Shortly after premiering their new music video via XBOX Live on January 21, English Metal act, Dragonforce have also kicked of their European tour by performing at Tilburg 013, Holland on January 28. On the gig, the rockers didn't took the stage on their own as they also had a Finish folk metal band Turisas as their opener.

According to Blabbermouth on the gig, Dragonforce played about 12 songs including two recently released singles, Heroes of Our Time and The Last Journey Home, which was taken from the band latest CD "Ultra Beatdown". Here is their complete set list at their concert in Tilburg:

After playing at Holland, Dragonforce will continue their European trip to other big countries in the continent such as Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and many more. The European leg itself is scheduled to end on March 6 and after that the Metal act will begin to embark Asia starting from Japan on March 26. Full details about Dragonforce's tour can be viewed at their official website

An exiting news arrived for music fans in Latin America as guitar legend Carlos Santana has announced that he will be staging his first 2009 tour at the continent on February-March. The great news was announced at the legendary guitarist's official website on January 29.
On the site, Santana also revealed that there are some changes on the venues that was previously announced. There are four changes for its venues, the first one is the February 27th gig that was previously scheduled on Santiago, Chile has been re-located to San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium. other changed venues are:
The March 10th show in Caracas, Venezuela will now take place at Campo de Futbol USB.
The March 12th show in Bogota, Colombia will now take place at Simon Bolivar Park. La Fania will open the Bogota show.
The March 17th show in Guatemala City, Guatemala will now take place at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores .
The latest music project that the legendary guitarist released was a compilation CD titled "Multi-Dimentional Warrior" that was dropped on October 14, 2008. Meanwhile, the latest record that he released with his Santana band was All that I Am, that has been spawned on October 31, 2005.

Date City :

2/25/2009 Vina Del Mar, Chile
Quinta Vergara
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2/27/2009 Santiago, Chile
San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium
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3/5/2009 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coliseo de Puerto Rico- Jose Miguel Agrelot
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3/7/2009 Chavon, Dominican Republic
Altos de Chavon
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3/10/2009 Caracas, Venezuela
Campo de Futbol USB
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3/12/2009 Bogota, Colombia
Parque Simon Bolivar
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3/14/2009 Quito, Ecuador
Coliseo General Ruminahui
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3/17/2009 Guatemala City, Guatemala
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores
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3/19/2009 Acapulco, MX
FORUM MUNDO IMPERIAL
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3/21/2009 Puebla, MX
AUDITORIO SIGLO XXI
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3/22/2009 Mexico City, MX
PALACIO DE LOS DEPORTES
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3/24/2009 Guadalara, MX
Auditorio Telmex
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3/26/2009 Monterrey, MX
Arena Monterrey

Following the latest news about Steve Lukather's preparation for his upcoming European tour, good news finally comes from the TOTO guitarist camp as he announced to his fans that he has finally found a new guitar tech. On his official site Steve expressed his joy saying, "Yes! I found a new guitar tech yesterday."

Explaining about the new technician's background, Steve revealed, "He used to work for Van Halen. Great guy so I am in better hands than before. At least more loyal." Moreover the guitar master also added that the new tech's arrival is giving more time to do his other project. "So, I can relax for a short bit and then its back in the studio with George Benson and boom, off to Europe for 2 months. See you guys there," Steve said.

Previously, Steve stated on his site that his preparation for his upcoming European gig is interrupted because his guitar tech suddenly leave him for Fleetwood Mac. The TOTO frontman, was very upset about it stating, "I mean the cat f****d me and did NOT have a replacement for me! Its one thing to bail but another to commit and then be an opportunistic asshole and hang me up, not to mention the other guys. VERY un-proffesional."

In other news, beside preparing for his tour, Steve is also working in lots of guitar projects with some famous names, such as George Benson and Bruce Kullick of Kiss. Not only that previoulsy the guitar legend also revealed that he will be jamming with Steve Vai and Dave Grohl at a show in the Grammy week.

Exciting news comes for shred guitarist, Chris Impelliteri's fans as the latest report stated that he will be premiering a new music video for his band Impelliteri soon. According to Blabbermouth, Chris and his band mate will be shooting the clip for his group's new single "Wicked Maiden", which was taken from Impelliteri's new record with the same title.

