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Guitar World Lick of the Day App Introduces Jimi Hendrix Lick Packs

Posted 03/23/2012 at 8:13am | by Guitar World Staff

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Guitar World and Agile Partners announce three Jimi Hendrix Lick Packs are now available in Guitar World Lick of the Day, the popular app for learning guitar on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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Experience Hendrix Tour Features Buddy Guy, Billy Cox, Eric Johnson, Robby Krieger and More

Posted 03/21/2012 at 5:24pm | by Damian Fanelli

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The Experience Hendrix tour, a traveling show that pays tribute to the music of Jimi Hendrix, will head back on the road in March. Thirteen dates have been confirmed (See the schedule below), and several more dates will be announced soon.

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Stratoblogster Labs: Eric Gales Coming Back Strong

Posted 02/27/2012 at 1:26pm | by JP Holesworth

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The youngest of four guitar-playing brothers, all of whom play lefty and upside-down, Eric Gales was a fretboard monster early on, raised on a healthy diet of Jimi Hendrix via his older siblings. Before the mainstream successes of Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe Bonamassa, Derek Trucks, Jonny Lang, John Mayer and others of his generation, Gales, aka “Raw Dog,” was jamming with gods like Shawn Lane and Carlos Santana and getting interviewed by Arsenio Hall.

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Interview with Roger Mayer: The Secrets of Jimi Hendrix's Guitar Setup

Posted 02/17/2012 at 2:14pm | by Peter Hodgson

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Nobody knows the ins and outs of Jimi Hendrix's guitar sound like Roger Mayer. Mayer introduced Hendrix to his Octavia, a unit that added an octave overtone to the original note. Hendrix loved the sound and used it on the solo to "Purple Haze." The rest, as they say ...

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Stratoblogster Labs: Book Review — “Guitar Zero”

Posted 02/16/2012 at 11:12am | by JP Holesworth

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Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning is a recent book release by Gary Marcus, an author and MIT-educated cognitive psychology research professor who teaches at New York University.

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NAMM 2012: Celestion Introduces G12M-65 Creamback, High-Power Vintage Guitar Speaker

Posted 01/27/2012 at 12:36pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Guitar World stopped off at the Celestion booth last week during the 2012 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California, to speak to John Paice about the company's new offerings, including the G12M-65 Creamback speaker.

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Guitar World's Top 25 Live, Reissued and Archival Albums of 2011

Posted 12/27/2011 at 9:23am | by Compiled by Guitar World Staff, Intro by Damian Fanelli

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Guitar World's Top 10 DVDs of 2011

Posted 12/26/2011 at 8:52am | by Compiled by Guitar World Staff, Intro by Josh Hart

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Like any year-end list, this wasn't an easy one to compile. Of course, stellar documentary pieces by way of Cameron Crowe (Pearl Jam Twenty) and James Moll (Foo Fighters: Back And Forth) made the job a little easier, as did the fact that AC/DC, Slash and Rush continue to be among the best live acts on the planet.

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Jimi Hendrix: The Complete Experience App Now on iPhone and iPad

Posted 11/17/2011 at 2:12pm | by Guitar World Staff

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The Jimi Hendrix: The Complete Experience app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is available now -- for free -- at the App Store. The app, created by Sony Music Entertainment and Experience Hendrix LLC, comes just in time for Hendrix's 69th birthday on November 27.

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