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Daniel Johnston the modern renaissance man
Guitar Licks and Tips | September 19th 2008 by Tricia
Daniel Johnston in some circles, is compared to the great music genus Brian Wilson. He is brilliant to some and insane to others (even though there is a fine line dividing both personalities). My wife and I were relaxing, while watching TV, in our l read more
Guitarist Dominic Frasca
Guitar Licks and Tips | August 27th 2008 by Tricia
While on holidays at home this year, I’ve had a fair amount of time on my hands. I read some fascinating books, did some odd jobs around the house, huge out with my loverly wife and puppy Midnight (she was 1 year old on the 25th) and looked fo read more
TuneControl-Bridge of Powertune
Guitar Licks and Tips | August 23rd 2008 by Tricia
Now we are getting to the end of my Tronical PowerTune segment. This revolutionary tuning system I’m sure will be the standard for years to come for very serious musicians and ones with deep pockets. This revolutionary approach in tuning ones g read more
Tronical PowerHead Locking Tuners
Guitar Licks and Tips | August 21st 2008 by Tricia
The next aspect of the Tronical Powertune that I want to talk about is the PowerHead-Locking Tuners. The tuning heads/headstock processor/tuner’s that are used here are custom built obviously, and they are similar to your standard guitar ones& read more
TuneControl-MultiKnob
Guitar Licks and Tips | August 15th 2008 by Tricia
The TuneControl-MultiKnob is the only hands on part of the Gibson Robot Guitar/Tronical Powertune system that you actually touch. It looks just like any other of the control knobs that you use on a electric guitar. The best thing about this is that read more
The Gibson Robot Guitar
Guitar Licks and Tips | August 11th 2008 by Tricia
The Gibson Robot guitar takes the hassle out of tuning your guitar. This new revolutionary technology seems like something right out a science fiction novel. Imagine the freedom to have the ability to tune your guitar while playing live.This allows read more
The Performer tuning system by Transperformance
Guitar Licks | August 10th 2008 by Tricia
The Transperformance tuning system called the Performer, will make tuning your guitar on the fly very simple. It is an interesting dream of many guitarists, whose idea’s have finally become a reality. I’ve been recently researching modern read more
The Guitar Motorcycle
Guitar Licks and Tips | July 6th 2008 by Tricia
Ladies and gentlemen, may I proudly introduce you to the GUITAR MOTORCYCLE! I just wonder how you TUNE this engine? Ha, Ha! With one hell of a big tuning fork! This puppy must be rated in miles to the album! Ok, that one was really bad I know! The b read more
Free Air Guitar for those who need it
Guitar Licks | June 15th 2008 by Tricia
If you need to know where this stand is, please contact me through this post, really! Keep on Jammin’, if you dare! read more
A Harry Potter guitar
Guitar Licks | April 6th 2008 by Tricia
This should say it all! Keep on Jammin’ read more
Imagine the freedom
Guitar Licks | March 28th 2008 by Tricia
I imagine that having an extra digit on your left hand must have it’s con’s, but the pro’s might just make it worth it! Playing a 7 string guitar would come in quite handy with a hand configuration like this? When playing difficult read more
Best acoustic amp out there
Guitar Licks and Tips | March 16th 2008 by Tricia
I use to have the best, in my mind, guitar amp for what I was playing during the 80’s. It was the HiWatt 50 watt custom. This thing had everything going for it! The Rock, Progressive Rock and the blues sound was unreal! It could handle any si read more
Guitar world
Guitar Licks and Tips | March 10th 2008 by Tricia
I was at our pharmacy the other day picking up some meds for my wife and I had to wait for the quit a while for the prescription to be filled. As everyone knows, there is only so many things you can do to pass the time waiting in any pharmacy, so I p read more
Serial number info on RD Artists
Guitar Licks | December 6th 2007 by Tricia
Gibson has a section in their site dedicated to the identification and meanings behind their serial numbering system. So my serial number is 72657067. YDDDYPPP YY is the production year DDD is the day of the year PPP is the plant designation and/or i read more
Basic Humbucker pick up system
Guitar Licks | November 19th 2007 by Tricia
Basically making a Humbucker pick up(p/u) is when you place a single coil beside another one. Visually you will notice that some Humbucker p/u’s may have a cover on them, thus you will not see the two coils side by side. I will try to explain t read more
A Lignum Vitae guitar pick
Guitar Licks | November 11th 2007 by Tricia
