http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog Guitar Technical Resource site for musicians and performers Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:26:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm listening to the New METALLICA record right now in Toronto. Just got it at HMV at 12:01 AM Sept 12th. TRACK ONE - That was Just Your Life it's long and gets awesomer and awesome as it goes TRACK 2 - The end of the line. much ... http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog/news/metallica-new-album-came-out-at-1201-est-i-have-it-and-am-reviewing-now/ Well it looks like the Smashing Pumpkins will be back in the public eye, as I have heard some astonishing stats lately about things like Aerosmith's 40% increase in sales after being part of a Guitar Hero release featuring their music. According to KROQ radio this morning, and also reported in ... http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog/news/smashing-pumpkins-guitar-hero-release-glow-billy-corgan/ I've posted some direct links to filtered areas of e-bay that sell Guitars and Amplifiers. Click on the links above - GUITARS @ EBAY and AMPLIFIERS @ EBAY if you want to see the latest stuff up for grabs in online guitar auctions at Ebay.com Let me know if you find anything ... http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog/news/easy-ways-to-find-guitars-and-amplifiers-for-sale-on-ebay/ I had the opportunity to check out the stage prior to the gig as my guitar tech and friend was working for Ace Frehley's replacement guitarist, Thommy Thayer who I believe used to be Ace's tech and was rumored to have played a few gigs when 'Ace couldn't make it'. Check ... http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog/news/aerosmiths-live-stage-setup-photos-from-backstage/ Here are some photos of Gene Simmon's Bass Guitars that I took whilst checking out their stage setup before the show with Aerosmith at the Palace in Detroit in Nov 2006. Here are Gene's Basses. All ready for the show. Here are all the Picks that were given away later on. Notice ... http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog/bass-guitars/kiss-some-photos-backstageonstage-of-kiss-picks-gene-simmons-bass-guitars/ I was lucky to be invited along to see the Aerosmith / Kiss tour by Ace (well Tommy Thayer)'s guitar technician. I have a lot of great photos of Gene Simmons' basses close up and some other interesting clips and pics. - Next post. For now here is a video of ... http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog/artist-rigs/backstage-with-kiss-video-with-paul-stanleys-guitar-tech/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="486" caption="Smashing Pumpkins Live"] [/caption] According to LiveDaily.com and what I heard on Kroq driving to work the other morning was that the only announced date of this Smashing Pumpkins 20th Year Reunion Tour is in HAMMOND, INDIANA on August 9th. Why there? Shows have also been confirmed ... http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog/news/guitar-rig-for-billy-corgan-bringing-back-the-smashing-pumpkins/ So last night Dave Mustaine from Megadeth did an interactive guitar clinic and interview at Guitar Center on Sunset. There were a lot of people there and he was jamming along to his own songs showing the RIGHT way to play them... it was bad ass... Holy Warz: Symphony of Destruction too... now ... http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog/news/megadeth-dave-mustaine-was-in-hollywood-last-night/ Here's some shots of Billy Duffy for now. This is from The Cult's 2001 tour with Aerosmith. I took this picture in Montreal, Canada in 2001. This is the pedal board he used on this tour. What's cool is how the monitors are underneath the stage and the sound comes through the metal ... http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog/artist-rigs/duffy-pics-guitars-and-pedalboard/ For those of you waiting for this site to launch, there are a lot of back end things being done currently to facilitate this and please be patient. it will be very cool - thanks for your support! http://www.guitartechnician.com/the-road-warrior-blog/news/site-update/