Guitar Today

Crocodile skin says “rock and roll” as much as leopard print says “skanky”.  Dean Zelinsky designed this realistic `croc skin`Bolero for DBZ guitars. Although  it may look real, the finish is made from a never-before-seen textured maple top, produced using proprietary DBZ technologies.

For more information, please visit www.dbzguitars.com

It’s made by Ben Lewry from Visionary Instruments, and its’ basically a guitar with an on-board LCD screen that will play any video you want, including visuals reacting to the music…

You can input any video source; Computer, Video Games, even webcams. The video guitar even has built in motion controlled effects.

At some point in the 1970’s the Japanese manufacturers at Ibanez decided to mash the strat and the Jazz bass into one mammoth guitar/bass. This is a very well thought out model which includes two input jacks, considering you probably wouldn’t want to plug both of these guit’s into the same amp.

It looks kinda heavy to me. And I also think the novelty of this might wear off after a while. If you’re a collector, however, this sure would be fun at parties.

A recent Youtube video features John Mayer playing an 8-string Novax guitar while jamming with Steve Jordan in Mayer’s new studio/house.

An improvised version of the SRV/Jimi song “Little Wing” by guitarist Carl Verheyen. He’s really got some fairly nice chops, which can be heard in this video.

Carl also just released his latest album, called Trading 8’s. The new album features collaborations with Joe Bonamassa, Scott Henderson, Steve Morse, Robben Ford, Rick Vito, and Albert Lee.

For more than 135 years, Epiphone instruments have supplied guitarists all over the world with the best in design, performance , quality and value. In today’s challenging economy, that mixture is more important than ever To help add value and performance to your new guitar, Epiphone recently announced that any new guitar purchased for over $500 will recieve a free copy of Guitar Rig Mobile.

From the pioneer and market leader in software instruments, Native Instruments, Guitar Rig Mobile turns the combo of any guitar and your computer into a powerful and easy-to-use guitar recording and performance rig. Combining the new ultra-compact Guitar Rig Mobile I/O USB 2.0 audio interface with the versatile Guitar Rig 3 LE software, it offers studio-grade sound quality and a wide range of creative features that allows musicians and producers to “plug in and play” anywhere without any compromises.

For more details on this contest, check out the Epiphone website.