I have a pick made of gold, honestly I do, and I’ve used it too … but one made of wood - never heard of one. They say the Surfpick Lignum Vitae is much denser then white oak, gives you a richer warmer tone and that it makes your sound fr read more
My Fender Lead II
Guitar Licks | November 9th 2007 by Tricia
I have been using my Fender Lead II as of late. I only have one guitar stand and I rotate the guitars that I put in it many times throughout the year. I got this guitar off a exchange student from Japan around 1984-85. Oddly enough, this is a Student read more
Trying out Thumb picks
Guitar Licks | October 28th 2007 by Tricia
While looking for thumb picks to try and spice up my picking style, I came across the regular/traditional plastic ones and the newer look and feel plastic and metal ones. I know that you’ve all seen the plastic thumb picks before and they all s read more
Searching for new guitar picks
Guitar Licks | October 23rd 2007 by Tricia
As you know I’m trying to add a little something to my guitar picking techniques. I went to the 12th fret in Toronto and looked at some unique picks that I have or have not used in the past. As usual Mr Tim Cameron was the one who stepped up to read more
G & L Guitars
Guitar Licks | October 19th 2007 by Tricia
Has anyone out there heard of this guitar maker? I found out about these guys through a patient that I was taking back to their room after a procedure. The patient was a bass player and said that it was the pride of the collection. So curious about i read more
Repositoning pick from 4/5th finger to regular position
Guitar Licks | October 15th 2007 by Tricia
My question to all of you guitarists out there is, does anyone out there place their guitar picks in between their 4th and 5th (consider their thumb as 1st finger etc.) finger while using their remaining fingers to play bare finger picking during cer read more
Tonelab LE
Guitar Licks | October 6th 2007 by Tricia
I was introduced to the Vox Tonelab SE peddle by a guy who I was playing with this past weekend at the Arlington Hotel’s Capron’s Cavern, Paris Ontario. The event was being held for a dear family friend who was celebrating his 50th birth read more
OMG you gotta hear it to believe it
Guitar Licks | October 4th 2007 by Tricia
Now I already have a good pick-up system in my Larrivee L-03 but when went into my favorite guitar store, the 12th Fret in Toronto, I feel madly in love with the L.R. Baggs IMix. Now I have been looking to update my pick-up system in my L0-3 lately read more
Guitar side ports
Guitar Licks | September 27th 2007 by Tricia
The one thing that I see in the evolution of the acoustic guitar today is its link with the past from Canada’s own, Glenn Gould. He used a unique approach while playing in his later years, around 1983, when he took away part of the piano body read more
More on my 1959 Fender Duo Sonic
Guitar Licks | August 30th 2007 by Tricia
This baby was first introduced to us in mid 1956, the original Duosonic (two pickups) were Fender’s 3/4 size, student model, 22.5″ short scale beginners guitars. With the switch in the middle position, the two pickups are in series, givi read more
A Canadian Amp called Traynor
Guitar Licks | August 24th 2007 by Tricia
I never did have an interest in the sound that Traynor had so I didn’t pay any attention to it. No great guitar player played on one except my most influential guitar teacher Chris P. Even the place that he taught at, the “old Alonzo̵ read more
Time to overhaul my Gibson RD - Artist?
Guitar Licks | August 10th 2007 by Tricia
This guitar is my baby! I have been through thick and thin with this thing. I now feel and fear that this perfect instrument has to be improved in one area and one area only. I love the “character marks” on it, that means “wear and read more
Tremolo Bars
Guitar Licks | August 2nd 2007 by Tricia
Has anyone ever wondered what the tremolo setup in their guitars look like, but was too afraid to take it apart. I’ve never had a guitar with a tremolo bar but my buddy did and one day he decided to show me. My buddy in Brantford was a collecto read more
Bass guitar wonderland
Guitar Licks | July 20th 2007 by Tricia
I love playing bass once in a while even though I’m ok at it. I wish that I had the technique to do some “bass slapping” but my longer finger nails prevent me from doing so. I can pull it off in playing songs on my guitar like Neon read more
Nice Finger picking on this guy
Guitar Licks | June 25th 2007 by Tricia
Boy is this guy good. His name is Steven King and I will be watching out to see if he will be playing in Toronto any time soon! Also, check out the positioning of his middle pick up on his guitar, neat huh? He may come across to some guitar players a read more
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