While they’re not the first corporation to set up shop in Second Life, the 3-D Virtual world created by Linden Labs, Gibson Guitars are now the first major music manufacturer to establish an official island within the virtual surrounds of the digital world.  Gibson Island takes the shape of a giant Les Paul guitar, and will [...]

The August 2008 edition of Premier Guitar, the definitive gear centric magazine for serious, accomplished players, has hit news stands.  The beauty of this magazine is that they also make available the complete content of articles, free on their site, both in a web page and flash magazine format. The August 2008 issue includes highlights such as: [...]

DigiTech is now shipping its new Hardwire Extreme Performance Guitar Pedals, which feature a true bypass and high voltage operation, as well as extra-rugged construction and a slew of innovative attributes designed to enhance live performance.  Innovations such as an premium all-metal construction, an anti-skid pad, Stomplock protective cover, and glow-in-the-dark label give musicians the edge for [...]

One of my good friends actually camped out in the freezing winter cold for the launch of the 3G iPhone in Australia, and managed to obtain the dubious title of the first person in the city of Melbourne to get a 3G iPhone.  For his efforts, his mug was plastered all over the newspapers, interviewed [...]

Thanks to Thumbrella for spotting this – here’s a cool 12 picture series on how pieces of wood are transformed into a guitar, by luthiers from Knights Guitar. Below is a stage by stage example of how we made Jacks Guitar. All our guitars are handmade by either Gordon or Rob, both experienced luthiers. Our [...]

Here’s an instructable on how to create your own metal pickguard to replace the boring old plasticky one that came with your guitar.  It’s basically down to tracing your old pickguard on a sheet of metal, then painstakingly cutting out, sanding, trimming and polishing the piece to perfection.

The world’s largest and finest collection of Gretsch electric guitars, has been purchased by the Gretsch company for its museum in Savannah, Georgia.  The collection was previously owned by Randy Bachman, amassed during his 30 years of touring, scouring music stores, pawn shops and garage sales around the globe. The collection of around 375 instruments, including [...]

You might have noticed a couple of things over the weekend – that it was a little quiet on the news front, and more importantly, that site looks a little different now.  Both were due to the fact that our puggies been busy redesigning the look of the site, and have finally completed the overhaul!  [...]

As a rhythm guitarist, I hate playing in funny keys such as F# as it usually involves lots of bar chords, which gets the left hand tired really quick.  I usually resort to sneaking a capo in when no one’s looking, but I know some would just tsk at me disapprovingly, and tell me that [...]

Ibanez have made a flurry of announcements at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville, including limited edition guitars, new amps and a whole lot of bass products.  Thanks to Harmony Central – here are brief descriptions and links to the headlines: Ibanez Introduces Additional Xiphos Series Model - the XPT700FX metal guitar with fixed-bridge simplicity and sustain to six [...]