THE SUBDOMINANT....the Suburban Broadway Sub  It’s summer 2005 and I’m living a guitarist’s dream I’m on a hydraulically lifted stage set in front of 1,000 plus people. The incandescent spotlight catches yours truly, as I rip into the decidedly Hendrix

Equal parts guitar show and live music fest, the Dallas International Guitar Festival hit its 35th season this year. The event is way different from NAMM or Germany’s Musikmesse, because unlike these high-profile music industry gatherings, the Dallas show is aimed specifically at collectors and players, as well with an

Here are six very different recordings by artists who have chosen to create music that flies under the radar of popular culture, but that I think GP readers will dig for various reasons.

 In many ways, a music convention is a music convention. You will, by and large, see the same manufacturers displaying the same gear, hear the same clinicians playing the same licks (that you won’t really hear anywhere but a trade

Arrived at Issue at 3 00 for soundcheck rehearsal with the 12 other guitarists who were to play "SyndaKit."  The last time we performed this piece here, each musician played only into a direct box and stood under one

I recently had the opportunity to participate in the $100 Guitar Project, initiated by Nick Didkovsky and Chuck O’Meara.

    I like to change my rig around frequently, mainly so that I don’t get too used to a particular setup.  The majority of the time, I play one guitar during a set and I don’t use any pedals. 

Berklee School of Music is allowing me to audit Chords 101, which is an online course taught by Rick Peckham. 

 We traveled to San Diego this week to visit Taylor Guitars, and, as usual, I came away feeling very inspired by how this company does business. Not only are they successful enough to have just purchased a corporate jet (no