Guitar Blog http://tomsmithguitar.com Tue, 21 May 2013 17:21:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Ricky Gervais releases first episode of Learn Guitar with David Brent – Telegraph.co.uk http://tomsmithguitar.com/ricky-gervais-releases-first-episode-of-learn-guitar-with-david-brent-%e2%80%93-telegraph-co-uk.html http://tomsmithguitar.com/ricky-gervais-releases-first-episode-of-learn-guitar-with-david-brent-%e2%80%93-telegraph-co-uk.html#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:21:05 +0000 admin http://tomsmithguitar.com/ricky-gervais-releases-first-episode-of-learn-guitar-with-david-brent-%e2%80%93-telegraph-co-uk.html Continue reading →]]>
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Ricky Gervais releases first episode of Learn Guitar with David Brent
Telegraph.co.uk
Today, as part of YouTube's first Comedy Week, David Brent, Ricky Gervais's comic creation and star of BBC mockumentary, The Office, gives his opening full-length guitar lesson. The self-styled "Brentmeister General" is back and as compellingly awkward …
Life on the Road: Learn Guitar With David Brent, YouTubeThe Times (subscription)
David Brent's guitar tutorial captures the loneliness of YouTubeMetro
Ricky Gervais revives David Brent for YouTube guitar tutorials – watchNME.com
Huffington Post UK -heatworld
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Guitar Hero Tournament – Barcade
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Guitar Hero Tournaments, raffles, videogames, full bar, how can you go wrong?

Check out Barcade in Brooklyn for a good time.

More On Funde Razor (the guys behind this event)

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Just a Guitar on a stand.

Dermot O'Leary dances, plays air guitar at 'X Factor' auditions
Digital Spy UK
The 39-year-old ITV show's host whipped the crowd of over 4,000 auditionees into a frenzy as he danced with a huge white umbrella, jumped up and down pumping his fist in the air, and attempted air guitar. Dermot O'Leary, X Factor auditions Manchester, …

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Guitar redux
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My friend Mike’s guitar, a classy subject.

Scanned the negative and then got rid of the dust from the scanner in Photoshop. I think once I get rid of the dust problems, the scanner will be a great investment.

Here is the one scanned by the camera shop.

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My mother gave this to me in 2007, as she said she never plays it and needs the space! I have very little information on this guitar, other than that it is genuinely Spanish, probably dates from the 1970s, really needs restringing…

…and has a proud place in my musical history, as on the 4th March 1987 I sat down with a Mick Abrahams tutor record and this instrument, and learned my very first guitar chords.

I’m definitely going to record something with this one day.

(Update (March 2008)): Since I wrote the above notes, I have used this guitar on two recordings: backing tracks for my wife’s musical activity sessions for children ("Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "I Can Sing A Rainbow"). It records nicely, though I don’t think I’ve got the EQ quite right yet when mixing.


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Rare Beatles guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison arrives in …
NME.com
A rare guitar played by The Beatles' John Lennon and George Harrison has arrived in London before it goes up for sale at auction. The custom-made prototype VOX guitar will go on public display at The Stafford London Hotel in London from Thursday (May …
Rare Beatles guitar to go on displayMusicRadar.com

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Guitar Notes
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To help guitar students learn where the notes are in a standard tuning

More Songwriting tips at RuffMix.com

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The Hard Rock Cafe guitar from the backside.


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No Doubt – No Doubt Donate Guitar To Boost Ailing Rocker's Medical Fund
Contactmusic.com
Gwen Stefani and her bandmates Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Adrian Young are selling off the autographed Hamer Electric guitar to boost the Frank Ruffino Benefit Fund, set up to help pay for the guitarist's liver transplant and post-operation recovery.

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Guitar Workshop Strat
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Denne spesialbygde gitaren fra Guitar Workshop var et eneste stort eksperiment for gitarmakerne og for gitarist Jon Eberson. Gitaren har en utforming som minner om en klassisk Fender Stratocaster, men med dråpeformet plekterbrett. Kroppen er laget i gran fra Moelv. Gitarhalsen er i lønn, med ibenholt gripebrett.
Jon Eberson: «Chopper», Stash (1986)
.Den helnorske gitaren fra norske Guitar Workshop ble bygget til Jon Eberson tidlig på 1980-tallet. Gitaren er blitt modifisert flere ganger, blant annet med skredersydde pick-uper der mikrofonen med diagonale spoler nærmest halsen er uvanlig.

Låteks: Jon Eberson & Sidsel Endresen: «Big Brother», Pigs and Poetry (1987)
”Om vi ikke fant bra nok gitarer bygget vi dem selv – så fikk vi dem som vi og kunden ville ha dem!” – Guitar Workshop
Jon Eberson Group: «Freedom», Jive Talking (1980)

Jon Eberson brukte gitaren fra Guitar Workshop gjennom store deler av 1980-tallet. Den kan høres i blant annet samarbeidsprosjektene med Sidsel Endresen, som på albumet Jive Talking fra 1980.

