Loudini Rock and Roll Circus

Loudini: Fender in a blender, Mick Jones’s Classic Guitar Work on “Feels Like The First Time” by Foreigner, Is Ella Langley bigger than Whitney Houston? David Lee Roth  Cancels his tour, Bon Jovi walks off stage at Madison Square Garden Pat Monahan steps up for livin on a prayer, Pittsburgh Kevin: guest appearances in music videos, aging rock stars, broadcast TV

Loudini: Neural Amp Modeler, Pain, Posture & technique, Fender going after Fender dealers… WTF??? The dookie amp, A Short history of the Aria Pro II: Classical Guitarist Arai changed to Aria Lates Sixties… the were a copy brand 1970’s went more original and more professional PE1500 (Les Paul type) better access to upper frets, detailed carve, original bridge design, recessed […]

Loudini: Gig “no no’s” that no one tells you about, Norm’s Rare Guitars Documentary, Cell phones at gigs, Why Audiophiles hate BOSE (are they right?),    More Fender Drama, is Fender a “fashion brand”? Gimmick guitars? (chenders and chibsons, “I Could Be Wrong”) and counter suing Thomman: Musikhaus Thomann has filed a lawsuit against Fender Musical Instruments Corporation at the […]

Loudini: Gary Richrath Guitars & Amps and best REO moments,  Is music a science or magic? Do we need it? Where does it come from? Treating music like an “engineering problem”.  Is music created or “uncovered”? Are musician’s like “priests”? Most musicians’ cannot explain it… they just do it. John Mayer calls it “Quigi Boarding it”. More magic in a group situation […]

Retrospective on Charvel/Jackson (schecter, JB Player, Seymour Duncan too!)) from 5 Watt World, Eddie, Steve Stevens (top gun sound track), Steve Vai (crossroads, Allan Holdsworth (IOU), Randy Rhoads and the first “Jackson”, Jeff Beck (private dance/ flash), Guthrie Govan, Jake E Lee (hard tail & slanted pick ups), SanDimas, DNKY, Compound Radius, Floyd Rose, “Style 1” and “Style […]