Riffstaion

I wish I had the full version of this. If you play guitar this is majorly sweet. Play any song through this software and it tracks the rhythm, lead and gives you all the chords and notes. Allows you to jam with your favorite songs at any speed.

It lets you find the guitar in the mix, and extract it right out so you can hear it in isolation. You can then slow it down in perfect pitch to learn it easier. 

With the pitch tool you can transpose by up to 12 semi-tones up or down in semi-tone increments without affecting tempo, and yes, you can change that too.

 

Learn the songs you love. Practice at any speed. Develop your technique. Jam with your favorite bands.

RIFFSTATION

 

 

Dark Star Orchestra at The Fillmore

 

 

Dark Star Orchestra (DSO) in their famous tribute to The Grateful Dead, playing live at The Fillmore in San Francisco. The Fillmore is legendary in The Grateful Dead canon as one of their de facto club in the early part of their career and featured in their live album "Live/Dead" and the more recently released "Fillmore West 1969."

The basic idea behind DSO is that they pick a particular concert from the 30 year career of The Dead and recreate in its entirety capturing the tone and pace of an on original concert from a bygone era. Sometimes it's an early '70s show and other times it's a late '80s show and once in a while it's put together from various Dead side projects. At the end of the evening, DSO announces the setlist. 

So how good are DSO? Good enough that DSO's founding guitar player and vocalist John Kadlecik, now plays with Furthur, the latest incarnation of The Grateful Dead led by founding members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. They're so good, current and former members of The Grateful Dead have on occasion played with DSO. And in fact, Phil Lesh joined DSO on stage for the entire first set.

Check out the videos on Youtube. And be sure to checkout DSO on the rest of their tour as they make their way east across the country.

 

 



 

Custom Amps Have Come Along Ways!

Angel of Death

DAVE MUSTAINE ZERO ANGEL OF DETH II

• Mahogany Top/Body
• 25-1/2" Scale
• 1-11/16" Nut
• Mustaine Spec. Set Mahogany D Neck
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• Pearl Dot Inlays
• Mini Grover Tuners
• Black Hardware
• Tune-O-Matic Bridge
• DMT Design Humbucker Pickups
• Finishes: "Angel of Deth II" Custom Graphic

Gene Parson's String B-Bender

Demo showing a few licks for a B and G double bender guitar. The guitar used in this video is a Forrest Custom Guitars, Made by Forrest Lee Jr in Tennessee. This one (#0003) was made for Dustin Bannister in Mo. Close ups of the guitar can be seen at Forrest Custom Guitars more video on the subject of G bending can be found at www.OutWestRecords.com