Gary Santoro's Guitar and Music

Gibson Launches New Angus Young Signature SG

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:04:39 -0700

The Gibson Custom Shop is now offering its reproduction of one of the world’s most renowned SGs in the form of the Angus Young SG, a Limited Edition that captures the tone, look, and feel of this rare specimen among a classic breed, but which updates this legendary guitar with custom modifications requested by Angus himself.

http://www.guitarworld.com/gibson_new_angus_young_signature_sg_line

Modal Pentatonics 101

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:25:51 -0700

Modal Pentatonics 101. Making the most of what you probably already know about pentatonic scales.

[Columns @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com]

Ritchie Blackmore

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:28:00 -0700

The History Of: Ritchie Blackmore. A detailed look at the life of iconic rock guitarist Ritchie Blackmore as of 2009. [Columns @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com]

Guitar Knowledge

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:14:46 -0700

Guitar crack.

Guitar chord progression generator.

Guitar chord charts. Have fun!

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So Let's Talk Vibrato

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:20:07 -0700

How To Get A Killer Vibrato. At some point we all ask ourselves: " Okay, I'm playing the same notes as this guitar player, but why does he sound so much better than me?! " Well, most people I think would assume that he sounds better because of all his expensive equipment, but this is not truth. [Columns @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com]

Tube City

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:50:38 -0700

Inside Electro-Harmonix.

Boing-Boing Gadgets tours Eelctro-Harmonix, maker of cool guitar pedals and vacuum tubes for music equipment.

[via Boing Boing]

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The 2009 Edition

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:40:46 -0700

I'm rehabilitating an Alvarez acoustic guitar that a friend gave to me. It now has a home and will sing again. This year is coming to a close and many of us are now dreaming of the not-too-distant future.

G.S. Guitar and Music has infequent posts, but it doesn't take much to have the RSS subscription active in a newsreader for updates. It also transfers data through to Soulcircuit.

Mediaburn gets more traffic of course. There's something about its e-zine sensibility that I love. The early web style reflects a time of incredible growth, freedom, expression and optimism on the internet. Many of the digital era's promises have yet to be fulfilled. Something great has been preserved in the Mediaburn.net DIY aesthetic. Is it the notion of "Promise?"

There will be a redesigned Mediaburn.net site down the road, but I think our scrappy design which heralded and brought widespread change will also continue to run on the web for a while.

What has been called "Web 2.0" in recent years brought us a little closer to the dream. We will have to travel onward because I'm not totally satisfied. And yes, perhaps 2009 will actually have more "music" on this site, called, uh... G.S. Guitar and Music! It's been a long but very enjoyable road so far. See you in '09.

Updates at MRW

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 15:11:00 -0700

Additional updates also at the MRWeblog.

via Starpulse News Blog

Fri, 7 Dec 2007 18:42:37 -0700

Guitarists that Time Will Never Forget Vol. 2.

Brian May of Queen
"I have spent all my years in believing you, But I just can't get no relief, Lord!"

A Composer, a songwriter, an amazing guitarist and he's got the best hair on earth! What do the songs "Tie Your Mother Down," and "I Want It All" have in common? Brian May wrote them both. He made many artistic contributions to Queen and explored different styles of guitar playing.

Gary on LinkedIn

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:40:00 -0700

Gary Santoro's professional page on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mediaburn