"In the wake of the severe storms, Gibson, whose electric guitar factory and Custom Shop are located in Nashville, is stepping up to help get musicians in the community playing again. Via its Gibson Gives foundation, the company will provide a new guitar, free of charge, to musicians whose...

Who comes up with stuff like this? Some of the comments are Savage though :) Meanwhile here is a Kiko's Tornado of Souls practice performance at home:

Way to go, task force... Local police make 130 arrests in "Operation Wheels and Deals"...

"It's hard to not call it a bit of a betrayal," said Gabriel O'Brien, sales manager at Larry's Music Center in Wooster, Ohio, which dropped Fender as a supplier a year ago, partly because it anticipated Fender would start selling its guitar lines through its site. "I feel it undercuts dealers...

Metallica’s “One” sounds eerily perfect played on medieval instruments · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club :immortal:

NAMM 2014: Kurt Ballou Shows Us His Own Line of Guitars: GCI | GearGods im not too familiar with converge, but i think some of you guys may be as they are a hardcore band. but the guitar looks pretty nice in my opinion! :yesway: good to see someone who usually just makes guitars for themselves...

JFK Customs officials destroy musician's instruments, claiming they're "agricultural" http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2013/12/outrage-at-jfk-as-customs-men-smash-flutes.html Holy shit.

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Need your input on this. I wanted to get some raw sounding song without using samples and ampsims. How do you like it? https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27042583/stefan%20db2.mp3

I'm currently working on my bands first EP. Everything is recorded thru micrphone (besides solos). No samples, ampsims etc. I wanted to do a mix of a modern production and raw sound. I'm deaf right now and I need your help - let me know your opinions about the mix, performance, music etc...

Found this, thought some of you might be interested. Reaktor is on sale from $399 to $99, as well as 50% off a lot of other software. Reaktor is amazing if you want to use synths in your music, very high quality, very easy to use, but also very capable and in-depth if you want it to be. Freedom...

Received a relic from the past today. I stepped into a time warp and found myself at ESP staring at what I simply had to have. Brought to you by the 1992 ESP Guitars Export market catalog. At first I saw a half baked attempt at a boxing job where two were hacked into one but inside was the...

I don't know much about it but a guy told me about it when I was looking at a used guitar the other day. I've heard of people having bad luck with those types of things at other stores. Post your thoughts about the Guitar Center one if you have any.

Yea, you read that right! This guy has a ton of videos of this stuff. Word. You're welcome for this very entertainingly nerdy waste of time :yesway: Also, I had no idea what forum this fit in to, so if it must be moved, so be it.

They have 50% off on assorted things. If I wasn't broke i'd be buying Absynth right now. THANKSGIVING OFFERS | NATIVE INSTRUMENTS : SPECIALS

This looks pretty freakin' fantastic. NATIVE INSTRUMENTS : HOME | HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR MUSICIANS, PRODUCERS, DJS, GUITAR AND BASS PLAYERS Check out the Bach piece in the demo. :eek:

For you, Matt. Note: I'm playing this with a keyboard, and it's just for an example, so the playing is NOT tight. The MIDI editor works as expected, and imo the tone is pretty damn good. (My mix, however, is not, since it's just raw to the master bus, so it's loud as hell)...