Matt Blackett
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Matt Blackett
E Mail: mblackett@musicplayer.com
The Most Recent stories by Matt Blackett
- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band May 2008
13 Blues for Thirteen Moons [Constellation]
- Peppino D’Agostino May 2008
Made in Italy [Mesa/Blue Moon]
- Arlen Roth May 2008
For the ten years between 1982 and 1992, one thing you could depend on in the pages of Guitar Player magazine was Arlen Roth’s Hot Guitar column. The bending, sliding, and chicken pickin’ science that he dropped in those pages ...
- 10 Things You Gotta Do to Play Like Tom Morello May 2008
Although he claims his musical career is based on playing “the same two strings on the same two dots,” Tom Morello isn’t exactly what you’d call a one-trick pony. With his groundbreaking band Rage Against the Machine (as well as his ...
- EVH 5150 III Amp March 2008
The most obvious aspect of the famous Van Halen sound was Eddie Van Halen’s wacky striped guitar, but to create the awesome tones we know and love, he had to plug it in. And his amp of choice for those early VH records was a late-’60s ...
- EVH Frankenstein Replica March 2008
For most rock guitarists who were born in the mid ’60s, the release of the first Van Halen record in 1978 was our Beatles-on-the-Ed-Sullivan-Show moment. It divided recorded history into two distinct sections: stuff that came before ...
- Bob Brozman March 2008
When it comes to his music, slide master and ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman is unfailingly honest. Whether he’s playing the music of Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, or Mississippi, he immerses himself in the culture, studies the history, and ...
- Five Times August March 2008
Brighter Side [Adrenaline]
- Santa Cruz Firefly February 2008
My grandmother bought a Martin 0-18 in 1930, and she was kind enough to give it to me many years ago. Everyone who has ever played that guitar has marveled at how great the tone is, how amazingly loud it is for such a small-bodied ...
- Gibson Robot Guitar February 2008
I’ve long thought that electronic tuners are kind of like beer. I like them a lot, and I use them all the time, but I don’t recommend them to young kids. The reason being that if youngsters (or beginners of any age) don’t learn to ...