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Month: December 2015

KUMA Tellef Øgrim & Anders Berg

KUME – album review – Tellef Øgrim & Anders Berg

Posted on 29th December 201524th June 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
KUME – Overview The CD is a limited edition of 60, we got number 19. Arrived just after Xmas 2015. Hard to categorise though you could drop it somewhere between Avant grade and Ambient with the... Read More
Ron Thal Bumblefoot doubleneck

Bumblefoot video – Little Brother is Watching – fretless tutorial

Posted on 29th December 20158th August 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
  Ron Thal aka Bumblefoot official music video “Little Brother is Watching” plus we have a video tutorial of just how to play the solo on fretless guitar and a video where Ron explain... Read More
Gary Cocoran 2007

The Reasons To Be Cheerful – Fretless Guitar

Posted on 23rd December 20156th March 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Gary Cocoran decorated his nylon fretless classical guitar with the lyrics to Ian Dury and the Blockheads number “Reasons  to be Cheerful – Part 3” citing that there were too many m... Read More
Joe Meek in the Studio

Joe Meek’s Bold Techniques 2nd Edition – book review

Posted on 17th December 201516th March 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Well its not often we review a book that is not about music theory or relevant to the Fretless Guitar, but this is a worthwhile exception as it details the techniques of a music recording pioneer, Joe... Read More
Barend Tromp 2

Barend Tromp – Artist’s Profile

Posted on 16th December 201516th December 2015 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
“Guitar player, bass player and sitar player Barend Tromp is hard to pigeon-hole as a musician. Elements from world music and fusion are combined with influences from guitar players like Frank Zappa... Read More
Ned Evett

Ned Evett plays Peavey Composite Acoustics Fretless Carbon Fiber Cargo Guitar

Posted on 12th December 20158th August 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
This actually looks like a fretted guitar, and it once was, until luthier Dave Boelke ground down the stainless steel frets into the carbon fiber fingerboard. That must have been quite a task. Ned men... Read More
Two Titanium fretless guitars

Two Tales of Titanium (fretless guitars)

Posted on 10th December 20156th March 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
New fingerboard material – Titanium Just when you thought the types of fingerboard for a fretless guitar had just about been exhausted, all types of wood, glass, copper, aluminium, steel, brass,... Read More
Fernando Perez Greek Fretless

Fernando Perez Signature Model Guitar by Jose de Prados Guitars

Posted on 8th December 201514th April 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
It is not often that a guitar comes along that can be fretted and then converted to fretless in a few seconds, making it usable on stage, just as quick as swapping guitars. Fernando Perez has designed... Read More
Si Hayden Don't Fret

Si Hayden – Don’t Fret – Album Review

Posted on 7th December 20152nd March 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Si Hayden is from Coventry, UK and recorded his first solo album in 1998. Since then, he has produced many recordings of guitar music exploring jazz, folk, rock and blues forms. In 2012 he released Do... Read More
Madmen & Sinners

Tim Donahue Xmas Day Gig 2015 + Video Clip

Posted on 6th December 20158th August 2016 by Jahloon (Jeff Berg)
Celebrate a Very Metal Christmas with MADMEN & SINNERS as they premier more new music from their MetalOpera series. This promises to be a real treat for Metal fans and will feature some of the new... Read More

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