Guitar Rig 4 Pro – Must-Have Guitar Software!

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by admin on September 8, 2009

Guitar Rig 4 Pro was announced last week by Native Instruments. This is in my opinion the best guitar software on the market for amplifier modeling (or guitar amp emulation). I’m pretty excited about this as I already own Native Instrument’s Guitar Rig 3 – Kontrol Rig Edition. It’s been serving me really well for over a year now but I think it’s time for me to upgrade to version 4 Pro – can’t wait!

Guitar Rig in my opinion delivers the good and gives you the most realistic sounding tones – I’ve yet to come across any other guitar software that does it this well and smoothly. By the way, I’m by no means promoting for Native Inst. okay..I just really love GR.

GR 4 Pro comes with some nice enhancements and upgrades but rather than me just telling you the entire list of upgrades, pop over to Native Instruments and read it up yourselves if you want more detailed info.

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Tags: amp modeling, guitar rig 4 pro, Guitar Software

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V-Picks – The Guitar Picks That Stick!

by admin on September 3, 2009

I was looking for guitar accessories today and I came across a very interesting new product – The V-Pick.

What is it? The V-Pick is a specially created guitar pick made of clear acrylic. The fantastic part is that after you’ve held it in your fingers for a while, the pick actually ’sticks’ to your skin. Myself and many other guitarists alike, have the problem of guitar picks slipping out from our fingers, especially after playing hard and sweat starts building up.

Sticking equals being able to play faster without worrying about slips. The pick also comes with a slight bevel to the edge that allows it to glide across strings much more easily giving it faster action. According to the creators, the tone and volume from these picks are unsurpassed. (I’ll not comment on that one).

They produce a good range of these V-Picks to suit electric & acoustic guitars, and also bass guitars and mandolins. They come in different gauges and thicknesses, with 30  different ones to choose from.

Check out their website at www.v-picks.com

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Tags: Guitar Accessories, guitar pick, v-picks

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Hey Guys,

It’s been a week since I’ve last posted. Been real busy with life and all. Just wanted to give a heads up you guys wanting to learn some awesome electric Blues riffs and licks.

Lick Library has released a brand new Stevie Ray Vaughan tutorial DVD that teaches you some killer blues guitar riffs and licks. The DVD focuses on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s style and explores his technique in much detail. In the lessons, instructor Jamie Humphries from Lick Library take you through 6 hours of meaty Blues lessons – 6 hours in total for the 2 volumes.

The DVD’s cover tutorials on several tracks like “Texas Flood, “Pride & Joy”, “The House Is Rocking” and “The Sky Is Crying”. The lessons break down the songs and teaches you how to play the lead and rhythm sections of each song, and leaves nothing out.

These DVD’s are great if you have been looking to add some sweet-killer licks to your playing and improvisation.

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Lick Library Summer DVD Lessons Sale

August 29, 2009 Electric Guitar Lessons

This summer has Lick Library releasing a massive range of their guitar learning DVD titles for sale.
For those of you who’ve wanted to purchase some of their guitar DVD tutorials, now’s your chance! Most of these titles are going for 50% off their usually marked price. Below are the titles I’ve personally bought in the [...]

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Exercises To Develop Your Alternate Picking Technique

August 20, 2009 Guitar Tutorials

Guitar Exercises

I’ve recently posted an article with exercises to help you develop high speed alternate picking. To most beginners who learn to play the guitar, alternate picking can feel rather unnatural and comfortable – They tend to lean towards the hybrid picking technique where each string is picked in a non-uniform manner ( ie. not [...]

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The Father Of The Gibson Les Paul Guitar

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Les Paul was said to be the creator of the Les Paul guitar and he passed away on the 13th of August, 2009. Although the ‘Les Paul’ was named after him, some say that he was not the inventor of the much-loved solid-body guitar but rather Gibson just put his name on it.

Les Paul has [...]

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Guitar Accessories – Magnedyne Pickup

August 15, 2009 Guitar Accessories

ElectroKraft just released their new Magnedyne electric guitar pickup for the Fender Stratocaster. The Magnedyne single coil pickup allows you to adjust its tone with a little control knob based on the top of the pickup.
The Magnedyne has no active electronics so your guitar tone is as true as can be. This pickup will [...]

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Parker Guitars New DragonFly

August 10, 2009 Guitar Accessories
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The new DragonFly electric guitar (DF824) has just been announced by guitar manufacturer Parker Guitars. For those of you who are familiar with Parker guitars, this new DragonFly model carries the same great features as it’s predecessor.
In terms of the body’s shape, feel and weight, this electric guitar is pure elegance. It has been [...]

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Learn How to Play You’re Beautiful by James Blunt

August 8, 2009 Acoustic Tutorials

“You’re Beautiful” – by James Blunt is one of my favorite tunes to play on my Takamine acoustic guitar. Great song and to learn how to play. This video lesson goes through the chords and fill in’s and leaves nothing out. The author of this video is assuming viewers to be beginners.
This Youtube youre beautiful [...]

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Power Chords For Guitar – Power Chord Exercises

August 5, 2009 Guitar Tutorials

Power chords for guitar are extremely easily to learn and use. The good news is, as a beginner, you’ll just need to learn two power chord shapes and you can start riffing away with your electric guitar in any key you want because the shapes do not change – you just move the shapes up [...]

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