Gibson Les Paul Axcess

Hey guitar addicts,

Here is a recently released video on the Gibson Les Paul Axcess. The guitar is loaded with Floyd Rose tremolo, 2 Burstbucker pickups, with coil tapping features. Scarfed neck to get to the high notes. Shredders, this is the Les Paul that was made for you. So go crazy with divebombs like Eddie Van Halen and Tommy Morello.

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Fender VG Stratocaster vs Gibson Les Paul Robot (the Dark Fire) vs Line 6 Variax

Hey Dude and dudettes,

In the battle for the virtual guitar, you have the three big names duking it out.
1) The Fender VG Stratocaster is a regular Stratocaster but with an extra Roland pickup. It has 37 modes where you can choose what type of sound you want (single coil, humbucker, acoustic,….) and 6 tunings. If your battery runs out, there are always the three single coil pickups for those classic strat tone.

Fender VG Stratocaster

2) The Gibson Dark Fire is a continuation of the Gibson Robot guitar where you get the classic Burstbucker 3 humbucker for those classic humbucker tone, a P-90 pickup for those classic single coil tones and a Piezo pickup for more acoustic tones. With the Chameleon technology, you get more tones by mixing these pickups. It also comes with the auto tune and intonation technology so you don’t need to fiddle with your tuners in the middle of the show. This ensures true organic tones.

It is due to be released 11th of December so book early.
Gibson Dark Fire

3) Then comes the grand daddy of the virtual guitar. The Variax comes with a plethora of classic guitar tones and some other tones which are not to common, like the sitar. It can be switched with the foot controller and if you need to, can be transplanted to another body style supplied by Warmoth guitars. Check it out.

Line 6 Variax

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Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 Demo by Paul Reed Smith

The master craftsman himself, Paul Reed Smith shows us why PRS guitars are some of the most
highly soughted instruments in the market. The tonal options, the finish, it’s enough for a person like me to drool.

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Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Mayhem

Sometimes, you just have the urge to get loud, really LOUD. But you also want to have the smooth tube tone as well. Enter the Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Mayhem. All tube distortion especially for you metal heads. Check it out now. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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Annual Holding Period Yield

Now we are getting to the nitty gritty details.

Previously, we were talking about Holding Period Return with no sense of the time factor. Now, we are going to put the time factor in with the Annual Holding Period Yield and the calculation is as below:

Annual HPY = Annual HPR - 1
Annual HPR = HPR to the power of (1/n)
Where n = number of years

Going from the previous example but with some minor modification. Let’s say that after investing $1, in two years, I get $1.50.

Therefore, HPR = 1.5/1 = 1.5
Annual HPR = HPR to the power of (1/n)
= 1.5 power (1/2)
= 1.224

Sorry for the confusion as I haven’t found out how to superscript in my computer.

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New pictures of P-rails in guitar

Just to show off some pictures of my P-rails axe. This is my tone machine. Awesome!

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Annual Rate of Return

Continuing from the previous discussion, we will introduce a new variable called Holding Period Yield (HPY). Let’s say after investing $1 for a year, I get $1.5. Therefore HPR (Holding Period Return) is 1.5/1 = 1.5.
HPY = HPR -1
in this case
1.5-1
= 0.5
In percentage, Holding Period Yield is 50%

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Stuck in a jam session?

Heya guys, I met up with a couple of friends and we thought we should go for a jamming session. We have never played together before and when we arrived at the studio we didn’t know what to play. After a brief pause, I played the first few chords I learnt and doodled after that. You may come across this situation so this should help you guys out to make the jam session enjoyable fo everybody. One suggestion is to go with the classic C, Am, F and G. Most 60’s songs use these basic chord progression and it will break help to break the ice. Enjoy.

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Historical Rate of Return

One of the measures of Historical Rate of Return is the Holding Period Return (HPR)

HPR = Ending Value/Beginning Value

An example is that I put $1 in the bank and i find that in one year, there is $2 in my account, then my HPR = 2/1 = 2 (this is a really good bank)

If you find that you have $0.5 in your account, then HPR=0.5/1=0.5 (Take out your money dude)

If for some reason, you find that you are in debt, -$0.50 in your account, then HPR = -0.5/5 ( does the name Enron ring a bell?)

In the next post, we’ll take a step further and calculate Annual HPR. This is when a good financial calculator is a good investment.

Here is a cool web application which lets you know the historical rate of return of your investment
http://www.tifor.com/

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Line 6 Spider Valve review

I’ve always been a fan of combo amps. Mostly cos I’m a hobbyist and rarely need to use a full stack, although having one would be nice. Coming from a Fender G-DEC background, I really like modelling amps as you have a wide array of tones and sounds that you can achieve. However, sometimes I do miss the organic all tube tone. Line 6 has accomplished with the Spider Valve where you have a modelling amp powered by the Spider III engine and fuse it with valve circuitry and you get natural organic tone and go crazy if you need to. The Spider Valve can be bought as a combo or amp head and cabinets.

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