Monthly Archives: December 2003

Guitar Noise Newsletter for December 28, 2003 with all the latest site news and updates. Written by David Hodge.

Guitar Noise Newsletter for December 21, 2003 with all the latest site news and updates. Written by David Hodge.

Great musicianship, on guitars and bass make for a cozy album of Rock, Jazz and Fusion. With a lot of blending in genres, the Bernd Brothers show their licks in a variety of styles.

Let’s kick off the year with a bit of a challenge. Here you’ll find step by step instructions for playing the second acoustic guitar part of this terrific song. Since this particular guitar part involves the four basic guitar techniques (hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides and bends), you’ll find it a great way to start learning how to play solos.

Guitar Noise favorite Gilbert Isbin brings us a second lesson in finger-style guitar. In this piece, we use the first phrase of Jimi Hendrix’s classic Little Wing to learn about finger positioning and developing improvisational skills.

Guitar Noise Newsletter for December 14, 2003 with all the latest site news and updates. Written by David Hodge.

A nice effort for guitarist Bob Ernst. Considering that this is a do-it-yourself album (Ernst writes, produces, arranges, plays guitars, bass and does the drum programming).

Sarah Pillow is an incredible artist. A delight for the ears, but more, a grand pleasure for the soul. She’s in a class by herself.

In response to a reader request, Nick Torres tells us all about the things to look for and consider when buying a used acoustic guitar. This article should definitely be in your clip and save file!

Christmas can lead to all sorts of binging on things, from food to strap locks! Before you go plunging into the nearest music store, it’s a good idea to have an honest assessment of what you actually need. John Tucker relates to us some thoughtful ideas based on his experiences on the subject.

Peter Simms adds his share to the finest gifts we bring with his wonderful chord melody arrangement of this Christmas carol. Using Drop D tuning to create a thrumming bass part, you’ll have everyone in your house going pa-rum-pa-pa-pum in no time!

Guitar Noise Newsletter for December 07, 2003 with all the latest site news and updates. Written by David Hodge.

Chris Juergensen’s latest piece for Guitar Noise is a Q & A with the legendary Adrian Legg. Get some great examples of Adrian’s techniques (banjo rolls, open string incorporation and pedal steel licks) to practice on your own.

Being naïve can both hurt and help you. It’s a great asset to the artist or songwriter but it can also lead one to make less-than desirable (read disastrous) choices. A-J explores both sides of this trait in this interesting and thoughtful article.

To kick off their new European tour, Arena, oddly enough, played to North American dates. The first was Québec City, where they’ve played many times before, the next was their first ever presence in Montreal.

Eat This It’s Safe Tom Yoder’s debut CD is simply awesome! I could stop this review at that, and it’s enough to describe this wonderful album by a master guitar-slinger. Yoder credits a long list of guitarists for their influence, yet he manages to sound like none of them; he sounds like himself. He has [...]