Entries from December 2008

GuitarPlayerZen.com Now on Alltop

December 17th, 2008 · No Comments

GPZ is now a part of the Alltop Network. Alltop is an “online magazine rack” of popular topics. We update the stories every hour. Pick a topic by searching, news category, or name, and we’ll deliver it to you 24 x 7. All the topics, all the time. It really is a great tool to [...]

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Tags: Guitar Player Zen

Pick One: Solid Timing, Lightning Fast Chops, or Heavenly Tone

December 8th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Which one would you rather have if you could only have one? I posed the question to some fellow tweeters (twitter users) and here is what some of them  had to say: coolsmokintodd @GuitarPlayerZen I doubt you’ll have the other two without solid timing. 2:23 PM Dec 2nd from TweetDeck in reply to GuitarPlayerZen umpump [...]

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Tags: Guitar Player Zen · Music Business

53 Mind-Numbing Guitar Tunings!

December 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Lyra-Viol tunings Out of the Manchester Lyra-Viol Book Guest Post by good friend JB guitar experimenter. The Viola da Gamba, also known as “bowed lute” or in a more actual style of speech “bowed guitar” has a wide array of polyphonic capabilities in its standard tuning, but throughout the ages, for solo as well as [...]

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Tags: Developing Your Own Guitar Style · Guitar Lessons · Mental & Creative Lessons

Christmas Gifts for Guitar Players

December 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments

I came across a cool top ten list of Christmas gifts for guitarists today, from friend and fellow guitar blogger Jon, over at GuitarNoize. (Check it out and be sure to subscribe!) My personal favorites on this list are the Planet Waves guitar straps and the In-ear metronome from Korg. Yes it could be pretty [...]

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Tags: Guitar News · Guitar Player Zen · Mental & Creative Lessons