March 2nd, 2008
Mashable! has a great post up today with 11 excellent resources available on the web for learning to play the guitar:
You can learn to do just about anything on the web, and guitar playing is no different. Yeah, I know you’ve mastered the toughest songs on Guitar Hero III, but can you actually play a guitar? We’ve got 11 tools to help you start living out your dreams of being a rock legend… you know, when you’re not coding a new Twitter application.
You can read the article here:
There are some great resources listed there, including lessons, tabs and other goodies. Enjoy!
March 2nd, 2008
With one day to go on this auction, there is an Ibanez Prime Dual Chorus Effects Pedal going for under $20US! Made during the late 80’s, the Prime Dual Chorus is a highly configurable stomp box perfect for rocking out. It also functions as a flanger, with a bit more of a metallic sound than its’ predecessor??? the Ibanez FL-9 flanger. Its a great price for a cracking pedal like this:
You can check out the Ibanez Prime Dual Chorus Effects Pedal auction here to see how high it will (or wont!) go.
The manual for the Ibanez Prime Dual Chorus has this to say:
Features
So, you have been out looking at stereo choruses and flangers and you like the unique quality that each one gives to your instrument, but you are not yet ready to buy two separate pedals. Well, look no farther. For just about the price of either you can have both in the new Ibanez PC10. The PC10 has two completely seperate modulation sections that can be accessed by either the top mounted A/B switch or by plugging in an optional footswitch. In the “A” mode, depressing the unit’s footswitch will give you effect “A” or dry. In the “B” mode, depressing the unit’s footswitch will give you effect “B” or dry. In the A/B mode, depressing the unit’s footswitch will give you effect A or effect B alternately. In addition there is a stereo output jack that when accessed by a 1/4″ stereo plug gives you both normal and inverted effect outputs enabling you to play in true stereo.
Use
Like the TC10, the PC10 is a chorus with 2 modulators (or L.F.O.’s). The same dual chorusing is available with mnay new variations because one of the modulators can also create flanging effects by decreasing delay time and increasing intensity. These are some of the most lush sounds available through processing. Set the flanger intensity on modulator B to “0″ and delay time to “2″ to create identical function of both modulators (like the TC10). Of course different speeds and widths on A and B give best results.
By using the footswitch “toggle” feature described previously, 2 presets can be used for convenience in live performance. Two different chorus sounds or a chorus and flanger are available instantly.
Text copied from: DiscoFreq’s great effects pedal site here.
