Sun, 29 June 2008
Episode 110: The Chet Atkins Diet Pipes and PT take a deep breath and dive into a style of music that not received much attention thus far on the Bliss. That's right; Six-String Bliss has gone country. But first, the boys share an email from Pierre Journel, whose Bo Diddley tribute song was played in Episode 107. PT reveals some mysterious experiences involving his amp setup. Could the end of the world be far behind? Pipes gives the next installment in his guitar painting adventure. http://www.flickr.com/photos Pipes also discusses his brand new ProTone Wah pedal! GoW (selected by Pipes and PT): Brad Paisley http://bradpaisley.musiccitynet Guitar News (Part One): Jimi's flaming guitar to be auctioned: http://www.nme.com/news/jimi Center Song: The Pistol Whipper-Snappers – Rip My Heart Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v Guitar News (Part Two) The Moog Guitar Peavey's new PXD Series Guitars http://www.peavey.com/products Normandy Releases Aluminum Archtop: http://www.normandyguitars.com/ Top 5 List: Pipes and PT's Top 5 'Gateway into Country Music' Albums Guitars Defined: The boys give a shaky definition of 'Chicken Pickin' Discuss the episode on the forum! http://sixstringbliss.proboards or leave us a voicemail: 206-203-3738 |
Tue, 24 June 2008
Episode 109: Modding with Bitmo Bruce PT ponders a guitar recommendation for a friend and plans his perfect pedalboard. Pipes misses out on a discontinued Coffin Case pedalboard. Pipes also embarks on a guitar painting project. http://www.paintyourownguitar.com/ A listener comes to Pipes and PT for electronic advice. Guitarist of the Week: Emppu Vuorinen Guitar News: Les Paul plays the Pabst Theater http://www.pabsttheater.org/lespaul Guitar stolen in Long Island Guitarist joins New Zeland Bagpipe trio http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4585843a6510.html Martin celebrates 175th anniversary And Pipes tries to reinvent the wheel by debating the merits of numbers on guitar knobs. Center Song: Firewater – 3 Legged Dog http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/firewater/353 Bruce Hutcheon from Bitmo Modifications joins Pipes and PT to discuss modifying amps and effects, what’s next for Bitmo and how a public speaking engagement led to the creation of his company. Check out Bitmo’s site |
Sun, 15 June 2008
Pipes and PT give a big thanks to those who have donated to the
NAMM 2009 fund so far.
We play a couple of voicemails. Join in the fun by leaving us a message at 206-203-3738. GOW (selected by listener David): Charlie Christian http://www3.nb.sympatico.ca/hansen/Charlie/ccbio.htm Guitar News: George Jones’ long-lost guitar returned! http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/05/people.georgejones.ap/ M&I building salutes Les Paul: http://www.biztimes.com/daily/2008/6/4/m-i-building-will-be-lit-up-to-salute-les-paul Moog Guitar: http://www.moogmusic.com/moogguitar/ AC/DC Hearts Walmart: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003813749 Center Song: Charlie Christian with the Goodman Sextet – Flying Home Pipes and PT are joined by Dennis Mollan of ProTone Pedals to discuss the latest ProTone and give us the inside scope on the hottest new stomp boxes. Dennis also sticks around to help us define the next term in our ‘Guitars Defined’ series: True Bypass. |
Fri, 6 June 2008
Episode 107: The Tone Microscope PT gets ready to mods his Epiphone Jr, and Pipes has some soldering tips. http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/docs/solder.pdf Pipes is selling his midi controller and focusing on a certain fretted instrument of note. http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html Pipes presents the news… no wait, he does not. Instead Pipes and PT pay tribute to one of the founding fathers of rock and roll: An interesting study raises some basic questions about tone, what effects it and what it means to us. Middle Song: Pierre Journal – Bo Diddley Groove http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=cd54dce1b1739d8ab3dc115aa631eafa Steve Benford (www.benfordguitars.com) joins Pipes and PT for the next installment in the Guitars Defined series: Intonation. Benford also fills us in on the latest happenings with Guitar For Vets and how we can help. |