Rusty Cooley needs no introduction… but in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last year lets run down what he’s been up to- 2 FULL Length instructional DVD’s, a brand new signature guitar from Dean- the RC7X, a guest spot on the Sean Baker Orchestras newest CD, a collaboration with Derek Sherinian on Derek’s latest CD… do I really need to keep going?

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Gear-Vault has been secretly auditing guitar blogs around the blogoshere for the past 6 months. We took the liberty to compile the best guitar blogs which do not fall into the laziness of posting useless garbage and personal bio-hazard poo, here they are listed for you.

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Bleed Like Me was released in April 2005 and is an album that really appeals to my teenage angsty side. It’s full of attitude, catchy guitar riffs and Shirley Manson’s inimitable vocal style. An album filled with misery and inevitable unhappy endings delivered by Manson’s emotionally cutting, biting and scratching vocals. Track listing: 1. Bad Boyfriend 2. Run Baby Run 3. Right Between The Eyes 4. Why Do You Love Me 5. Bleed Like Me 6. Metal Heart 7. Sex Is Not The Read more…

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Ampeg Bass–Sonisphere sees both headline acts using Ampeg with Rob Trujillo (Metallica) and Dave Farrel (Linkin Park). Also on the main stage, Geezer Butler (Heaven & Hell), Troy Sanders (Mastodon) and Michael Inez (Alice in Chains) rip it up with Ampeg!

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The PGM series is celebrating its 20th year. It’s no surprise, given that Paul Gilbert has long been a master of the instrument and gained respect from musicians and fans all over the world. Ibanez celebrates this milestone with two new 20th anniversary models.

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When you think of guitar amplifiers, there are a few names that jump out automatically. For decades, Fender has been one of those names. When a player wants to get a stellar clean tone, there are a few amps that will deliver without question. Today, we will be looking at the Fender Frontman 212R solid state guitar amplifier, one of Fender’s best selling amplifiers to date.

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Laney Amplifiers, like Marshall and Orange, is one of the old school British amp companies that helped define what many of us consider the proper sound of a rock and roll guitar through a tube (or valve, to be more UK-oriented) amplifier from the 1960’s to today.

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The Boss Dr Beat DB-12 is a multi-functional unit. It will operate as a metronome, a reference tuner, a timer and a stopwatch. It has six different rhythm values: crotchet, off-beat quavers, quavers, quaver triplets, swung quavers, and semi- quavers. There are 24 different beat values and combinations, including time signatures from one to nine, and odd time signatures from five (2 3) to 17 (9 8). To check the tempo of a particular piece of music, press the tap button and it will Read more…

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Judging from the picture on top of its box, Yamaha QT-1 metronome this meant to resemble a flying saucer coming into land. Which it does, a lot. QT-1 is a sturdy, hand sized unit with simple controls on the bottom. On the right is the on/off switch that gives two tones Beat 1, which is loud, and Beat 2, which is muted. Beat 1 is a reasonable copy of a traditional metronome thuck, while Beat 2 is a quieter version of the same thing. In the centre is a dial Read more…

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The Korg MA-30 is very compact and full of features. Powered by two AAA batteries, it seems that Korg have thought of everything. The tempo range goes from 40 to 208, and can be moved up of down in single digits, in steps of 20, or rapidly by pressing two buttons at once. The time signature, or beat, range goes from 0 to 7, while the subdivisions of the beat include the following: duplets, triplets, triplets with the middle beat omitted, quadruplets and quadruplets with the middle beats omitted. You can use the Read more…

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