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		<title>NEWS: Guitar Idol 2010 is go go go!</title>
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It&#8217;s been a long wait but Guitar Idol 2010 has now been launched!


Guitar Idol 2010 – The Rules
Compose an original guitar composition that showcases your guitar playing and musical ability to the max! You can use any jam tracks and backing tracks of generic rock, blues, metal etc grooves, but the guitar part that you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markmcguigan.com/2010/07/22/news-guitar-idol-2010-is-go-go-go/</link>
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		<title>INTERVIEW: guitarnoize.com interviews Greg Howe!</title>
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Jon over on guitarnoize.com has recorded a video interview with *THE* Greg Howe!  
Check it out!
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		<link>http://www.markmcguigan.com/2010/07/21/interview-guitarnoize-com-interviews-greg-howe/</link>
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		<title>GEAR: Suhr 7 String Moderns now available</title>
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Spotted on the Suhr Forum:

I&#8217;m sure Ed already posted this but figured I&#8217;d throw it out there as well because I&#8217;ve received a lot of questions about these guitars. Just wanted to let you know that Suhr is now accepting orders for their 7 string Modern. I received the following from Ed last night.

&#8220;We can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markmcguigan.com/2010/07/15/gear-suhr-7-string-moderns-now-available/</link>
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		<title>VIDEO: Paul Gilbert playing &#8216;Bach Partita in Dm&#8217; from Fuzz Universe</title>
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Paul Gilbert playing &#8216;Bach Partita in Dm&#8217; which features on his new CD &#8216;Fuzz Universe&#8216;!



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		<link>http://www.markmcguigan.com/2010/07/12/video-paul-gilbert-playing-bach-partita-in-dm-from-fuzz-universe/</link>
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		<title>VIDEO: Guthrie Govan and I.H. Jeon &#8220;Little Wing&#8221;</title>
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Some more footage from Guthrie Govan&#8217;s Suhr tour of Asia with an EBS TV broadcast of &#8220;Little Wing&#8221;:

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		<link>http://www.markmcguigan.com/2010/07/09/video-guthrie-govan-and-i-h-jeon-little-wing/</link>
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		<title>DVD: Extreme &#8216;Take Us Alive&#8217; Review</title>
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I never got the chance to see Extreme live back in the day and unfortunately couldn&#8217;t make their &#8216;Take Us Alive&#8217; tour in the UK last year. So when a live DVD was announced I was overjoyed! 
Recorded live at the House of Blues in Boston August 2009 the &#8216;Take Us Alive&#8217; DVD is brilliantly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markmcguigan.com/2010/07/09/dvd-extreme-take-us-alive-review/</link>
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		<title>COMPETITION: Steve Vai picks his &#8220;Design A JEM&#8221; winner!</title>
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Mr Vai has picked his favourite of the Design the JEM entries and here is it:



Congratulations to user “ALEX” on his winning design submission for the Ibanez Design a JEM Contest! Ibanez will be manufacturing two JEM guitars featuring Alex’s design– one for Alex and one for Steve.
Check out the finalists here. Some interesting ideas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markmcguigan.com/2010/07/08/competition-steve-vai-picks-his-design-a-jem-winner/</link>
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		<title>COMPETITION: Win over £3k worth of T-Rex pedals!</title>
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Guitarist magazine have just launched a competition to win a WODGE of T-Rex pedals:
Win T-Rex gear worth over £3,000!
 
The pedalboard of dreams could be yours – for free!

First prize is a T-Rex ToneTrunk 68 pedalboard loaded with the following T-Rex stompboxes…

Mudhoney II £215
CompNova £155
Dr. Swamp £215
Møller £215
Twister £250
RoomMate £340
Reptile £250
Tremster £155
Tremonti Phaser £215
TwinBoost £155
FuelTank [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markmcguigan.com/2010/07/07/competition-win-over-3k-worth-of-t-rex-pedals/</link>
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		<title>GIGS: Richie Kotzen announces new UK Tour dates</title>
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Great to see that Richie Kotzen will be back after the unfortunate cancellation of the UK dates few weeks ago:
Richie Kotzen has rescheduled the recently cancelled UK dates as part of the upcoming fall European leg of the 2010 Peace Sign World Tour! While details of the rest of the tour are forthcoming, the UK [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markmcguigan.com/2010/07/07/gigs-richie-kotzen-announces-new-uk-tour-dates/</link>
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		<title>INTERVIEW: dofret.co.uk Interviews Andy James</title>
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Check out this cool interview with Andy James over on dofret.co.uk:
Q: I understand that you are in the process of putting the finishing touches to your new solo CD &#8211; said to &#8220;re-define shred&#8221;! I&#8217;m quite excited by this news &#8211; what can listeners expect?
 
A: Lol, I don&#8217;t know about re-defining shred! There are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markmcguigan.com/2010/07/07/interview-dofret-co-uk-interviews-andy-james/</link>
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