Course Blog: Blues Rock Road Trip – Part 1
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The Original Rock Star
A few years back, Stanford scientist Dr. Alexander Kosovichev and his gang of space junkies recorded something that...
Snowy Day Inspiration
Snow is hammering the East Coast like Pete Townshend hammered his Rickenbacker at the Railway Tavern circa 1964....
Austin, Texas Blues
by Rich Maloof With all the bad news that pours in every day, we can be somewhat unfazed...
Pat Metheny’s One-Man Band: “Orchestrion”
Pat Metheny released Orchestrion this past week. If I’ve counted correctly, beginning with Bright Size Life in 1975,...
Blues Guitar Lesson: “Sweet Home Chicago” Genealogy
by David Hamburger Come on…Baby, Don’t You Want to Know? Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of...
Daily Kindling: Goodbye Gibson?
Industry insiders at the NAMM show in Anaheim are murmuring that Gibson could be out of business by this summer.
Fireside Chat: Seymour Duncan
While the name Seymour Duncan might be synonymous with high quality pick ups and stompboxes, few know that...
Happy New Year!
We’ve had a great time launching TrueFire’s blog this past year, and the feedback we’ve received from players...
The Top 7 Guitar Stories of 2009
7. The Top 50 Guitar Albums of All-Time – With a lot of help from their readers, Guitar...
Daily Kindling: Record Labels Sued for Pirating!?
Fuel for the Fire: “If the milk industry can make their product seem sexy and increase consumer demand,...
Fireside Chat: John Wlaysewski
Our latest Fireside Chat is with a Zeppelin-loving, Fender-playing guitarist who is unafraid to go to 11 and...