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- New 18 watt EL84 amp - tube bliss!
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- Back from the K-100 Relay 2007
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- Hand built 18 watt amp
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- Looking for a good but cheap guitar?
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Blog Roll
Guitar Articles
February 04 2010
Hockey Fight Song
A while ago, my friend Stefan in Sweden asked me if I was interested in adding a guitar solo to a "hockey fight song" he had written. This song was meant to be used by a hockey team in Sweden, and the thought ...
January 31 2010
Youtube comment of the month - January 2010
You know, I get a lot of comments on my youtube videos. Some of them are really funny too, so I've decided to post the funniest or most interesting comment for each month here on my blog, fro ...
» Youtube comment of the month - January 2010
January 29 2010
Canada Blues Music
What, there are good blues artists in Canada? Well, yes there are! Although live music seems to have become more scarce in recent years, there are still great blues artists out there, and there are plenty of good one ...
January 26 2010
Practicing Guitar vs Buying Guitar Gear
Are you someone who feels you are not spending enough time practicing guitar, yet you look on eBay and guitar forums everyday to see if you can score some new guitar gear? I'm not trying to mak ...
» Practicing Guitar vs Buying Guitar Gear
January 22 2010
I have not used wireless systems myself, because I have not had a need to. I usually just stand in one spot, more or less, when I gig. I remember in the past, some friends of mine used wireless systems. They were going for that stage presence idea ...
» Digital Wireless from Line 6
January 17 2010
Hagstrom Swede Video Review
Or, "how many guitars does a guy need?"
My local music store Music Centre Canada has had this gold top Swede guitar on the wall for a long, long time. I played it in the store a few times ...
January 16 2010
Marshall JMD:1 amps
New 50 and 100 watt Digital Marshall amps? Yep, it's true. Marshall now introduces the JMD:1 Series. The Marshall JMD:1 integrates an all-tube power amp, advanced digital preamp and studio-quality multi-effects t ...
January 15 2010
Joe Bonamassa - great guitar player
Joe is a great guitar player and a fairly young one too, but he's certainly no newbie. He's been around for many years already. I've seen an old clip of him on youtube as a kid with Danny Gatton. Aweso ...
» Joe Bonamassa - great guitar player
January 14 2010
Scale Practice Tip
Practicing scales while practicing finger stretches
Sometimes I get asked about how to practice scales and exercises. In fact, one of my guitar students asked me yesterday about finger exercises and whether ...
January 10 2010
Jet City Amps
People are talking a lot about Jet City Amps lately, I've noticed. I can see why. These guitar amps are "designed by Soldano", but they are inexpensive. Furthermore, from what people have told me, they also sound ...
December 31 2009
Happy New Year!
On behalf of myself and my imaginary friends, we would like to wish you a very happy, healthy and successful 2010!
Thanks for all your support in 2009. We hope you learned something useful at Dolphinstreet.com ...
December 26 2009
Camrose on Boxing Day
Amalia and I went down to Mirror Lake in the afternoon on Christmas Day. It was a beautiful winter day, around minus 5 and lots of people out on the ice; some skating, some playing a game of hockey.
I was ...
December 25 2009
Avatar is a great movie
The movie Avatar is impressive, grand, beautiful and powerful and visually stunning. James Cameron knows how to create movies that have a strong and long lasting impression.
Story
The story is ...
December 20 2009
Silent Night Guitar Melody in PDF and GP5
I wrote this simple arrangement of Silent Night for my students. It's a way you can play the melody by using (mostly) just 2 strings at a time.
When you play a melody like this, by ha ...
December 19 2009
Line 6 JM4 Looper Pedal
Line 6 has come out with an interesting looper pedal. It has powerful looping capabilities, and it is also an amp modeler, effects unit, as well a composing and practicing tool. Have a look at this device if yo ...
December 15 2009
Google Autumn Photo Challenge
I am a finalist!
I submitted a photo to the Google Autumn Photo Challenge a while ago, just for fun. To my surprise, I received an email stating I am now one of the 12 finalists! This is sure a s ...
» Can you help? Google Autumn Photo Challenge
December 13 2009
I'm 40 years old today
Wow, time flies, eh?! I have now lived in Canada for a few months over 10 years, and a lot of things have happened in my life. Things that I am very grateful for. I have a wonderful family and I live in a great sma ...
December 12 2009
Best Overdrive Pedal
What is the best overdrive pedal? Not an easy answer, since the number of good overdrive pedals available these days is mind boggling.
I have started a top overdrive list here, and I am trying to stick to ...
December 09 2009
M9 is a great stompbox modeler
I just got this stompbox modeler called M9, made by Line 6. This modeler has a variety of vintage and modern tones all packed into one convenient package.
The M9 Stompbox Modeler provides brillian ...
November 26 2009
Wah pedals reviews
A comparison (or maybe just a demo) of the Dunlop Crybaby, EVH Crybaby, Fulltone Clyde Wah, and EX-7 with 2 wah models (Crybaby and Vox McCoy). Using a Marshall JVM 410H. Guitars were my Suhr Classic and my Michael K ...
November 18 2009
Zuiko 50mm F/2.0 Macro lens
I did quite a bit of research about recently, about digital SLR cameras. I was thinking about switching to Nikon or Canon. Those are the most commonly used camera brands on the market today, or at least that's ...
November 16 2009
Is learning guitar licks bad?
How to really learn from guitar licks
I sometimes end up in discussions with guitar players about playing and learning how to play, and I have noticed that some players who have been pl ...
» Is learning guitar licks bad?
November 15 2009
Steviesnacks.com
If you are interested in playing blues in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan, I am sure you know of Steviesnacks.com. If you don't, well then you are missing out on some really cool stuff.
Steviesnacks.com is ru ...
» Steviesnacks.com is a great site
November 11 2009
Changing guitar strings
Ok, I admit it, I am lazy. So lazy, that I haven't ever changed strings on my SX acoustic yet... and the Michael Kelly I bought in January still has factory strings on! That guitar hung in the store for a good w ...
November 10 2009
The Woodstock Amp
I recently got a very interesting low wattage amp. This a hand-built, Class A boutique amp built by TT Amplification, and it is available to a very reasonable price. The amp delivers about 5 to 7.5 watts output and is p ...
November 06 2009
Guitars in Vegas
I am taking a trip to Las Vegas in December with my wife. We are going to run the marathon, and I'm going to check out some guitar stores as well!
The guitar stores I have found so far are, Vegas Guitars, Co ...
October 25 2009
Low wattage guitar amp - Mack GEM
The new Mack GEM is out, and I have played it quite a bit over the weekend. This low wattage tube amp is very cool. First of all, it looks killer! My friend asked if it had been built my smurfs. Well, it ...
» Low wattage guitar amp - Mack GEM
October 13 2009
Marshall Class 5 amps
The Marshall Class 5 amp is a simple five-watt, class A, tube combo It uses ECC83s in the preamp stage and one EL84 power tube for power. It's a very simple guitar amp, meant for smaller g ...
October 12 2009
Victoria Marathon 2009
The weather was perfect for running on Sunday's Victoria Marathon. First place went to Hilary Cheruiyot with 2:19:26 and in second place, Steve Osaduik in 2:22:42, and in third place with 2:24:43, Lameth Mosoti.
» Victoria Marathon 2009October 03 2009
Marshall MA Amps
Marshall has a new series of amps out called the MA Series. They are entry level all tube amps, so they will cost less and have fewer bells and whistles than other Marshall amps like the JVM or VM amps, while still not ...
