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I'm a guitarist and journalist from Melbourne, Australia. I write for the magazines Mixdown, Australian Guitar and Australian Musician Magazine, and I play a whole bunch of Ibanezes. The I Heart Guitar blog started in September 2008. Web Site: I Heart Guitar Claimed Blog: i heart guitar GuitarWorldBlips Member since March 19, 2009 |
iheartguitarblog.com - 23 hours ago
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The following press release pretty much says it
all – Contrive are supporting Opeth in Australia this
week – but let me just take a moment to say things seem to be freaking awesome for Contrive at the moment. A few weeks ago singer Paul Haug got to sing ‘Dead Skin Mask’ with Slayer when Tom ...
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NEWS: Contrive tour with Opeth, ready Devy-mixed album
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iheartguitarblog.com - 24 hours ago
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The Chickenfoot website ( www.chickenfoot.us )has been upgraded
and to celebrate the relaunch one lucky winner can
get their hands on an autographed Ibanez JS with Chickenfoot graphic!!! WANT! Read my interview with Joe Satriani about Chickenfoot here . The Chickenfoot site says: Hello People ...
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NEWS: Chickenfoot updates site, gives away Ibanez JS!
iheartguitarblog.com - 30 hours ago
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Jim Dunlop is giving away a Crybaby Rack
Wah at their site. Now, these units seem pretty
hard to come by and they've been used by some of the biggest names in the biz. Personally I use a Jim Dunlop Buddy Guy Crybaby and I love it to bits, but I've heard such continually high praise for the ...
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NEWS: Jim Dunlop Crybaby Rack Wah giveaway
iheartguitarblog.com - 48 hours ago
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I’ve reviewed a few excellent Cole Clark acoustics
and electrics over the years (like this Guardian ,
for instance), but when I opened up the case for this baby I was pretty gobsmacked. It combines several of my favourite things: that class body shape, a cool semi-hollow body, classic wood ...
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REVIEW: Cole Clark Culprit 3
iheartguitarblog.com - 2 days ago
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So you've read Pauline France's review of the
Guitar Center King of the Blues contest , and
her interview with Joe Bonamassa . Now check out all the great photos provided by Natalie Serhan! There were far too many photos to pick and choose, so here they all are. Enjoy! 1-3: Pete Anderson; 4-9 ...
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NEWS: Guitar Center King Of The Blues Photo Extravaganza
iheartguitarblog.com - 3 days ago
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Kudos to Truth In Shredding for being first
with this awesome news. Marty Friedman is about to
announce Australian and Asian tour dates for very very soon! Marty's site says: Marty has teamed up with Taiwanese superstar A-Mei for a tour of Asia and Australia starting late November. The ever ...
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NEWS: Marty Friedman to tour Australia, Asia with A-Mei!
iheartguitarblog.com - 3 days ago
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I just saw this cool product on Twitter
and thought it was worth a post. The String
Cleaner is a so-simple-it's-amazing-nobody's-thought-of-it-before device for cleaning all six (or seven, I hope!) guitar strings in a single action. The bass version cleans the fretboard too at the same time. ...
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COOL GEAR ALERT: The String Cleaner
iheartguitarblog.com - 3 days ago
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While Pauline France was covering the Guitar Center
King Of The Blues contest for I Heart Guitar
( read her article here ) she made arrangements to interview special guest Joe Bonamassa. Unfortunately schedules didn't permit an in-person interview but Joe was kind enough to do a short ...
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INTERVIEW: Joe Bonamassa
iheartguitarblog.com - 3 days ago
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Anthrax will soon be winging their way down
here to Australia to lay waste to the Soundwave
festival . Despite the presence of Meshuggah, Trivium, Jane's Addiction and Faith No Friggin' More, all bands I would love to see (either for the first time in the case of the first two, or again in ...
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INTERVIEW: Rob Caggiano of Anthrax
iheartguitarblog.com - 4 days ago
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Just got this email from site sponsor Italia
Leather Straps about their very generous holiday sale promotion.
Our Straps Make The Ideal Holiday Gift...Beat the Rush! Buy One, Get One Free For All Pre-Holiday Orders through 11/18 Reduced Prices On All Our 4-Inch Wide Straps! We ship ...
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NEWS: Half off all Italia straps for the holidays
iheartguitarblog.com - 4 days ago
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By Pauline France Photos by Natalie Serhan Hollywood,
CA – Complete musical ecstasy - that’s the best
way to describe what I experienced at the Guitar Center King of The Blues final competition. Not only was I completely immersed in a sublime ambience of electrifying blues, I was also surrounded ...
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REVIEW: Guitar Center King of The Blues Grand Final
iheartguitarblog.com - 4 days ago
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Whoa. I didn't see this one coming!!! Just
got this email from the Extreme forum . Hey
all... Nuno here. I wanted to share some news with you... A friend and Music Director, Tony Bruno, reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in playing guitar with Rihanna. Rihanna is a regular in ...
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NEWS: Nuno Bettencourt to play guitar for Rhianna
iheartguitarblog.com - 4 days ago
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Awesome. Check out this cool new Gibson Buckethead
Les Paul. My favourite feature is the arcade game-style
killswitch arrangement – one with the regular controls and one where the pickup switch should be (the real pickup switch is down with the volume and tone pots). Also note the coil split ...
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NEWS: Gibson Buckethead Les Paul
iheartguitarblog.com - 5 days ago
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Here’s something I think I might just have
to check out while I’m in California for NAMM:
Paul Gilbert is offering ‘VIP lessons’ for two days to coincide with NAMM. Only problem is that I won’t have a guitar with me in the US. Maybe I should get me an Ibanez Mikro or something! By the way, ...
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NEWS: Paul Gilbert VIP lessons in Southern California
iheartguitarblog.com - 5 days ago
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This January I’m packin’ up the family and
we’re jetting over to California for NAMM as well
as general Californian sightseeing. I’ve wanted to go to NAMM ever since I was in my teens and Guitar Player magazine ran this awesome NAMM report, written in the style of Fear & Loathing In Las ...
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NEWS: I'm going to NAMM!
