I love surprises :)

I hope you all had a good Christmas I know I did!

I had a fantastic surprise on Christmas Day when my lovely girlfriend, Kate, handed over a HUGE box which contained… this:

Oh yeah baby!

More pics here.

I also received a Custom Audio MC-401 boost pedal .

Colour me happy/lucky/jammy .

RIP James Brown

RIP The Funk God Mr James Brown…

“A 1 2 3 4…”

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! and as it’s the tradition now , here’s a little festive recording.

Winter Wonderland [Download MP3]

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Gear Used:

Guitar: Fylde Magician -> Rode NT1-A

Cool Andy Timmons Vid

Cool vid of Andy Timmons playing on www.ibanez.com with an interview too.

My fave Albums of 2006

In no particular order, albums that have rocked my World in 2006:

Guthrie Govan – Erotic Cakes
A long wait but it was well worth it. Stunning, fantastic sounding album can’t wait for the next one, though probably will have too .
Fave Tracks – ‘Ner Ner’, ‘Sevens’ and ‘Uncle Skunk’


Joe Satriani – Super Colossal
Another great CD from the master of instrumental guitar.
Fave Tracks – ‘Crowd Chant’ and ‘Redshift Riders’


Paul Gilbert – Get Out Of My Yard
At last an instrumental album from the one and only Paul Gilbert. As you’d expect plenty of guitar gymnastics ( that intro lick! ) and top rockin.
Fave Tracks – ‘Get Out Of My Yard’, ‘The Curse Of Castle Dragon’ and ‘Radiator’


Stone Sour – Come What(ever) May
Great followup album to ‘Stone Sour’ from Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and pals, Crunching riffs and great songs \m/.
Fave Tracks – ‘30/30 – 150′, ‘Come What(ever) May’ and ‘Through Glass’


Muse – Black Holes and Revelations
For me Muse are getting better and better with each album. Black Holes and Revelations is a truly wonderful piece of work.
Fave Tracks – ‘Knights of Cydonia’, ‘Supermassive Black Hole’ and ‘Soldier’s Poem’

Truth In Shredding Poll Results

Nice to see Ibanez coming out on top in the Truth In Shredding Guitar Survey results :

Copyright Infringement

So it seems my video improvisation of Prince’s Purple Rain infringed copyright on youtube .

If course I could claim ‘Fair Use‘, say it’s ‘educational man’ or maybe wear a silly hat and record a parody…

Anyway I’ve now attempted to upload it again without using any keywords and trying a different video format, let’s see what happens.

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