Posted By Billy on January 11, 2012

 

A while back I did a post confessing my love for a particular guitar I had acquired from our store , the ESP ST203-FR. I showed how I did a couple of tweaks and upgrades to make it rock out even better than it did off the rack  ( Dimarzio pickups, U.S. Floyd Rose, Giant brass block ) . I guess you can consider this the sequel to the demo I did a while back.  I wanted to let you hear the guitar in a more ideal situation…..LIVE!!!! Here is a quick video of me and my band Rock Opera Theater throwing down with my favorite axe.

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Tags: accessories, accessory, air zone, airzone, cruiser, Dimarzio, esp, guitar, guitars, st-203fr

Posted By Billy on December 18, 2011

How my Floyd Rose made me $20.00.

 

I remember years back I was hanging out with a friend and he said,  ” I bet you $20.00 that you can’t play a song on one single string without using any frets”. Little did he know I had a guitar equipped with a Floyd Rose double locking tremolo, without that I wouldn’t have been able to prove him wrong and win his $20.00.  Here is my single string no fret rendition of a Christmas classic that made me $20.00 richer.

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Tags: billy reichling, christmas, esp, floyd rose, guitar, metal, shred

Posted By Ka'imi on November 12, 2011

Odyssey cases are well known to all sound guys. Having an Odyssey Case enables consistent hardware configurations and set ups with your mixer. Another big plus is the protection these cases provide for your gear. If you have gear laying around at your gig and you need a “file cabinet” for your hardware, check out these cases. Here is a short video showing off the inside of a combo case.

 

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Tags: accessories, cases, Odyssey, PA Gear, products, racks

Posted By Billy on September 19, 2011

Have you ever wanted to make a good guitar even better without breaking the bank? Check out our huge selection of Dimarzio pickups; they will give your guitar a serious tone makeover. In this video I show you what a simple pickup upgrade can do to a guitar.

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Tags: accessories, accessory, air zone, airzone, cruiser, Dimarzio, esp, guitar, guitars, st-203fr

Posted By Chris on March 1, 2011

That’s right, Steve Vai needs our help.  He and Berklee Music are trying to set a new World Record for the World’s Largest Online Guitar Lesson.

What? A free lesson from Steve Vai via the interwebs?! I think I’ll be there!

The lesson will take place on March 3 at 1:30pm EST. That’s 5 hours ahead of Hawaii time, so make sure you’re up at 8:30am with your guitar in hand to learn from the best.

Check out this website if you want to get involved. See you at the lesson!

Screenshot courtesy of https://www.berkleemusic.com/vai-live.

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Tags: berklee, berklee music, ibanez, lesson, online, steve vai

Posted By Chris on February 23, 2011

A very impromptu video where Talor was using a Cajon with a mic, and running the signal through some guitar effects pedals.  Neat!

Try this video in 1080p if you dare…

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Tags: cajon, electro-harmonix, hog, LP, pedals

Posted By Ka'imi on November 27, 2010

So you bought an Interface and your computer isn’t reading the Hardware. The solution could be as simple as downloading the latest driver. This is how you find it.

Here are the links to help you get to the driver pages

Maudio:

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=support&tab=driver

Presonus:

http://www.presonus.com/technical-support/downloads/drivers-software/

Yamaha:

http://usa.yamaha.com/products/music-production/interfaces/ (when you click on the Audiogram its takes you to the product line up.  Click on Support and look for the driver download link.)

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Tags: drivers, interfaces, MAudio, presonus, studio, yamaha

Posted By Peter on August 28, 2010

Would you like to learn guitar or ukulele? Walter is a killer instructor. He can teach just about any style, but he is our only instructor that also specializes in slack key.  Please let us know if you are interested. He rarely has openings, but a bunch of his military students have left the island leaving him with availability.   He has some afternoon openings available on Tuesdays and Saturdays.  He charges $25 for a half hour.

About Walter Keoni Carvalhao:
Recognized Slack Key Guitar Master by the State of Hawaii on the Culture and the Arts, and the Hawaii State Legislature for his Perpetuation of Hawaiian slack Key for 20 yrs for Hawaii’s Department of Education. Keoni graduated from Kailua High School and University of Hawaii and went on to play with the U.S. Army Band and later played with the former Windward Symphony Orchestra.

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Tags: slack key, Video Lessons, Walter