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First there were magnetic pickups, hex pickups for guitar synth, and piezos for that acoustic guitar sound. Now there’s LightWave Pickup System from Audio Optics, Inc. The LightWave is a departure from conventional magnetic pickup technology. Photodetectors use infrared illumination to measure the shadow cast by each vibrating string.

A new band - Ramshackle - formed by experienced vocals man Tommy Rae with several good young musicians, has just recorded a four track demo CD to announce their availability for gigs from November onwards.

This post is aimed at helping the beginner bass guitar player to learn the notes of the bass guitar. If you want to play bass guitar you will need to know the names of seven notes and their places on the bass guitar fretboard. Once you know where the notes are you will automatically know where the sharps and flats are located.

For years, the closest I’ve come to playing guitar was dating musicians. In fact, until the release of Guitar Hero, which at least promoted me to a semi-amateur level by planting a plastic toy guitar in my hands, my musical mojo was pretty much limited to the repertoire of a long line of guitar-shredding boyfriends, and naturally, no more than 3 chords.

Orange Tree Samples may be a relatively new name in town, but founder Greg Schlaepfer certainly isn’t new to the game. Greg has worked on ManyGuitar and ManyBass, as well as individual Manytone Music sample sets such as the Ultimate Bass Kit, Manytone Upright Bass, and Manytone Fretless Bass.

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm We imagine that Activision Blizzard has more green cash money than a number of medium-sized countries thanks to their ownership of some ridiculously profitable franchises.

Ok fellow string botherers! Anyone that has jammed, had a moment of brilliance and thought “I’ll remember that and get it down when I get home” only to find that the inspired riff eludes you will realise the importance of recording practically everything.

Ok, it's my first project, and i figure it will be a good starting point :) No pics as yet, but i shall post some from my shitzor camera phone when i get it working again. At the moment, its a J&D bass guitar, 4 string, average pups, but real nice sustain and resonance.

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Filed under: News Guitar Hero World Tour will be getting new functionality in a patch available one week after its release. Most excitingly, this feature is something that only PS3 can fully realize. According to Shacknews, World Tour will be gaining a MIDI sequencer, which encompasses rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass, keyboard and drum tracks on the PS3.