Slash in the Studio

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These are the first to parts of a new video series, Slash In The Studio, that takes a look at Slash working on his latest album.

Slash opened up his recording studio, allowing unprecedented access into the mind and music of one of our guitar legends.

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Paranormal Guitar Effects (Electro-Harmonix Effectology)

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The latest episode of Bill Ruppert’s excellent Electro-Harmonix Effectology series, Paranormal Guitar, takes a look at creating ‘impossible effects’, using just a standard guitar and EHX pedals.

Settings for each of the sounds is available at the EXH forum.

DIY Talk Box For Bass

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This video demonstrates how to make a DIY talk box for bass guitar.

Not the coolest looking effect to use, unless you’re into guys fellating microphones – but it does sound pretty cool.

via HackaweekTV

In Depth Look At the Moog Guitar

Cyryl Lance, lead designer at Moog Music, demonstrates some advanced effects that you can achieve with the Moog Guitar.

Some crazy stuff!

Video from Sonic State from Musikmesse 2011.

Steve Vai Sets Guinness World Record For Largest Online Guitar Lesson

Steve Vai has set the Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Online Guitar Lesson.

The record is in recognition of a March 3rd online event, sponsored by BerkleeMusic. Close to 7,000 guitarists participated.

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Foo Fighters – Rope

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New music from The Foo FightersRope.

Extreme Metal Production Secrets

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This set of videos, via soundonsoundvideo, features Mark Mynett talking to Russ Russell about extreme metal production.

The audio and video quality on this aren’t great, but Russ Russel has a lot of interesting extreme metal production secrets to share.  Continue reading Extreme Metal Production Secrets

GuitarJack Review

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This video takes a quick look at the Sonoma Wire Works Guitarjack – a device for connecting your guitar to your iPhone or iPod touch.

How To Print Custom Guitars Off Of Your Computer

Check out this video of the Zoybar TOR – a custom guitar that was ‘printed’ from a computer, using 3D modeling technology.

Here’s how to print your own custom guitar:

  • Design an awesome 3D guitar using Blender, an open source 3D modeling application, or customize a 3D model that you find on the Internet
  • Print it at an online 3D printing service, like Shapeways
  • Put it together and rock

Of course, it would probably help a lot if you know something about 3D modeling software and the capabilities of 3D printers.

Zoybar Tor Guitar

The materials for the Tor cost about $175.

At that price, it’s not too hard to imagine printing off your own custom 3D guitar, or sharing models of 3D guitars over the Internet.

Check out the Tor photo and demo and let us know what you think of the possibility that you might ‘print’ your next guitar off of your computer.

Recording Guitar For YouTube Videos

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Mark McGuigan posted this video on recording guitar for YouTube videos.

Specifically, McGuigan demonstrates how he records video lessons. This includes mic placement, audio effects and editing and video editing.

While the focus of this is on recording guitar for YouTube video tutorials, this information is just as useful if you’re interested in recording guitar jams and other performances.

via mastertheguitar