Awesome YT Channels About Guitar Gear

I would like to recomand you some great YouTube channels about guitar gear. They are made by very charismatic dudes, who know quite a lot about the stuff they are showing. Really enioyable things for guitar geeks.

Gearmanndude
Because of great stomp-boxes showcase.

Scott Grove
Because of extremely interesting and unique guitar collection.

Rob Chappers
Because of charisma and cool guitar licks and tips.

10 Great and Simple Guitar Riffs

Some old school music makers, who knows how to rock:
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Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers

Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy

The Troggs - Wild Thing

Saxon - Wheels Of Steel

Black Sabbath - Iron Man

AC/DC - Highway To Hell 

Eric Clapton - Cocaine

The Doors - Hello, I Love You

ZZ Top - La Grange

Johnny Cash - San Quentin

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Cool Tracks With Guitars VII - Neoclassical Metal

This time, I would like to present some good 'neoclassical metal' guitarist: Tommy Vitaly and Bruno Teodori. I found them on ReverbNation. They are presenting an awesome level of progressive/metal/neoclassical vibes. Awesome music to listen and for guitar playing inspirations.

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Building a Custom Guitar - On-Line Vids

Today, I would like to recommand you some videos in how-it's-made style. They will show you how some guitar makers are working on custom electric guitars. Really nice close-ups.

Witkowski Custom Guitars

Peters Instruments

Noshtims Custom Guitars

Aldomath Guitars

Marchione Guitars

King Blossom Guitars

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One Man Guitar Shows

When we are thinking about some music, where guitars are the significant part, we're usually thinking about bands. What about one man guitar shows? Is there some successful music perfomed only by a one guitarist?

I think, yes. Let's listen (YT vids):

Pat Metheny:
Don't Know Why
Song For The Boys

Robert Fripp
Frippertronics demo

Barney Kessel
Here's That Rainy Day

Joe Pass
Satin Doll

Bill Frisell
Shenongoah
Keep Your Eyes Open

Edward Van Halen
Eruption


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Cool Tracks With Guitars VI - Country

This time my playlist is based on country music. I picked up three, cool records from ReverbNation. As always, there are some good, inspiring guitar riffs.

On today's playlist are: Devils Canyon Rustlers, Adrian Bradbury and Justin Spears with Trey Willeford's song.

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Cool Tracks With Guitars V - Jazz-Fusion

Today's playlist is based on the ReverbNation content. I chose three awesome jazz-fusion artist: Vertigo Jazz Project, Mike Stern and Carl Eichman. Of course, all songs have some inspiring guitar lines.
I hope, that the playlist will help in discovering some new ways of guitar play and tone creation.










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Home-Made Guitars Can Be Awesome

In this post, I would like to show you some YT videos of home-made electric guitars.

Some people can make really nice instruments in their homes, garages, etc.

There are a lot of good parts on the market. You can buy a neck with your favourite shape. You can buy a body stylized on some well known guitar construction. You can also buy a lot of different types of hardware. There are tons of pickups to choose from.

All this things means, that building an awesome guitar in your home is possible. ...And it will be completely your own project!

Lets see some DIY guitar projects:

Pine and maple, GFS New York pickups, hard-tail

Warmoth parts based  (my fave)

Fretless Tele (Warmoth parts)

Ibanez Jem copy

DIY Tele - making of


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Cool Tracks With Guitars IV - Western Movie

On this playlist, I'm presenting three cool tracks, based on western movie vibes (hell yeah!). Do you remember old-school spaghetti westerns, where Clint Eastwood or Charles Bronson is giving the one way ticket to some bad guys? Always with some nice backing track (usually by Ennio Morricone).

Of course, selected songs have some great guitar riffs.

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1. Sundance Kids - Dead Cowboy
2. Long Desert Cowboy - Face in the Sand
3. 6 Notes - Goodbye Old Alliance


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Cool Boss DS-1 Mods by YT Users

Boss DS-1 is a kind of constructions, where many parts can be changed, and many circuits can be modified. This is why there's so many modded „orange boxes” on the market.

Some mods are just making the pedal a little bit warmer, colder or boosting more middle frequencies. Some of them makes a new kind of guitar effect stomp-box from the stock DS-1. 

Here are some good demos from YouTube, which can show you, what MOD really means.

Cool Tracks With Guitars III - Blues

Here comes another playlist. Today I'm presenting songs in blues vibes. They are showing few different schools of blues guitar. You will find here some modern licks and some portion of vintage, old-school way of playing.

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1. Still Nameless - Pure Truth

2. Doctor Blues - America

3. Gleb Bones - Opposite street

4. Chino - La noche da para mas

5. Nicolas Larouche - Dawn Rock

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Cool Tracks With Guitars II - Jazz

Another portion of great guitar music, that I found on-line. On todays playlist, all songs are in jazz vibes.

For me, it's a nice playlist for moody days. I hope, that it will be very inspiring stuff for you, as a guitarist.

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Playlist:
1. Rick Zunigar - Take Your Best Shot
2. Urtzi Azkue (feat Itziar Castrillo) - Bildur Barik
3. Slikk Tim - Looptown
4. JPFM Band - Besse-A-Stress
5. Tom La Meche - Mon Beau Sympa


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Cool Tracks With Guitars I - Prog Rock

In this post I would like to present five cool songs that I found on Jamendo. They can be a really inspiring stuff for a guitarist. The playlist is based on progressive rock/metal vibes.

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1. JT Bruce - Plunge Into Hyperreality
2. Andrea Puggioni - Notte Prog
3. Emerald Cave - Far From Any World
4. Progside - Inside My Robot's Mind
5. PhaZer - Feat Itself


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Forshage Ergonomic Headless Custom Guitar & Roger Placer

I was surfing on-line a little and I found some nice guitar sounds. They are made by Roger Placer - who have a cool YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/user/rpguitar), and by his guitar - Forshage headless ergonomic electric guitar. This axe is a very original instrument and have some interesting type of wiring, with my favourite pickup switching system - every pickup's got its own on-off toggle switch.

If you like jazz guitars, or untypical guitars, or headless-ergonomic guitars, or completely custom guitars :) you really should check it. So, here is the movie presentation: Forshage Ergonomic Headless Guitar

Links: 

www.rogerplacer.com
www.youtube.com/user/rpguitar


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Nice DIY Pedals from YT Users

I would like to present some home-made constructions of guitar stomp boxes. I think, these pedals are really cool, so can promote 'guitar DIY' and give you some inspirations.

Fuzz Face on BC108 

Craig Anderton Tube Sound Fuzz 

Dr Boogie 

Pedal Board With Cool Distortions

Another cool pedal board. Awesome delays and old-school distortion/overdrive tones.

This guy knows how to use wah-wah (04:05). > Just listen <

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Some Cool Pedal Board

This is a very cool sounding pedal board. Very original. Awesome modulation effects. Just listen: Beavis Pedal Board Noize


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