Former Dokken guitarist George "Mr Scary" Lynch was born September 28th, 1954.

Hot on the heals of last year's It Might Get Loud, Turn It Up  features Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES), BB King, Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS), Bruce Kulick (KISS, GRAND FUNK RAILROAD), John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON), and many others covering the history of the electri... [More]

Legacy Recordings and Experience Hendrix is planning the release of West Coast Seattle Boy - The Jimi Hendrix Anthology on Nov 16, 2010, a box set covering the guitarist's career from 1964-1970. The new set is promising rare and (somehow) previously unreleased Hendrix music on a five-disc (four CDs,... [More]

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine was born September 13th, 1961.

Just published a reviews of the Ibanez Artcore AS73, a great 335 style semi-hollow, the Digitech TimeBender Digital Delay and pitch-shifter, and the MOEN GEC438 programmable bypass looper. In other news, I've just launched a commercial sister site BigTonesLowBones.com which is currently  in a ... [More]

While multi effects processors can offer a great advantage over individual pedals in terms of versatility and bang for your buck, many complain this is accomplished by sacrificing tone and often requiring significant programming and planning to get the fullest tones out of one. One the other hand, s... [More]

Ibanez first released the Artcore line in 2002 as an affordable alternative to their Artstar line for those seeking hollow and semi-hollow guitars. The line has since been a huge success and Ibanez has continued to expand it with seemingly endless variants on the semi-hollow and hollow body theme, b... [More]