by Allan | Mar 9, 2015 | Acoustic Guitar, Live Performance
I’ve been reading Ed Sheeran’s book ‘A Visual Journey’. It’s a great book and well worth a read to learn more about the person behind the music. The story goes that he flew to LA and a friend had set up this gig at a poetry night called...
by Allan | Mar 8, 2015 | Electric Guitar, Live Performance
Great clip showing Ed Sheeran and John Mayer playing together on The Late, Late Show. I’m not sure why Mayer picked the pink Jackson to play (he also used it in the Grammy’s) and whether he’s consciously trying to look like Buddy Holly. Whatever the...
by Allan | Dec 17, 2014 | Electric Guitar, Guitar, Guitars, Live Performance, Rig Rundowns
Premiere Guitar just published this video on their YouTube channel where Adrian Belew talks through his guitar rig. He uses a Parker Fly, with a Line 6 Variax controller inside it to give the Variax guitar tones. He also has a Sustainer pickup to give infinite...
by Allan | Nov 18, 2014 | Electric Guitar Lessons, Guitar Lessons, Rock Guitar Lessons
The folks over at Truefire released a new course from Andy Timmons called Electric Expression. I started going over the lessons last night and thought I’d write this review so you can all learn more about what he teaches. Firstly, I’m a big Andy Timmons...
by Allan | Sep 19, 2014 | Recording
I just discovered producer Warren Huart’s YouTube channel. He’s a producer / guitarist who has worked with a bunch of big names and he’s now set up a YouTube channel and is sharing his wisdom. This is a great video on how Warren records acoustic...