Greetings and Salutations to all in Shred Nation! HELLO all and welcome back to another exciting edition of the shred newsletter. It’s a little colder in Long Beach this week which means people like me (C-tier Rivers Cuomo impersonators) can start wearing cardigans again. Let’s celebrate by diving right into the good stuff: Another shred lord you must have on your radar. He’s also a great teacher! Arpeggio study to improve your solos fast You guys remember Ed Roman’s guitar store? Brand new...
almost 2 years ago • 3 min read
Greetings and Salutations to all in Shred Nation! The gravy train keeps rolling here in newsletter land, it's such a beautiful and scenic pasture out here. As usual got a few things I've been DYING to get off my chest so why don't we cut the bull$hit foreplay and just dive right in: Homemade Percussion Box for $9 - Save over $100 My Favorite Mashup Artist / The Only Good DJ I Know LoFi Hip Hop Beats (to Study To) on Guitar Collab w/ Walsh Guitars on a Brand New Model! Get Em Dancing At Your...
almost 2 years ago • 5 min read
Greetings and Salutations to all in Shred Nation! WOOT WOOT, this one's for the FAMILY. Bottoms up on that huge 2 liter of Faygo everybody, we're gonna try and get booked at the Gathering of the Juggalos this year. And if you practice hard enough you can play turntables in my band! ANYWAY Let's get started. Best Signature Guitar Models (Marty Just Dropped His) You Don't See Music Battles Like These Anymore The Cheapest Way To Load IR's just got cheaper Tapping Workout - Satriani's "A Day At...
almost 2 years ago • 8 min read
Greetings and Salutations to all in Shred Nation! HELLO 2 all and 2 all a good morning Spencer here back with another newsletter. Got some off the wall info for ya in today's edition not the usual fare and not a whole lot of "shredding" but some genuinely useful information that has been on my mind this week that I've been just backed up with like this picture until I get to squirt it out to you guys: Entry Level Acoustics You Can Keep Pretty Much Forever Get The Giant Headrush Pedalboard For...
almost 2 years ago • 8 min read
Greetings and Salutations to all in Shred Nation! Wow newsletters two weeks in a row? Either my handlers have me trapped underground with a typewriter inside a bamboo cage or there's a LOT of music news going on. Maybe both! :) "Fender" Amp for 1/3rd the Price Protect Your Gear Before It's Too Late! Did Cardi B Just Change History For All Performing Artists? BERNTH Sweep Picking Workout Tube Amps That Even Your Least Discerning Beginner Can Purchase When I was a kid, my friend Blake Hourigan...
almost 2 years ago • 5 min read
Greetings and Salutations to all in Shred Nation! Hello hello and welcome back to the newsletter. Had some busy weeks full of music making and merriment but I’ve finally returned to being hunched over a typewriter smoking unfiltered Lucky Strikes and chugging black coffee in a studio apartment for your journalistic entertainment. BUCKLE UP we’ve got a bit to cover here: Can you buy a custom guitar for under $1000? Guitar legend drama New Pickup Music course dropped and it's Legit Check my...
almost 2 years ago • 7 min read
Greetings and salutations to all in Shred Nation! HELLO ALL happy June and congrats to all the new graduates out there. Or anyone like me who's on the Van Wilder plan where you just stay in community college for an extra 8 years thats cool too, keep on truckin. Four shows this week, two new songs out, and played some real ORIGINAL music for once which unfortunately has changed the game yet again for me gear wise so I've been experimenting to try and recreate some of the weirder sounds on our...
about 2 years ago • 8 min read
Greetings and salutations to all in Shred Nation! Hello and greetings all! I'm reporting to you from back in the LBC after a pretty stacked weekend of four shows and two countries between Friday and Sunday. Got to play Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Saturday with legendary Persian popstar Ebi. This is where the Canucks play if you're a hockey fan and if you remember the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies they used to roam these forests as well. Here's photo evidence: Also catering was awesome. Only...
about 2 years ago • 8 min read
Greetings and salutations to all in Shred Nation! Hello Hello Hello Hello! Turn down the echo echo echo... Hey glad you've joined me here again. It was getting kind of lonely in cyberspace. Since Justin Timberlake bought Myspace no one is really on here chatting with me anymore >;( Anyway we're about to drop some flaming facts and maybe even some curvaceous opinions so STRAP IN: Read This Paragraph Before You Buy New Pickups Another New Shredder to Lower Your Self Esteem My Funny Luthier Idea...
about 2 years ago • 8 min read