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The sound of the guitar in:
freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=16063

I used it in "Good Morning" a song that you can listen to and download in ccmixter.org/media/files/Pitx/6465


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Eric Clapton Introduces Star Line-Up To His Fourth Crossroads Guitar Festival …
Contactmusic.com
It was a blues infused weekend at Eric Clapton's fourth tri-annual Crossroads Guitar Festival on April 12th – 13th 2013 at Madison Square Garden, New York with guests ranging from the legends, to the more modern performers of the genre. 68-year-old …
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival–Evening Two: Concert ReviewHollywood Reporter
Keith Richards joins Eric Clapton at all-star guitar jam at Crossroads FestivalWindsor Star (blog)
The world's greatest rock guitarist wows 'em at Eric Clapton's Crossroads …Straight.com (blog)
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com -VVN Music -Music News
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The Guitar, Man
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My electric guitar, a Godin SD. Nice guitar, but the reason it’s posted is because I believe that the pick between the strings may count as a "Thoughtless Act."

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The Guardian

Bombino: Niger's Tuareg guitar hero
The Guardian
A small white car, branded with the words "Groupe Bambino" and a crudely drawn electric guitar, is revving its wheels deeper and deeper into the soft sand of a side alley somewhere on the ragged outskirts of Niamey, the capital of Niger. The driver …

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Guitar Fucker @ Blues Rules Festival Crissier, 16.5.2010. (c) Christophe Losberger


East Anglian Daily Times

Ipswich: Guitar heroes Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor at Corn Exchange
East Anglian Daily Times
The world-renowned Australian finger style acoustic guitarist, who has played with the likes of Air Supply, Men at Work and Dragon, has teamed up with his long-term friend Britain's Martin Taylor for new album and tour The Colonel and The Governor.

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Guitar Fucker @ Blues Rules
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Guitar Fucker @ Blues Rules Festival Crissier, 16.5.2010. (c) Christophe Losberger

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Guitar Fucker @ Blues Rules Festival Crissier, 16.5.2010. (c) Christophe Losberger


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Coldplay's Chris Martin puts tour guitar up for auction to aid victims of …
NME.com
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is auctioning off the guitar he played on the band's 2012 world tour to raise money for victims of Hurricane Sandy. The singer has put his "one-of-a-kind" instrument up for sale on fundraising website Charitybuzz.com and …
Coldplay – Chris Martin auctioning guitarContactmusic.com

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Guitar Fucker @ Blues Rules
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Guitar Fucker @ Blues Rules Festival Crissier, 16.5.2010. (c) Christophe Losberger

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Guitar Fucker @ Blues Rules Festival Crissier, 16.5.2010. (c) Christophe Losberger

Dog in a guitar case joins 16 other pets squeezed into tight spaces
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Dog in a guitar case joins 16 other pets squeezed into tight spaces. 12 hrs ago. Never mind rules about sleeping on the bed. This pup doesn't need a fluffy down comforter to disappear into doggie dreamland. The adorable pic, which was spread across the …

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Guitar Fucker @ Blues Rules
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Guitar Fucker @ Blues Rules Festival Crissier, 16.5.2010. (c) Christophe Losberger

]]> http://tomsmithguitar.com/dog-in-a-guitar-case-joins-16-other-pets-squeezed-into-tight-spaces-%e2%80%93-msnnow.html/feed 0 This Yamaha Guitar is Your “I Can Do Music, Me” Deal of the Day – Gizmodo UK http://tomsmithguitar.com/this-yamaha-guitar-is-your-%e2%80%9ci-can-do-music-me%e2%80%9d-deal-of-the-day-%e2%80%93-gizmodo-uk.html http://tomsmithguitar.com/this-yamaha-guitar-is-your-%e2%80%9ci-can-do-music-me%e2%80%9d-deal-of-the-day-%e2%80%93-gizmodo-uk.html#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:23:53 +0000 admin http://tomsmithguitar.com/this-yamaha-guitar-is-your-%e2%80%9ci-can-do-music-me%e2%80%9d-deal-of-the-day-%e2%80%93-gizmodo-uk.html Continue reading →]]> guitar_attempt1
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An attempt to cliche a guitar in the sky, dodgy photoshop work near the bottom – this is a first draft.


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This Yamaha Guitar is Your “I Can Do Music, Me” Deal of the Day
Gizmodo UK
And if you're going to write a song, you're probably going to have to play some kind of instrument, like a guitar or a piano. And as we can't see any reduced priced pianos around today, we're going to have to offer you this, a Yamaha F310 acoustic …

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Guitar
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Back to front perspective of the guitar. Thought it came out well.

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