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The Snake Bass

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This is a picture of a really neat looking bass that has a fantastic carving of a snake incorporated into it. Instrument(s) like this appear like they are made just for looks. Either made for looks of to play, this one will keep your eyes glued to it for hours.

I especially like where the bass luthier places the tuning pegs. It took me a few seconds to notice this, do you see where they are? Hey Chris, if I win the lotto, I’ll pick one up for ya!

Alvin custom made snake bass

If you happen to own this bass we’d love to hear more about it.

Keep on Jammin’





Selinger’s Music in listowel Rocks

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Through good old Face Book I ran into an old guitar playing buddy of mine who now runs a music store called Selinger’s Music in Listowel (pronounced Lis-Twoll) Ontario. I’ve never been there before but if my buddy Al is the same kind of stand up guy he was when we were kidz then his store must truly rock.

Looking at a few pic’s from Selinger’s Music site, I spy some nice vintage axes hanging around the shop. He has a nice collection of Taylor acoustic guitars in all sizes. He also looks like he has a decent selection of amps and pedals as well. And speaking of pedals, the other part of the store he has that I like is his tech department that is dedicated to rebuilding vintage guitar pedals. It’s nice to see all those old school pedal(s) are there, still alive and kicking around!

If you check out this link you’ll see a picture of a very old pedal called the Silencer by Electro Harmonix that they are working on. I use to own one when I first started playing electric guitar and it brought back some painful memories. For the life of me I can’t remember what this pedal sounded like but I thought it looked real cool.

There’s an area in Selinger’s that highlights their drum section, which appears to be quite big. I’m not a drummer but what they had I was impressed with.

Last but not least you have to see this sign they have offering lessons to anyone purchasing any instrument, best ad I’ve seen in years.

Keep on Jammin’ Selinger Music in Listowel!

Amplitube for the iPad

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There’s this company called IK multimedia that has created this great App for those of you out there that has an iPad they call AmpliTube 2.

They seemed to have bundled all the essentials that one needs to produce up to 8 layered guitar or bass tracks into one really cool sounding demo piece. It appears that all you need is an iPad, this App, a playable guitar, a midi connection cable, some time to create something and a bit of talent. IK multimedia has certainly put some time and sweat into the AmpliTube 2.

They have developed some straight forward pedal effects to help you with the sound your searching to develop. The 16 stomp or effects pedals look fantastic. The Speed Trainer, which slows the audio down and does not effect the pitch so you can figure it out licks or just practice them, is big plus. The Amplitube 2 has 5 pre-programed settings that include a combination of 5 different types of amps, 5 cabinets and 5 mic’s configuration that just boggles my mind on how they can pull something like this off in the first place.

Too bad I don’t have an iPad yet but by checking out what the Amplitube 2 can do you can bet it ranks right up there with paying off our mortgage!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZa1QOcCptA

So which lucky son of gun has one of these things out there?

Keep on Jammin’

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