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Have You Ever Been Through The Never?

Yes, Metallica will take you there. It’s 2013 and it is the time for everyone to experience through the never with +Metallica . this super heavy-metal band had made a real existence to its fans throughout the world with this movie. What we will see is actually a thriller concert film, which is new for me. the movie title itself is from the song with the same title “Through the Never” from Metallica’s black album in 1991.

the movie’s early reviews have been positive. it has Rotten Tomatoes 82% fresh rating, the consensus states: “Imaginatively shot and edited, Metallica Through the Never is an electrifying, immersive concert film, though its fictional sequences are slightly less assured.” while Peter Travers of Rolling Stone has his opinion “a full-throttle expression of rock & roll anarchy”, and encouraged readers not to understand the plot, but to “live” it. Chris Tilly of IGN and Peter Rugg of The Village Voice stated a positive review as well. it is a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture and an electrifying, immersive concert film, something like a gigantic spectacle, a virtual-reality experience for every single fan of Metallica all over the world. in my opinion, this is the best Metallica’s achievement so far, and since Metallica is one of my favorites, there will be no spoilers here. you can watch the trailer, though.

so again, have you ever been through the never?
October 14, 2013
Still Halloween and even scarier, the Frankenstrat

while famous frankentele is Steve Morse‘s, the Frankenstrat is Eddie Van Halen’s creation. The name itself comes from the combination of Frankenstein name and Stratocaster, a famous Fender guitar model. for your information it is a american national treasure, “Frankenstrat” copy can be found at Washington D.C.’s American History Museum.

The Frankenstrat is Van Halen’s effort in combining the Fender appearance with classic Gibson guitar tonality. It was Gibson PAF humbucking bridge pickup, Floyd Rose tremolo and chrome hardware installed on ash Stratocaster body, maple neck and fretboard. Eddie painted it several times, and the now famous color combination is red body with white and black stripes.

what he did is a heavy-modification. The Frankenstrat neck was continually being changed over times. and The first bridge was ’58 Fender tremolo then he changed it to Floyd Rose bridges. The placement of the 1971 quarter was a spontaneous addition when it was recruited to keep the Floyd Rose bridge flush on the body. even he took truck reflectors and put them at the rear of the body just for his fun moments, so is an eye hook to secure the straps.

now, is this scary enough for your Halloween?

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October 12, 2013
it’s Halloween, and it is Frankentele

you know what time it is and there’s nothing more interesting than a Frankentele. as you knew that telecaster gained incredible fans all over the world because its sound and its simplicity. there are lots of people want to have their own telecaster based on their personal ideas. simply taking telecasters into new genre without disrespecting its history. it’s an amazing story, seeing what telecasters had been through. and i really want to start with the famous one, Steve Morse’s Frankenstein telecaster. we know who Frankenstein is as well as we know what a telecaster is.

from what i got from musicradar’s article about frankentele, it is really a constant revision and improvement guitar. Stratocaster neck attached into a Fender Telecaster body, installed Gibson Tune-o-matic bridge, a set of Gibson frets and a 12-string tailpiece, also a group of pickups were Steve Morse’s ideas on how to build a frankentele. you can also get info from Steve Morse’s site about his frankenstein telecaster.

well, are frankenteles scary enough for your Halloween? you should have one actually. telecaster inspires lots of musicians and i think I’ll build one of my own frankentele, although my spalted maple tele is a branded franken tele, too with great sound and craftsmanship. there are best guitar parts around and i REALLY want to put them on telecaster model and see what happen.. is an annoying curiosity though..

October 11, 2013
Marshall MS-2, cute little hard rock served on your desk

This Marshall MS-2 sounds louder than you think. yes, it’s a mini-amps product by +Marshall Amplification and you can have much fun with this. I bought this new and it’s made by Marshall manufacture in Vietnam. Marshall Amplification is a British company, well-known as one of the best guitar amps builders. You may have the big ones, but for this Marshall MS2 Micro Amp, I’d say this is my good stuff.one thing i like about Marshall Amps is that they are being honest about the guitar tones. they will amplify anything that came out from any kind of guitar honestly. if your guitar has ugly sound (like my lovely first electric guitar), then Marshall amps will take that ugly tone into the loudest sound you’ve ever heard. Actually it’s a real good thing, if you want to buy a new guitar, please consider to hear it through Marshall Amps. (hear check sound: marshall ms-2 here)

here few pictures i made:

quite nice isn’t it? here i shared a video about Marshall MS 2 with some effects pedals. here it is:

well, what do you think about this Marshall MS2 Micro Amp?
September 30, 2013