Hello guys and welcome back to Fretnoobs!

Sorry that took me a while to even post an article but I got a little bit sick, fever and all, despite that the weather here is fine and the temperature is 30-35Co everyday Go figure…

Well, in this article I just want to share a couple of things with you that I think that will truly benefit you in the long run.

Now, when I started to play guitar I had plenty of free time…and guess how I spent it…yep.. I was playing guitar at least 4 hours a day. Some may think, wow cool, you had a lot of guitar practice. You’ve learned a lot and learned things very fast. [This posts continues...]

Damn…I wish I had some money to spent right now!!

Gibson Releases Buckethead Les Paul Studio Guitar

Gibson USA introduces the Buckethead Les Paul Studio. It features an oversized, chambered Les Paul body, a fingerboard that is made from torrefied maple and devoid of position markers, and Buckethead’s personal choice of Gibson’s Coil-tapped 496R (neck) and 500T (bridge) ceramic humbucking pickups—complete with modified electronics including “arcade” style kill switches and a push/pull tone control for splitting the bridge pickup.

Additional features include an extended 27″ scale length, chambered mahogany body and solid carved maple top, Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, and a Satin White finish. MSRP $1899.

More information on:
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Hello all and welcome back to FretNoobs.com!!

Ever tried to play a song or do some guitar practicing and your fingers, especially fingertips, started to hurt..?…A lot? You need a nice set of fingertip calluses!

First of all, a callus is a layer of dead skin that covers and protects the healthy layers of skin from repeated stress like extensive guitar practicing and playing.

To build calluses is a goal for most guitarists. But what calluses are needed for, someone might ask. Well, calluses are protecting the fingertip from the action of the guitar strings and actually make it a lot easier to fret a note.

The only way to get calluses is by actually playing a lot. This can be a painful process so once your fingertips start to ache you should stop playing, giving them a chance to recover. [This posts continues...]

We all know that TC Electronic is a company that delivers quality equipment. But some of you might ask what is this “Toneprint” you keep hearing about??

Well, earlier this year, TC Electronic [http://www.tcelectronic.com/] launched five new guitar pedals that have an amazing feature that will help you get the most of your new TC Electronic pedal and create amazing sounds for your guitar.

This feature is an on-board USB port that will allow you to upload “TonePrints” [http://www.tcelectronic.com/toneprints.asp?AjrThmId=421] to your pedal. “TonePrints” were created by artists like Steve Morse, Guthrie Govan, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, John Petrucci and many many others! Not bad eh? [This posts continues...]

PRESS RELEASE: Three years of R&D at Fractal Audio Systems have yielded our next generation product, the Axe-Fx II. With twice the power of our former flagship Ultra, the Axe-Fx II unveils new state-of-the-art algorithms and an innovative array of great hardware and software features and improvements.

This all-in-one preamp/effects processor stunningly recreates great guitar signal chains – stompboxes, amps, cabs, mics, studio effects, and more – with unprecedented power, flexibility and control. As the successor to what many believe to be some of the best-sounding processors ever created, our new arrival takes “real amp tone and feel” to the next level, offering the latest word in our commentary on restoring digital to its rightful place as the superior solution for guitar processing. Never willing to rest on our laurels, we are proud to present the Axe-Fx II.

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Hello all and welcome!!

So, here is the 1st exercise I’m going to show you. I know it might be boring….but trust me. It will do you good in the long run. By doing this exercise and all the alternate patterns that I’m going to show you below, you build strength, accuracy, you’ll obtain some much needed finger calluses and also practice your alternate picking technique and most important of all, at slow metronome speeds (like 60bpm that I use on the video), it’s a great warm up exercise to get some blood flowing in your cold hands and fingers, before you start practicing a solo or play a song. [This posts continues...]

Daniele Gottardo wants you to play guitar… so he’s lined up some
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Yes, I mean that annoying repetitive “click” sound that can drive a person mad in a few minutes!!

Well, to set things straight, the metronome is probably the most useful tool in your guitar practicing. I cannot stress enough the importance of practicing with the metronome. In order to be able to play licks or riffs correctly (and by that I mean in the correct timing and with true sense of rhythm, either when jamming with other musicians or with some backing tracks in your pc) you must use the metronome in every guitar exercise you’re doing. [This posts continues...]

Devin Townsend is selling some old gear to fund the next Ziltoid album!

Among items for sale are:

- An ESP Strapping Young Lad Custom Guitar
- Devin’s Line 6 Pod x3 Live Effects Processor
- Devin’s Fender G-Dec 30 Watt KI Practise Amp
- Digidesign 002 Pro Tools Interface
- Assorted Pedals

Check out all the auctions over at the HevyDevy Ebay page. Devin will sign items for the winning bidder if requested.

But what or who is Ziltoid????

Well, Ziltoid The Omniscient is the ninth studio album by the Canadian metal musician Devin Townsend, released on his own label HevyDevy Records in May 2007 and distributed in America and Europe by InsideOut Music.

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Hello and welcome!

In Pt.2 of the Guitar maintenance video series I’m going to show you how to properly polish your guitar and put on a new set of strings in your guitar.

Hope you find the video series helpful and stay tuned for more tutorials!!