three-dimensional take on the sustain/compressor effect.
Then there’s the Orange Phaser, the most elegantly simple of the reboots, with just one knob and one job: to bring sweet psychedelic swirl to any rig, its dial modulating guitar tones from woozy sweeps to fast, choppy stabs via kaleidoscopic insistent, whirling pulses. With four-stage circuitry rebirthed from the original schematics combined with modern techniques inside the box reduces the noise floor. The Orange Phaser adds maximum spin with minimum fuss.
And finally there’s the Orange Distortion, with vintage appearance up top but all-new circuitry below deck, replacing the original’s back-to-back diode design with an amp circuit and tone stack with a user-adjustable treble. New design doesn’t mean new sound though — the Orange Distortion retains all the bite, growl, warmth and howl of its 1970s forefather, from fat gravelly textures to red-hot screamers and maximum saturation.
The trio of effects pedals are a perfect homage to one of rock’s golden ages, but also ripe for any modern set-up. The strong aluminium chassis and classic look offer a 50-year-back teleportation. Then, stomping on the footswitches completes the time-travel: these might be new for 2022, but with the Orange vintage pedals, The Song Remains The Same.
Norman's Rare Guitars
Bruce Springsteen's Gibson Burgundy J-200
The story behind the brand new 2022 Gibson Custom Shop J-200 in Burgundy!!! About 20-25 years ago, Norm sold Bruce Springsteen an Early 60's Gibson J-200, and he finally showed it in his music video called "Western Stars" and Norm reissued it and we finally got the first one in the shop!
Norman's Rare Guitars
Sarah Rogo & Friends
Another episode of Rogo & Friends with Norm back on the keys!!! Sarah Rogo on vocals, Mitchell Haeuszer on guitar, Casey Abrams on bass, Nick Dias on guitar, and Jack Ryan Sullivan on the mandolin
Guitar Of The Day
1960 Fender Stratocaster
1960 Fender Stratocaster Olympic White.
Norman's Rare Guitars, The Podcast
Episode 1 | Getting To Know The People Of Norman's Rare Guitars
You may already know these guys from the Norman's Rare Guitars Youtube channel or Instagram, but in this the first episode of the Norman's rare Guitars Podcast you'll get to meet Jen, Lemmo and Nick. Where are they from? Who are they? What makes them tick...??
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Doug Pettibone: Guitar player with John Mayer/Lucinda Williams/Jewel/Tracy Chapman/Lisa-Marie Presley and many others
Doug Pettibone started to play the guitar at the age of eight. His first teacher was Andy Summers, formerly of The Police. With nine years, Doug studied with Eddie Lafreniere, guitarist for big band leader Jimmy Dorsey, with whom he spent the next five years studying the music of Dave Brubeck and Duke Ellington. Later he received a scholarship to Pepperdine University-Malibu for Jazz Guitar, Classical Guitar and Voice, graduating with a triple major in 1984. In the following years he played with many different artists of various genres.
In 1999, Doug started a world tour with Jewel that lasted for a year and a half. In 2001, he played pedal steel, mandolin and background vocals for Tracy Chapman's North American tour. Shortly after that, Lucinda Williams hired Pettibone as her multi-instrumentalist, singer and music director to tour, record, and co-produce. Doug´s intensive collaboration with Lucinda lasted for eight years, and continued at a later stage again. In the following years, Pettibone realized several projects with other artists. In 2004 Doug participated in the Legends Rock TV show produced in the South of France, featuring guest artists such as Sam Moore, Billy Preston and Tony Joe White. Ray LaMontagne is amongst the artist Doug went on tour with, in 2009 it was Marianne Faithfull who called him up to go on tour. After that Marianne Faithfull and Doug Pettibone started to write together new songs for a new album.
In the last few years, Pettibone has played live and/or recorded with some of the most influential artists of our times, among them Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Steve Earle, Elvis Costello, Joan Baez, Mark Knopfler, Draco Rosa, Sting, Michelle Shocked, Vic Chesnutt, Kevin Montgomery, amongst others. In 2012 he went on tour with Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. In 2013 Pettibone toured with Lucinda Williams with just the two of them on stage.
He joined John Mayer's touring band as lap steel and guitar player for the Born and Raised 2013 World Tour.
2016 Doug is on World Tour with the Italian Zucchero - accompanied by Brian Auger on Hammond Organo.
Alamo Music Center
Fender American Pro II vs. American Ultra Stratocaster
"In keeping with our comparisons of Fender's new beautiful American Professional II line, we're back to take a look at the American Pro II Strat up against its modern and advanced older brother, the American Ultra. Though Fender has updated its flagship line, the American Pro II, with some more modern features, there are still a few key differences from the Ultras; namely, pickups, neck shapes, tuning machines, and finishes; however, the addition of some new pickup switching options, updated hardware, and heel contouring takes these two lines closer than ever before."
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Furch Vintage 1 OOM-SM
Furch Vintage 1 OOM-SM A Small, Underrated Gem
Alamo Music Center
Taylor Academy 20e & 22e
Taylor Academy 20e & 22e The Best Beginner Acoustic Gets Better