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  1. Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro Sounds Off On New Album ‘The Great Escape Artist’

    Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro was recently interviewed by Guitar World, as part of a feature on the band in their December issue, and you can now read excerpts from the chat over at GuitarWorld.com. Navarro discusses the making of the band’s new record, The Great Escape Artist, which will be released on October 18, as well as the current...
  2. Now Available: Fission Bass Powerchord FX Pedal

    Bass players, it's your turn: Fill in the holes in a power trio with this growling, monster effects box! Fission Bass Powerchord FX Pedal lets any bassist lay down beds of power by adding stacked harmonies over their bass lines. Through an intuitive set of controls and footswitches, several combinations of octaves, 4th and 5th above the root note combine...
  3. The New Fishman Blackstack Passive Humbucker Pickup

    The first product to be introduced from the new “Larry’s Garage” series, the Blackstack passive soundhole pickup offers the vintage sound of a humbucking magnetic pickup in a modern, battery-free design. A departure from the warm, transparent tone of Fishman's Rare Earth soundhole pickups, Blackstack has its own voice... a more vintage roadhouse sound perfect for high volume band situations...
  4. DADGAD Tuning: From Folk To Zeppelin and Beyond

    For most guitarists, alternate tunings are associated with the blues – the open G, open E and open D tunings that can be the perfect set-up for slide playing. While most of these tunings have been popularised by electric and acoustic players over many years, DADGAD tuning is somewhat different. The origins of DADGAD – say it as a single...
  5. Nirvana's 1991 Concert Free For Today

    To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana's groundbreaking ‘Nevermind’ album release this week, a special airing of the full Paramount Theatre show in Seattle, filmed back in 1991, will be available for fans to watch in its entirety on VEVO today from 5pm in the UK - for a 24 hour period only. The Paramount concert, transferred from 16mm film...