Orange Dual Terror Giveaway

Head over to Premier Guitar and enter to win an Orange Dual Terror amp.I've heard good things about this little beast :-) !I'm lovin the EL84's...
The lowdown...
The Dual Terror switches from 30 to 15 to 7 watts for lower volume without tonal compromise and comes complete with a padded travel gig bag. CHANNELS: 2, Fat Channel and TinyTerror Channel CONTROLS: Independent Volume,Tone and Gain one each channel,channel switch FEATURES: Power Switch, Output valve switch,1.5mm Zintec Chassis w/ steel vented top case, Padded Gig Bag Included VALVES: Preamp = 4 x ECC83, Output = 4 x EL84

.... http://www.premierguitar.com/Survey/66/survey.aspx,

Top 100 Jazz Albums and Top 10 Jazz Guitarist List Now At JazzGuitar.be

The members at JazzGuitarist.be site have voted and turned in their list of the Top 100 Jazz albums and Top 1o Jazz guitarist.It is interesting to see "who" is popular at the "moment".You also may discover some new nuggets in this list too.Here is the 11- 20 listing of the 100 Jazz albums....
I am glad to see Danny Gatton on the list :-)

# Bucky and John Pizzarelli - Contrasts
# Charlie Byrd - At The Village Vanguard
# Charlie Byrd - The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd
# Charlie Christian - Genius of the Electric Guitar
# Charlie Christian - Solo Flight
# Charlie Hunter - Bing Bing Bing
# Danny Gatton - Untouchable
# Django Reinhardt - Djangology
# Django Reinhardt - Quintet du Hot Club de France
# Earl Klugh - One on One
... http://www.jazzguitar.be/top-100-jazz-guitar-albums.html

PRS Discusses What Is Involved In Getting A Good Guitar Sound

Paul Reed Smith/PRS discusses what is involved in getting a good guitar sound.This a a 3 part video,only at Harmony Central.He gets really in depth about this subject,beginning with the fingers!This is a must see 3 part video....
http://www.harmony-central.com/theater/video/instructional/instructional_video.html

Learning and Playing The Modes On Guitar...Lesson 2

O.K.,this is lesson 2 of "Learning and Playing The Modes On Guitar...and More".To recap,we talked about three of the 7 modes.They were the Ionian,Phrygian and the Lydian.These were all shown in the key of A Major.The reason being for the key of A is simply to maybe make it easier for the average guitarist.Most guitarist can strongly identify with this key :-).
...I highly recommend you try and visualize,in your mind,the pattern,of the notes,on each string,for each mode.And along with that,memorize the formula for each mode.And most strings have 3 notes,or 3 notes per string.Like i said,try and remember the pattern,then visualize it in your mind,this will help tremendously....
We are adding two more modes,they are the Lydian and the Mixolydian.
The Lydian is really just like the Major,but with a flatted 5th.It fits nicely over a Majorb5 chord,or a Major7b5,or a Major6add9b5.You see the common denominator?They all have the b5 in them,and they are all Major chords!
Now lets talk about and look at the Mixolydian mode.Like the Lydian,it is just like a Major scale with only one note difference,that note is the 7th,it is flatted.The chord that fits nicely with this mode is the dom.7th.It's formula is a 1/ Major 3rd/5,and a b7.So you are now seeing a common denominator in these modes/chords,i hope ;-).





...And are you seeing a pattern to the move of each different mode?We started on A,then to G,then to F,then to E,then to D :-).We are simply moving backwards from a C Major scales...notes,but beginning on A.So can you figure out what the next mode(s) in lesson 3 might be(after the Mixolydian)?
Hope this is helping you to learn,and see,the modes on guitar.Stay tuned for lesson 3,will be coming up soon.
And...do not move from each mode until you have learned/memorized the formula for it,and can see the pattern on the fretboard for it!
And try and get a grasp on what mode goes with what chord or chord progression.More on that later.Be patient and easy on yourself,and by all means keep pickin.
Lesson 1... http://guitaranswers.blogspot.com/2009/10/learning-and-playing-modes-on-guitarand.html

Brad Paisleys Rig at Premier Guitar

OK...country is a changin :-).I have always respected the guitarist coming out of Nashville,there are some great,great players.And now,the new country,is producing guitarist that really are a mixed bag of country/rock/blues.And one of these guitarist is Brad Paisley...
This video,well...."Cliffs",is obviously implying a comparison to Eric Johnson :-).His playing even implies Eric's style.The bottom line though is...both are great players.
So lets get to the main subject....his rig.
From Premier Guitar site...
The original guitar rig was built by Brad and his first tech, Zac Childs. It's gone through many configurations over the years, but the basis has stayed the same. Brad and I have taken it apart twice and I've done it at least three times on my own, but the latest version was assembled by David Friedman of Racksystems in Los Angeles. I had been having a lot of noise issues and David was able to correct them all and give us back a guitar rig anyone could be proud of.
The 'brain' of the rig is Digital Music's GCX and Ground Control system. I have two GCXs, giving me a total of 16 loops.... https://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2009/Nov/Front_to_Back_with_Brad_Paisleys_Rig.aspx
Brad's web site... http://bradpaisley.musiccitynetworks.com/

A Blast To The Past...Gino Vanelli

Gino Vanelli and his band are still fresh sounding :-).

Quick Music Fact...A Solid Foundation For Guitarist

Here's another Quick Music Fact...
If you want to build a solid foundation on guitar,studying and learning the Blues is the best place to start.