Saturday, August 19, 2006

Gov't Mule: High and Mighty

High and Mighty

JamBase has extensive review of High and Mighty, the new Gov't Mule album:

This band has the ability to pull influences from across the gamut, yet still remain true to their roots. No matter what form is being utilized, the undeniable southern charm drenches each and every song.

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Zappa plays Zappa: Upper Darby 2006 torrent (matrix)

Matrix of three sources, so this can be considered an upgrade.

Zappa plays Zappa
2006/06/11
The Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, USA

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Auntie Beeb celebrating 30 years of punk rock

Iggy Pop

Auntie Beeb has talked with a character called Malcolm McLaren. Yes, that one. But Iggy Pop is quoted as well. Justice after all.

Our very first gig, we walked out there and we played for 25 minutes. For that 25 minutes we would never stop - we didn't even bother to end the song.

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Paul Languedoc on building guitars

hollow body electric guitar

Dan Greenhaus interviews Paul Languedoc, the man who designed the hollow body electric guitars for Trey Anastasio:

I'm still trying to figure some things out. I’m not a hardass! I’m trying to figure out exactly what people are wanting. People tend to want things custom to make it feel like it’s theirs. You know I’ve been working on getting the site up and running, and in the meantime I’ve been building guitars. So I have a bunch of guitars right now that I’d like to sell, so if somebody wants a custom inlay or something like that….I’d rather sell what I have right now and then see what happens.

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The Guitars Of Frank Zappa

Dweezil Zappa talks to Guitar Player about the guitars of Frank Zappa.

The Guitars of Frank Zappa

Considering Frank rarely used anything stock, it’s difficult to ape his tones. For the most part, it’s really about having the right midrange, and being able to get controllable feedback at will. Frank devised a way to make that happen by fitting his guitars with onboard preamps that put drastic EQ control at his fingertips, and kicked out a ridiculous amount of boost—up to 18dB. Frank really loved screwing around with stuff, and making it work for him and the way he played.

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