We are thrilled to re-issue our legendary Vintage Fuzz Pedal using the same essential circuit configuration as the 1960’s original design, combined with modern resistors and capacitors. The new pedal combines yesterday’s mojo and tone flavour with the reliability and stability of today’s component technology. The original prototype pedals were only ever available in limited [...]
We’ve got a new deal available to all of our music shops and distributors – buy 36 leather and/or suede straps and get 24 webbing straps absolutely free of charge, as well as a free Rotosound strap stand and header board to display them on. The free products have a retail value of £150 and [...]
One for the diary: November 17th & 18th 2012 Exeter Corn Exchange Manson’s are pleased to announce the return of their legendary Guitar Show for 2012 as part of the shop’s 20th Anniversary celebrations. Still in the same ownership since forming in 1992, Manson’s have become world renowned as guitar specialists successfully combining a boutique [...]
The London Electric Guitar Show provides a two day electric guitar fest for UK guitarists! The show will be hosted at the Olympia Conference Centre in London over the 10th & 11th November 2012. UK guitarists will have the opportunity to observe first-hand the latest products and gear, watch the world’s top players in action [...]
She’s got a Southern heart, and a Rock n’ Roll soul. Glitter Rose is an outlaw Southern rocker from Ft. Worth, TX. This left handed guitarist owns the stage with her amazing charisma and defining Southern Rock sound – and we’re excited to have her on board as a Rotosound endorsee. Glitter is a veteran [...]
Despite a rather muddy site, the Reading and Leeds Festival went off without a hitch. Nigel Clutterbuck and David Phillips were on site for us (Photos by David Phillips, author of A Drummer’s Perspective http://www.music-images.co.uk/ and Nigel Clutterbuck)
If you can master this exercise your guitar strumming will drastically improve.Learn a cool rock blues guitar lick in the key of A. MP3 Jam Tracks included.
The future of the guitar is in good hands. Today, in a big white tent in a field here at luxury dude ranch Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork Montana, 11 young semi-finalists for Lee Ritenour's Yamaha 6-String Theory Guitar Competition duked it out to determine which six will compete in the finals this Wednesday, which will be judged by Ritenour, Sonny Landreth, Chris Hillman and Dave Grusin.
Trying out my new Murata GR-2B, Guitar Rest. I’ve always hated the ergoplay supports because I think suction-cups are a ridiculous thing to use in a concert situation. Violinist’s have been using clamps for chin-rests for decades but the guitar world is just catching on now. Pros: simple, small, durable (metal all around), ergonomic sitting position, clamps [...]Learn the basics of a very common guitar fingerpicking style called "Travis Picking".
Benjamin Britten’s Nocturnal after John Dowland is one of those rare pieces that almost single-handedly changed the history of an instrument: dedicatee Julian Bream’s premiere at the 1964 Aldeburgh festival made waves in the contemporary musical establishment, leading to top-flight composers writing several other substantial pieces in the following years. Almost fifty years after its [...]Battle of the Nocturnals from Classical Guitar
Saturday September 15, 7:30pm – Double Anniversary: Tribute to 25 years of Guitar Trek & 10 years of Wesley Music Centre. Canberra-based classical guitar quartet Guitar Trek (Timothy Kain, Minh Le Hoang, Bradley Kunda & Matt Withers) celebrate the quartet’s … Continue reading →
Australian National University School of Music student Andrey Lebedev was announced as the winner of the Adelaide International Classical Guitar Competition on Saturday 11 August at the 2012 Adelaide International Guitar Festival in the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Dunstan Playhouse. The … Continue reading →Learn a very common guitar chord used by The Eagles in their acoustic oriented songs. Often played wrong.
Through the history of Western Classical music women have been dramatically underrepresented: consider that the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has only been integrated from a gender standpoint for a whopping fifteen years. As far as composers go, historical surveys generally include but a handful—usually starting with Hildegard, maybe Barbara Strozzi, then skipping to Fanny Mendelssohn and [...][CD Review] Connie Sheu: The Woman’s Voice from Classical Guitar