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Aug 24th 09 Posted by in Gear, Guitar, Rickenbacker, Videos

Dan Auerbach - Trouble Weighs A Ton

This is the opening track to Dan Auerbach¡¯s solo album Keep It Hid. Dan of course is the guitarist and lead singer of The Black Keys. It¡¯s a great album and if you like The Black Keys you should check it out. Actually, you should check it out even if you don¡¯t like The Black Keys because it has a different feel.

The song is pretty straight forward. Mostly G and C chords with a few D¡¯s thrown in and a brief appearance by the Am chord. There is a capo on the second fret. You can find the tabs for the song here.

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Aug 19th 09 Posted by in Featured Articles, Gear, Gibson, Guitar

Gibson Les Paul Korina Goldtop 1957 Reissue - Pics

So, as requested in another post¡¯s comment section, here are some more pics of my 2009 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Korina 1957 Reissue. I decided to take it to my studio since I thought it would look good against the aged hardwood floors.

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Aug 17th 09 Posted by in Gear, Gibson, Guitar, Keeley, Videos, Vox

The Black Keys - I¡¯ll Be Your Man

I think I¡¯m going to start a new feature here where Monday¡¯s will be the day I post video of songs I¡¯m learning. Twitter has Music Mondays so why shouldn¡¯t I. I¡¯m not sure I can commit to EVERY Monday, but I¡¯ll try to at least make it every other Monday.

I¡¯ve had a bit of a Black Keys obsession since I first heard them about a year ago. The moment I heard the opening to Thickfreakness I knew this was going to be a band I liked. Well, since then I¡¯d say The Black Keys have accounted for about 80% of my music rotation. One of my favorite songs by them is I¡¯ll Be Your Man off of The Big Come Up¡­ and it just so happens it¡¯s pretty easy to play. When I say it¡¯s easy to play, I mean I can play it for the most part (my apologies in advance to The Black Keys).

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Aug 13th 09 Posted by in Gear, Gibson, Guitar

RIP Les Paul

Well, I doubt I need to mention it, but today is a sad day due to the passing of Les Paul. I recently watched the Les Paul documentary Les Paul: Chasing Sound and I was absolutely amazed by what he had accomplished musically and technologically. I remember when I was a kid I use to think ¡°why is there a guitar named after Les Paul¡­ who the hell is he?¡± Of course at the time Def Leppard¡¯s Phil Collen was my idol and if you didn¡¯t have big hair you didn¡¯t exist. But take one look at this documentary and you¡¯ll see why not only was a guitar named after him, the greatest guitar ever made was named after him (there¡¯s a reason I chose a Les Paul for my logo at the top of the page).

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Aug 13th 09 Posted by in Gear, Gibson, Guitar, Reviews, Videos

String Theory

I¡¯ve always wondered if I could really tell the difference in sound between two sets of strings of the same gauge on the same guitar. So when I took my new Gibson Les Paul Goltop over to San Francisco Guitarworks to get a proper setup I also had them put on a new set of strings (I could have done it myself, but I was feeling lazy and they were working on my guitar anyway).

But, before taking the Les Paul into the shop I did a quick recording on the current strings so I could compare them to the new strings once I got my guitar back.

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