8bit Guitar and Gameboy Nanoloop Beats Pedal Controled or SWEET NINTENDO

Most 8bit loveRs should find this pretty cool.  Its a live gameboy jam.

Les Paul or The God Father of Modern Music

Legendary guitarist and musical inventor Les Paul died yesterday at 94.  Paul’s contribution to the world it much greater than just a Jazz guitarist with a famous model named after him.  He is more than just inventor.  He is perhaps the most important figure in the history of 20 century music making.  He was the [...]

Cigar Box or a Nation Built From Sticks and Boxes

Cigar Box Nation is a site dedicated to cigar box guitars.  Maybe a more fitting picture would be of a cigar box guitar But i find that amp beautiful.  He is an idea of a cigar box guitar featured on the site:

There is something pure about cigar box guitars no matter if they conjures thoughts [...]

Laser Guitar Trainer or What Next

I found the end all be all of guitar training gadgets at Yanko Design. Why is the end all be all…because it has lots of laser and lasers are cool.

9 Tips and Tricks to Making a Fuzzier World or I Heart Fuzz

This a except from my Fuzz Guide. If you have in interest in the science, history, devices and use of fuzz check it out.

9 Tips and Tricks to Making a Fuzzier World

Digitech Hardwire Series Pedals or More Power

Until recently I really had no interest Digitech pedals. I guess their marketing never really work on me. Maybe it is the name is reminiscent of digital. Not very appealing if you like analog goodness. I like my digital Holy Grail pedal which does a good job of faking spring [...]

End of Week Links or A Bunch or Unrelated Stuff

Julien Bayle can instruct you how to make a monome clones which is good because the monome always have a waiting list.

Music might have stopped me from being a misanthropic criminal so maybe this will change some that are ready are. Jail Guitar Doors is Billy Bragg’s initiative to provide inmates with musical instrument. [...]

Weekend Links or Tips, Instrumnets, Plugins and Laughs

Tips and Resources:

Robert Green DIY show you how to make a DJ set in Ableton Live.

Digital Burn has a cool tutorial on creating that Aphex Twin effect in Reason.

Recording Review has some great idea about getting good results with vocal doubling.

Ableton Live DJ has a bunch of live goodness

Instruments:

Electric Guitar Review Telecater Relic project is [...]

Good Links or Programable Stomp Boxes, Wii Remotes, Glitches, Generative Music and Optimizing

Here is a bunch of cool stuff I have found lately:

The Openstomp Coyote1 is a product seemingly made for me. A stomp box that you can program to be any thing you wish. Sound great but it is not yet released. I am going to keep an eye on [...]

The Weekend Link Dump or Tiny Control, Desks, CD’s & Les

Found Via CDM

These new tiny tiny controls from Korg seem pretty damn cool. I am sure the is a market for these with all the mobile muscians out there. What took so long.

Desktopvibes same how nice images of some cool desktop areas. So if you workspace needs some work take a look.

Everyone [...]