Crybaby The Pedal That Rocks The World is now available online in 4 parts. This documentary dives full steam ahead into the pedal that screams rock and roll.
Featuring all the usual suspects known for their use and abuse of the Wah pedal. From Kirk Hammet to Zakk Wylde to Buddy Guy, there is no shortage of commentary from those who know this pedal best.
You can check out each of the four segments online. The entire movie will be available on March 11th
Check it out here
Stringed instruments have been around for hundreds of years. The guitar has been in the forefront for quite sometime now but where is it going? The evolution of the guitar over the past couple of hundred years was slow. But in the 20th century it seemed to make leaps and bounds. Adolph Rickenbacker, Leo Fender, and Les Paul turned the guitar into a modern stringed instrument….then it stopped.
I’m not saying advances in guitar technology stopped altogether. Sure there were great improvements, new hardware, new shapes, but overall, the evolution of guitar seems to have reach it’s pinnacle. The guitars designed by Fender and Gibson back in the late 
forties and early fifties are still being produced today. The number of knockoffs and copies are countless. Companies like Jackson and Ibanez did take things to a new level to some extent in the eighties but those designs have too become antiquated. Or have they?
Is it possible that the guitar is what it is. I’m sure there will be small changes here or there but will there be anymore quantum steps forward in guitar technology? More to the point, do we want any more from a guitar? Did Leo,Adolph,and Les get it right? They certainly did something right because we are all still buying their designs like there’s no tomorrow.
I know we live in the digital age. I know there are modeling amps, guitar synthesizers, and modeling guitars like the Variax and the VG strat. The kicker is, these modern digital instruments are modeling and emulating the tried and true traditional stuff. I don’t know where the guitar will go in the next 20 years but if the past 20 years are any indication, I will probably still be playing my Les Paul when I’m 60.
Epiphone has announced the latest in it’s worn series of the classic Wilshire model. The newest version of this reincarnation of the 1966 axe features a bigsby style tremolo.
The Wilshire is a sleek guitar featuring two mini 
humbuckers with coil tap capability. The individual volume and tone controls give you a wide range of sonic manipulation. This addition of the tremolo is just the thing to take the instrument to the next level.
This guitar was already versatile. I have played with other guitarists who use the hard tail Wilshire. It has a lot of growl in it with the mini humbuckers and the coil taps get you some really great clean sounds. The neck is comfortable and you can access every last fret with ease.
This is a lot of guitar for not a lot of money and Epiphone seems to really have stepped up their game with this latest offering.
Check out all the specs at the Epiphone official site.
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