By Fred, on January 18th, 2010
I recently had the privilege of playing a Yuriy Shishkov Custom Stratocaster.
Not only was it the most beautiful yet MEAN SOUNDING Stratocaster I have ever played…its builder has an interesting history.
As one could probably imagine, electric guitars were a rarity in the former Soviet Union. This led Yuriy to build guitars for friends and colleagues [...]
By Fred, on January 18th, 2010
For all guitar enthusiasts…
I recently followed a link on facebook showing a duo with one of my fav guitarists Steve Vai. The other part of this duo is a 24 year old female Australian singer/guitarist called Orianthi.
She is relatively unknown in SA guitar circles but is internationally best known for being the last guitarist for [...]
By Fred, on January 18th, 2010
After seeing all the advertisement hype about this movie, Sian (my other half) and I were quite sceptical about watching it. I’m sure that some of you would agree that most movies relying so heavily on CG to make a profit, do so at the expense of good acting or for that matter a story [...]