Gibson's Digital Les Paul

Gibson has had a digital Les Paul out for a while. (Almost a year to be exact.) According to the website ...

The Gibson Digital Guitar is a genuine Gibson Les Paul, with all of the features and capabilities of a traditional Les Paul, with revolutionary digital technology. Here's how it works:
The Hex Pickup captures a separate signal for each individual string and sends it to the Onboard digital converter which uses Gibson's patented MaGIC digital transport technology to send the signal out of the guitar via the Cat-5 Ethernet Cable. The cable is capable of carrying the signal 100 meters with no latency issues or loss of quality (thanks to MaGIC technology). The cable is plugged into the Breakout Box (BoB), which converts the digital information back to analog and outputs it in Sum, Stereo or Hex configuration. In order to minimize noise, all input jacks and output jacks on BoB are balanced.

More Features:

Classic Mode delivers traditional sound from the humbucking pickups only.
Headphone with volume control lets you listen to a monitor mix or any other incoming audio signal.
Audio out adds a microphone or any other audio signal to the digital mix.

Tags: Gibson, Les Paul, Guitar, Instrument, Powertabs

Inspiring Jason Becker Story

Jason Becker, is a neo-classical guitarist who achieved fame at age 16 as a technical virtuoso and guitar prodigy. At the age of 20 Jason was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which has left him paralysed. He now composes with the aid of a computer and other musicians.




Jason Becker Tabs

AFI Miss Murder Tutorial by Jade Puget

Every wonder the whole story behind the guitar work in AFI's Miss Murder? Jade Puget gives you the scoop below. Guitar Tablature available here.

Tags: AFI, Miss Murder, Powertab, Guitar Tab, Tablature, Guitar, Jade Puget

Brian Setzer Rockabilly Guitar Lesson

You may know Brian Setzer for his hits "Rock this Town," "Jump, Jive, and Wail," and "Stray Cat Strut." He is also a talented guitar player. Brians main guitar style is Rockabilly:

"a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat"

Here are a couple of videos and guitar tabs from Brian Setzer.

Rockabilly Picking





Sleepwalk (Brian Setzer Orchestra) Download Tab

Tags: Rockabilly, Brian Setzer, Rock this Town, Stray Cats, Guitar Tab, powertab, Sleepwalk, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Guitar, country music, gretsch

Cover Band Gone Bad

When does a cover band cross the line? Well hmmm ... see the video below. A couple hundred guitarists playing Hey Joe.

How to Play Slide Guitar

Here are some great links on how to play slide guitar.

Slide Articles

Slide Guitar Lesson From Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Very thorough article covering slide guitar tunings, history and fingering.

How To Play Slide Guitar at Ehow
Great picture references with a 12 step guide.

Slide Guitar Basics From Bob Brozman
Covers different types of slides, hand position, and more.

Slide Lesson at Acoustic Guitar Workshop
Slide chord diagrams, examples and audio files.

History and Background of Slide Guitar
From Wikipedia

Slide Guitar Artists and Tabs

• Robert Johnson Tabs
  
• Elmore James Tabs
• The Allman Brothers Tabs

Tags: Slide Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Powertab, Robert Johnson, Elmore James, The Allman Brothers

Amazing Acoustic Guitar Videos

Here are some amazing acoustic videos we have uncovered. Hope they impress you as much as they did us.

Erik Mongrain - Percusienfa




Trace Bundy performance of Pachelbel's Canon




Don Ross - Afraid to Dance



Adrian Legg - Midwest Sunday

Tags: acoustic guitar, guitar, guitar videos, erik mongrain, trace bundy, don ross, adrian legg

Justin King Knock On Wood Guitar Tab and Video

New artists are popping up everywhere today. Justin King has proved himself to be a unique talented guitar player. Influences include Flamenco to Jazz, Celtic, Classical, African, Mainstream, and Americana.

Keep in mind the following. Justin uses ...

• Doolin Guitar
• DADGAD-tuned necks
• Two Hand Tapping

The Knock on Wood Tab can be found here. (You need powertab editor to open it up.)

Video:

Tags: Justin King, Two Hand Tapping, DADGAD, Doolin Guitar, Tablature, Sheet Music, Guitar

Powertab Help and Articles

Here are some very helpful articles about the powertab editor. (Taken form http://www.power-tab.net/)

Where Can I Download Tabs (.ptb files) for Power Tab Editor? An answer to the commonly asked question about where you can find tabs for Power Tab Editor. Understanding Power Tab Tablature Notation An article that explains the Power Tab tablature notation in detail. No Sound During Playback An article detailing how to get playback working when you can't hear any sound after you play a score. Open A Power Tab File (.ptb file) An article that provides instructions on how to open a Power Tab File. (.ptb file) Understanding The Various Power Tab Web Sites An article that explains the differences between the various Power Tab oriented Web sites.

Where Can I Download The Power Tab Player? An answer to the commonly asked question about where you can download Power Tab Player. Convert Power Tab Scores To The Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) An article that provides instructions on how to convert a Power Tab score to the Adobe Portable Document file format.(.pdf) Is It Possible To Alter The Speed Of The Score During Playback? An answer to the commonly asked question about whether it is possible to speed up, or slow down playback. Install Power Tab Editor An article that provides instructions on how to install Power Tab Editor. What Operating Systems Are Supported By Power Tab Editor? An answer to the commonly asked question about which operating systems Power Tab Editor will run on.

