COMING SOON! The Modern Hendrix – Adam Lee and More!
Nov 9, 2009 Other Instrument
Adam Lee
It’s been a while since I last posted anything, and I just wanted to let everyone know that there’s plenty of interesting stuff in the pipeline! To follow up on Rob Chapman and Eddie Kramer, we have a surprise guest guitarist, Adam Lee. I won’t say too much about him just yet, but he’s been described as a modern Hendrix, with a heavy Carlos Santana and Steve Vai influence (could be interesting indeed).
Younee
We also have Younee, a singer song writer, from Korea. Younee is currently touring several countries at the moment and has played with several top jazz musicians. Younee’s main instrument is piano, played in a classical style, as well as Jazz. Both genres are combined so well, I would almost go as far to say that she has created a truly unique style of music. We’ll have some interesting footage and an interview with Younee shortly.
Muris Varajic
(Guitar Idol Finalist)
Muris has been a Guitar Idol finalist several times, and is currently putting his guitar skills to use, doing something completely different! We’ll have a catch up with this amazing Bosnian guitarist, and find out what he has in store for us for the next Guitar Idol competition.
We hope to have all this great stuff uploaded ASAP!
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Rob Chapman, Eddie Kramer and Waves at the Strongroom – Part 1
Oct 13, 2009 Guitarists, Other Instrument
Rob Chapman aka “The Monkey Lord”, was kind enough to invite me along to a Waves plug-in event at The Strongroom in Shoreditch. Hosted by the legendary Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai, The Beatles) it was certainly going to be an educational night for anyone interested in sound engineering.
Prior to the presentation, Eddie sat down for a chat and a thorough inspection of Rob Chapman’s new brand of guitar, the ML-1.
The ML-1 is due for release very soon and will be retailing at £290. A bargain considering what you get. Featuring a reverse head stock, from a “Telecaster” and possibly a reversed reverse headstock (don’t ask) on the left handed models (if they’re released!). The ML-1 is a good combination of a “Strat” and a “Les Paul. You’d think that this idea has already been done many times by now, but the ML-1 does it in a more subtle way. At first you’d think that the guitar was like any normal strat, but when you pick it up, you soon realise it feels more like a Gibson, or at least as heavy! The guitar uses a humbucker in the bridge, a single-coil in the middle and the neck, giving a good balance between a heavy rock sound (ala Les Paul) to an exceptional clean tone (ala Strat). The neck plays beautifully and is based on a strat neck, which should give it a familiar feel to those people that already have a Fender style guitar. The build quality is perfect and the fretboard is made of real ebony, which has an infinity symbol on it. The manufacturer’s have even engraved the Monkey Lord logo onto the neck plate.
Overall, for the money, this guitar is truly flawless and you certainly couldn’t go wrong with it. It fills the gap of a certain price bracket. Cheaper than an Epiphone “Les Paul” and something that’s a bit more adventurous than a Fender Squier. The bonus will be, that you get the best of both worlds at an affordable price. All the guitars and parts have been manufactured in China but come with Grover USA machine heads and Wilkinson trems.
Follow the link to Rob Chapman’s site to reserve your own ML-1 http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=tycFJlM2VKU75jMQhOc5Z0Q&hl=en
Tags: Eddie Kramer, ML-1, Monkey Lord, Rob Chapman, Strongroom, Waves
Chris Geden, the guinea pig for Virtuosic Synergy
Aug 2, 2009 Guitarists, Other Instrument
I’ll be posting my work on here, as I was too scared to post anyone else’s stuff up without testing the site first.
The first video, is my “Shred This” competition entry, which has been featured on the “Truth in Shredding” website, by Laurie Monk. I’m using a Fender standard Stratocaster, running through “Guitar Rig 3″. I wasn’t able to record direct unfortunately, so I did the best I could with the video camera’s mic.
The second video is a cover of Tommy Emmanuels song “Lewis and Clark”. Here I’m using a Taylor 315ce and a barking dog…
Tommy Emmanuel – Lewis and Clark by Chris Geden Shred This Competition Entry
In the following videos, I’ve taken some photo’s of my younger brother and my cat and added caption’s to them to create a short story.
The first video is done over the Blues Jam Tracks backing, which is freely available to download from their website at http://www.bluesjamtracks.com/
Guthrie Govan does an excellent take on this track and it’s more than worth checking out at this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71izserFcek
Tags: blues, blues jam tracks, Chris Geden, fender, Guitar, Guitar Solo, Guitarist, guthrie govan, Lewis and Clark, Shred, Shred This, shred this competition, strat, stratocaster, Taylor, Tommy Emmanuel