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Top 5 Stratocaster Songs
In this video, I go through 5 of my favourite songs that are played on the famous Fender Stratocaster. These are some of the songs that come to mind for me when I think of Stratocaster tones.For the recording, I used my Fender Standard Stratocaster in Midnight Wine finish [...]
REVIEW: “68 Guitars” Les Paul
A friend of mine from up in QLD sent me this guitar to check out, so I gave it a good play to see what it could do. Check out the youtube video above to hear it in action with some clean and dirty tones. This guitar is [...]
Famous Guitar Tones: Slash (Guns N Roses)
In this episode, I have a look at Slash's guitar tone, with particular emphasis on early Guns N Roses stuff and Slash's first solo album. Guns N Roses' debut album "Appetite for Destruction" is definitely one of the most iconic rock guitar tones. It is one of [...]
Famous Guitar Tones: EVH “Brown Sound”
"The Brown Sound", Eddie Van Halen's iconic guitar tone from Van Halen's self-titled debut album, has been considered one of the holy grail of guitar tones since the album's release in 1978. This tone is very raw, and is rumoured to have been achieved by cranking up an old [...]
REVIEW: Charvel So Cal 2016
I just picked up a Charvel So Cal (2016 model) a little while ago, and after playing it a lot at home and at live shows with my various bands, I thought I would do a review on the guitar for those of you considering buying one. [...]
Famous Guitar Tones: Angus Young (AC/DC)
For anybody that hasn't heard of AC/DC (and I suspect that won't be many people!), they are widely considered to be one of the biggest and best rock bands of all time. Angus and Malcolm Young are the two guitarslingers of the band and are the songwriters [...]