In this post I am going to talk a little about my experiences with owning too many different makes and sizes of pedalboards and the 2 boards I have finally settled on as best for me and for folks that

John 5 is a busy man. Between playing guitar for Rob Zombie and lending his composition skills to other top selling artists, he has still managed to keep his own solo career cruising with five full length solo records in

Alt metal band Stone Sour (featuring Slipknot members Corey Taylor on vocals and Jim Root on guitar) have just launched a new series of studio blogs for their upcoming album. Since the release isn't due out until this summer, we'll

In case you missed it previously.

Rivera Amps interviews Slipknot’s Mick Thomson on his design and tonal requirements for his signature amp, the KR 7.  

Watch if you dare In 2008, SGR Records in Italy held a competition to find the “world’s fastest guitar player” for the Guinness Book of World Records. (The Great Kat wasn’t invited apparently.) So if you dig hearing the “Flight

At the behest of Patrik Landolt at Intakt Records in Zurich, I reconvened the Carbon quintet of 1991-96 for a new recording in 2009 and this short European tour around the release of Void Coordinates. 

I just stumbled upon this video, which does a good job of explaining basic bossa nova to someone who may want to add a bit of it to her or his bag in order to become a more well rounded,

Dig the way Dykes incorporates harmonics while keeping the bass driving in this impressive fingerpicking piece. Hang in there for a minute and notice how he seamlessly works in a twist of the tuner to simulate some pedal steel action.