Posts Tagged guitar
TIAGO DELLA VEGA
Posted by Rick in Music / Artists, News, Tips / Technique, Videos on April 9th, 2010
This will open your eyes!
Tiago Della Vega is a Brazilian guitarist. Born in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, he began learning to play the acoustic guitar at the age of five. After a year, he realized that the electric guitar was his greatest passion. He started to study electric guitar, practicing 14 hours a day.
Tiago della Vega played with the bands After Dark and Fermatha. At present, he travels around the world playing and doing workshops. He currently holds the Guinness World Records title as the fastest guitar player in the world, playing The Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at 320 beats per minute.
He plays a custom signature Andrellis 7-string guitar which has 24 frets and a Floyd Rose tremolo, the Andrellis TDV.
IT’S NOT A HAPPY DAY FOR GIBSON GUITARS
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News on November 18th, 2009
We will have to wait and see what becomes of this.
REFLECTING ON LES PAUL
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News, Tips / Technique, Videos, guitar history on August 25th, 2009
This interview with Les Paul in 1992 is a treasure and should make every guitar player who walks into a music store humbled at the array of “toys” he provided us. He glided over his adversities with the same grace he played guitar and that is a gift to us all.
CHECKING OUT SOME BANJOS AT WILDWOOD MUSIC
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News, students on August 22nd, 2009
Yesterday, we took a short trip up to Coschocton, Ohio, to visit Wildwood Music. I wanted to check out some Deering banjos since I have played them before and was impressed. I was looking for something a little less expensive than my current banjo so I can use it for instruction at the shop.
We had a lot of fun browsing all the guitars, banjos and auto harps. Don and Marty were very gracious and had some great stories from their trip to Elkins, West Virginia. Missing Daybreak also has some good stories from their visit to Elkins. In fact, Something Blue was written there while the Cheat River was rising one night. Check out WildwoodMusic
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELECTRIC GUITAR!
Posted by Rick in Gear, News, guitar history on July 13th, 2009
This is exciting! Today is the birthday of the electric guitar! Don’t take it for granted and keep on playing!
Read about it here.
THINK YOU HAVE NO TIME TO PRACTICE YOUR GUITAR?
Posted by Rick in Tips / Technique, students on June 8th, 2009
Here’s a nice little article that may help you plan your guitar or other instrument practice. I hope everyone had a great weekend!
DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT.
It sure is getting nice outside and schools are out, so, most of us will be into a lot of stuff for the summer. It might be easy to put that guitar in the corner and let it have a little vacation, but, that’s not necessary. Check out one of the travel guitars available for a really decent price.
GUITAR NOIZE
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News on June 3rd, 2009
JPH ran across this blog site and it looks pretty cool. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Teach Street
Rick has a teacher’s profile over at TeachStreet.com, a resource for classes and instruction of all types (not just music). Hop over to the site and check it out. If you’re a student of Rick’s, take the time to write a quick review of Rick’s lessons and help spread the word about Rick.
New Links
We added a ton of new links to Rick’s page. A complete resource for instruments, amps, cables, electronics, and other gear – the ‘Links’ page has most of the big name manufacturers in the business. If you’re looking for something specific, or just curious about what’s available in the industry, hop over and have a look around.
Click here to see the ‘Links’ page
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