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what i got lately is the Roland GR 55 guitar synthesizer, the most popular guitar stuff on YouTube right now i guess. it has been almost 2 years i dreamed  about playing this guitar synthesizer, until now. It's like (one of) my dreams come true. i always imagine a wide range of guitar playing in  live performances, with this stuff, I'll manage somehow. connected via Roland GK-3 synth guitar pickup, the GR 55 reaches the whole new vision in guitar playing. you can make synth layers without distracting the originality of your guitar characteristics. i made few user presets and it works well with my playing. last night was the first tryout for my Roland GR 55 combined with Boss GT 8 and i love the results. Roland GR 55 combined with Boss GT 8 actually at some levels, i love how my Boss GT 8 sounds and there times when we all feel that the real electric guitar sounds should take control. but there are sometimes when the guitar sound is not needed, still you want to take p...

That's what I said when I was younger, when some (few) girls asked about love to me, or to the other guitar boys, i guess. Fewer girls loved to hear what i was saying, yes, but none of them wanted me to write down those words on love letters. if they did, they would have known that U2 is involved with everyone's music. you can love me already, but i love U2 first. (haha, what some wonderful moments at that time..) U2, is the best two letters in music. The Edge is one of most inspirational guitar player on my list, and for me, Bono is still carrying the most soulful vocalist title until now. can't explain more than this since U2 are already damn famous. what a great band. so, when i have to choose one from their songs, which is actually difficult i think since their songs are great, definitely I'll choose " stuck in the moment that you can't get out of ". it's a long-titled song, but i think soon everyone will say it fluently. why? it's a son...

this was my promise a year ago and this time, i will fulfill it. yes, uploading videos to YouTube. i have to admit, that saving money for this blog purposes isn't easy. but whatever. i just bought a camcorder yesterday and i think it is a great camcorder. what do you say if i bought a samson's ZOOM Q3HD for this? haha. yes, as expected, this camcorder represents the fulfillment of musicians' needs. it has a great audio recorder and the video format is in HD. I've read about it and it doesn't support capture still images and we can't use it as external camera device for laptops, still all you need is a bright studio to get your best image captured by it while you need minimum enhancement for audio since this camcorder are meant for best audio recording. my first tryout stuff for my first video is a Yamaha APX 500 II acoustic electric guitar . and i like the result. the audio is astonishing, while unfortunately i couldn't get the best visual shot becaus...

Have you ever consider using DI box for your live performances, or your recordings? what is EXACTLY a DI Box anyway? does it really a tool for better sound output? all these questions are being asked around here and there, but actually, for me, i can't hear the differences,at least, not with passive DI box. okay, so what's the point in this post anyway? well, i tried to read and summarized all sources i can get which brought me to some conclusions. yes... (one of stupid things I've done is writing something i don't actually know, but here it is)  DI box is important it regains the lost signal of your guitar sound. it converts high-impedance , line level, unbalanced output guitar signal to a low-impedance microphone level balanced input to mixers. the low impedance allows the signal to be sent over long cable runs with significantly less signal loss. .... the lower impedance (around 600 ohms is normal) allows an insignificant load to the input of a mixing con...

Happy New Year 2014! yes, i congratulate all of guitarists who still fight for their music until today, i hope all of you stand still with me. Well, this post will be the continuation for my post: Fun in basic, Major Chords ,  and now is about the minor chords on guitar. FYI: these minor chords follow the natural minor scales, so as you can see the A natural minor scale notes are A(1) - B(2) - C( ♭ 3) - D(4) - E(5) - F( ♭ 6) - G( ♭ 7) - A(higher octave) and its interval is w-h-w-w-h-w (w = wholenote, h = halfnote) Basically Minor chords consist the root, the flat-third and the fifth note. if you have an A minor chord, that would be A as the first note (root),  C as the flat-third note( ♭ 3rd), and E as the fifth note. A  (root),  C( ♭ 3rd), and E (5th)  so, what you have to do next to get B minor chords is write down the B natural minor scale which is B(1) - C#(2) - D( ♭ 3) - E(4) - F#(5) - G( ♭ 6) - A( ♭ 7) - B, see the bold font, and you'll get ...

Today is a cloudy day and i can't get bright picture of silver sparkle of my new guitar (but it's okay though, my old cellphone camera can handle this), oh yes it's a Gretsch guitar. The Gretsch G5236 electromatic pro jet 125th anniversary with silver sparkle finishing. It's a beautiful pre-owned guitar with nice deal, no scratch and made in China. here are bunch of pictures about it: Gretsch G5236 electromatic pro jet 125th anniversary Gretsch G5236 electromatic pro jet 125th anniversary Gretsch G5236 electromatic pro jet 125th anniversary And I like it!! this electromatic pro jet defines overdrive and distortion effects in wide range although it seems i'll never get tele twang sound or strat glassy tone from it (of course, it's a Gretsch!). it has unique sound, yes that great Gretsch sound does exist. Its pickups and chambered body deliver tones nicely through amps, even direct input to mixer. Gretsch G5236 electromatic pro jet 125th an...

last week i got lucky. my friend lent me his Fender Stratocaster Highway One and it was my valuable moment of learning guitar characteristic. stratocaster has my respect because of its tone originality and how many songs made with this guitar, also how far the guitar players has become legends with this guitar existence. you can easily find names, let's say yngwie malmsteen, richie sambora, eric clapton and many more use the stratocaster as their main guitar, or using stratocaster as their tool of exploration (see a Frankenstrat ) you might be one of them. a stratocaster lover. i can't say I'm in it, but actually right now I'm still trying to get which series that suits me. and i got a milestone to start with, a Fender Stratocaster Highway One USA made, year 2002 i guess. here are the pics (it's relic!) : what i got from this guitar so far? well, i can't say i'm in love with this one. it was about againsts my guitar playing style. the vol...