Tags: powertab, tutorial, ptb to pdf, guitar, tablature

How to Read a Chord Chart

Have you ever looked at chord diagrams and wondered ... "what the heck?" If you answered yes ... this post is for you. Continue below to find out how read guitar chord diagrams.

Also, you can find the Ultimate Guitar Chord Chart here.

aug = _#5 (Augmented triad)
_(no 3rd) = _5 (Root and 5th - Power chord)
_6/7sus4 = _6/7sus (Sus4 triad plus 6th, minor 7th)
_dom7 = _7 (Major triad, minor 7th)
_7/add11 = _7/11 (Minor triad, minor 7th, plus 11th)
_2 = _add9 (Major triad, plus 9th)
_sus = _sus4 (No 3rd but a 4th from a major triad)
_#7 = _maj7 (Major triad, major 7th)
_sus2 = _add9(no 3rd) (No 3rd but a 2th from a major triad)
_6/9 = _6/add9 (Major triad plus 6th and 9th)
_9(#7) = _maj9 (Major triad, major 9th plus 7th)
_o7 = _m7(b5) (Diminished triad, minor 7th : half-diminshed _dom9 = _9 (Major triad, minor 7th plus 9th)

C/D is an C chord with a D bass note (xx0010).
A/B is an A chord with a B bass note (x22220).
G/D is an G chord with a D bass note (xx0003).

Tags: Chord diagram, guitar chords, guitar, tutorial, guitar lesson

Extract Powertab Info in PHP

I'm not sure how many of you people are programmers... but for the handful of you, here's a code snippet. This function will extract song title and artist from a powertab file. (given that it's version 1.7) This is useful if you would like to build an index of your powertabs on your computer, or if you own a website you can auto extract powertab submission info.

The function below is written in PHP for all of you script kids. Feel free to comment or add to the code.

/************************************************************* Written by Allpowertabs.com Use this at your own risk.
\************************************************************/
function extract_powertab_info ($file)
{
$ptb = fopen($file, "rb");
$arr = unpack("IFile Tag/SFile Version/CFile Type/CFile Contents/CSong Title Size", fread($ptb, 9));
if ( ($arr['File Version'] == 4) && ($arr['File Type'] == 0) )
{
$song_size = 'A' . $arr['Song Title Size'] . 'Song Title';
$song = array_pop(unpack($song_size, fread($ptb, $arr['Song Title Size'])) );
$len = array_pop(unpack("CArtist Size", fread($ptb, 1)) );
$artist_size = 'A' . $len . 'Artist Title';
$artist = array_pop(unpack($artist_size, fread($ptb, $len)) );
return $artist . ' - ' . $song;
}
else
{
return 0;
}
}
echo extract_powertab_info ('power.ptb');
?>

Tags: php, unpack, powertab, programmer, script, guitar

Coheed and Cambria Welcome Home Guitar Tutorial

Cladio and Travis from Coheed and Cambria show you how to play "Welcome Home" on the guitar. Full Guitar to Tablature to Welcome Home.

Video 1




Video 2




Video 3




Video 4




Video 5




Video 6

Tags: Coheed and Cambria, Welcome Home, Guitar Tab, Tablature, Powertab, Video, Tutorial

Improve your Picking Technique

Ultimate Guitar's Picking Tutorial
- Very thorough lesson on fast picking techniques aka Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson etc.

Tuck & Patti: Pick & Fingerstyle Techniques
- Tutorial geared towards the more acoustic prone guitarist. Picking techniques resemble Wes Montgomery, George Benson etc.

An Introduction To Sweep-Picking at iBreatheMusic
- Clean layout, provides brief history of sweep picking and awesome examples

History of the Guitar Pick
- At wikipedia

Alternative Picking Cheat Sheet
- In pdf format

Avenged Sevenfold Bat Country Guitar Tutorial

Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance of Avenged Sevenfold show you how to play Bat Country. The full guitar tablature to Bat Country. More Avenged Sevenfold Guitar Tabs can be found here.

... Another video of A7X live in San Diego busting out a sick Guitar Solo.




Tags: avenged sevenfold, guitar tab, tutorial, bat country, synster gates, zacky vengeance, powertab

Powertabs Search For Google Toolbar Fixed.

The powertabs search utility for the google toolbar has been fixed. Some of you were getting xml feed errors when you click on news items. The problem was the "service.edit" link was being parsed first before the alternative link.

If you would like to update your google toolbar, or add the powertabs search to your google toolbar: Click here

Helpful Online Guitar Tools

Online Guitar Tuner
8notes's online guitar tuner (plays midi notes)

Gootar's Chord Generator
Very helpful chord reference tool made in Javascript

Jguitar's Chord Search Engine
Makes it easy to find chord voicings fast

Virtual Guitar and Chordbook
Tool made in flash. Includes built in player.

Fretboard Simulator
This page will help you visualize the fret board of any guitar in any tuning*. Use the predefined profiles, or create your own combination of # of strings, # of frest and tuning.

Tags: guitar tools, fretboard, guitar, tuning, chord, chords, tuner