Category: Guitar News

Late last night, Dan Denley had to pull down his website and stop taking orders for his new Acoustic Guitar Secrets course.
Apparently, orders were streaming in so quickly that they couldn’t keep up. He sent out an audio message, which I got earlier today. Listen to Dan Denley’s audio message here.
So, at this point, Acoustic Guitar Secrets is off the shelf. However, we they DO think there will be a few copies left. They are taking inventory today and the last few copies will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis starting tomorrow: FRIDAY, DEC 21 at 10:00AM Eastern time.
The remaining courses will be sold at the introductory price. I don’t know if he’s going to raise it immediately, but if you’re interested, I wouldn’t risk it. Go here Friday morning (Dec 21) to claim your copy of Acoustic Guitar Secrets

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Musicians of the world are getting a new kind of artistic freedom with technology that eliminates the challenging chore of tuning.
For users who purchase the add-on technology, the guitar recognizes pitch. Then, its processor directs motors on its six tuning pegs to tighten or loosen the strings accordingly. Tronical has offered its “Powertune System” online and through retailers in Germany since March, according to the company’s Web site.
The Les Paul Silverburst model is to cost about $2,780 in Japan and $2,499 in the U.S., with self-tuning offered for $900 extra.
Gibson guitars with the technology come preset with six types of tuning to play different kinds of music. They also can remember a player’s additional original tuning styles, by listening with a microphone to the sounds of the strings.
Full story on the self tuning guitar here.

Clapton: The Autobiography
Canoe Jam has an interesting article about Eric Clapton’s autobiography.
“He also delves into his romance with Pattie Boyd, who wound up with Clapton after her split with Beatle George Harrison. Their star-crossed affair made her the muse for some of Clapton’s most memorable songs, including “Layla” and “Wonderful Tonight,” before the romance gave way to recriminations.
Clapton recalled a recent Sunday morning trip to his local grocery store, where Boyd’s new memoir, “Wonderful Tonight,” was excerpted in the British press. The page one headline jumped out as he grabbed the paper: “ERIC CLAPTON’S DRINKING KILLED MY MARRIAGE.”
“The headline editor chose to castigate me quite strongly,” Clapton says with more than a touch of British understatement. “I’m in the local shop, and I’m thinking, ‘Are the neighbours watching me read?”‘ ”
The full article is here

Death By Guitar
For an activity that involves high levels of drugs, alcohol, stupidity and electricity, surprisingly few accidents involving electric guitars have been recorded:
Keith Relf, was the harmonica player and lead singer in The Yardbirds. He was killed in 1976 by a shock from an electric guitar that was not grounded properly.
Leslie Harvey of an unknown group called Stone The Crows, was killed in 1972 by a microphone that was not properly grounded.
John Rostill, bass guitar player of The Shadows, was killed in 1973 while waiting in his home studio for Bruce Welch, The Shadows’ rhythm guitar player.

Vintage Guitar Show 2007
Maybe I’m not enthusiastic enough but watching guitar nerds try out 5000 euro guitars (I didn’t dare to touch anything I can’t afford *g*) just wasn’t satisfying for that 12 bucks entry fee. I bought myself a set of Fender strings, a handful of picks, and a high end instrument cable (which really makes a difference, to my surprise) for twenty, which very well compensated me for the entry, but unless I win a lottery or something and can buy one of the real things I doubt I’ll go there again next year.
Vintage Guitar Show

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