The music video for the new single will be directed by a renown director, John Logsdon, who has been working with famous rock bands such as, Def Leppard, Rise Against, Audio Slave, Deftones and many more. However, dispite the date for the shoot has been revealed, there hasn't been any confirmation on when would the new video gets premiered. As for the audio, fans can hear the new song streamed via Impelliteri's official MySpace page

The new album itself reportedly has been released in Japan via Victor Entertainment on January 21, it is a little bit early compared to previous news stating that it will be dropped on February 25. Meanwhile for the European release date, Blabbermouth stated that it will be released at the continent on April 24 through Metal Heaven records.

The new record itself is definetely something that Impelliteri die hard fans been waiting for as it took the band about three years to finish it. Commenting about the new album, Chris stated to the press, that the record is "by far the most amazing recording I have been involved with, It is filled with amazing riffs, fast shredding solos, screaming vocals, and, of course, a brutal rhythm section. The goal of this record was to make a historic album that will rival 'Van Halen 1', OZZY's 'Blizzard of Oz', PANTERA's 'Cowboys from Hell', YNGWIE's 'Rising Force', METALLICA's 'Master of Puppets', and even new artists like CHILDREN OF BODOM and AVENGED SEVENFOLD."

Good news for guitar fans especially for George Lynch's devotees as they won't have to wait to much longer for George's band, Lynch Mob,s new record. According to the band's vocalist, Oni Logan, he and the rest of the band will resume the work of their new record in early February.
According to Blabbermouth Oni will be meeting up with his band on February 3 and re-start the writing and recording process of Lynch Mob's upcoming record which reportedly will be titled "Smoke and Mirrors". Some songs that reportedly will be on the new album, which is being set for a summer release, are 'The Phasist', 'Mansions in The Sky' and 'Hollywood Heroes'.

Commenting about what would the new record sounds like, previously to the press George said, "It's got a nice old-school, four-on-the-floor vibe to it… very honest, bare and raw." While Oni also stated that, "So far the songs that have been written are all different from each other. In some ways, it's been a bit of an adventure. It's really too early to tell what will end up on the recording."

In other news, beside preparing for his new album, George himself is currently gearing up to do some musical projets. On the end of February, the guitar virtuoso will be performing alongside Paul Gilbert and Richie Kotzen on a new guitar project labeled Guitar Generation. Not only that, on March 6 and 7 the rock guitarist will also play with Sin City Sinners in Las Vegas. All details about George's upcoming shows can be viewed on his official site


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After waiting for sometime, finally the official music video from U.K.'s metal band Dragonforce are available for viewing outside of the XBOX Live members on July 27 via YouTube. The new clip was created to accompany, the rockers second single titled "The Last Journey Home".

The new track was taken from the band's latest album "Ultra Beatdown" that was dropped on August 20, 2008 in Japan and on August 26, 2008 world wide. Before the second single, Dragonforce has already dropped "Heroes of Our Time" as the lead single on July 8. The first outing itself received a warm welcome as it received a Grammy nominee for "Best Metal Performance".

Meanwhile, the new video that was actually first premiered via XBOX Live on January 21, shows the band who was just arrived at an airport kind of set and heading for Los Angeles. They saw a terrible view of the city an experienced a bad experience as their musical instruments was robbed by a taxi driver.

The band then walked around the city before stopping by at a club to jamm and rocked the house. As always the band's two guitarist Herman Li and Sam Totman give guitar heads an amazing shredding solos on the song.


The official Music video of Dragonforce's 'The Last Journey Home'

From now on we will be introducing you to some new exciting names in the guitar world, and today our radar is picking a young 17-years-old guitar ace from Scotland, Steve Hart. Steve is a new and emerging guitarist in the music scene, but he has already released two records, "When Red Monkeys Fly" and "Mystery and Menace" and has also been featured in the media such as the guitarplayerzen website
Steve who started playing guitar at the age around 7-8 has an amazing talent as just as you can heard from his music that can be viewed on his official MySpace page or his last.fm music page, where not only you can hear his songs but also download it for free .Honestly, the music that this young guitarist offer is very unique, progressive and amazing as he combines lots of style from his musical inspirations Just like when listening to one of his tracks on "Mystery and Menace" album, 'Sir El' for example, you will feel the progressive movements and the rawness but yet feeling a unique experience which Steve claimed as an elevator journey.
The uniqueness of Steve playing can actually be tracked from his musical influence such as John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Matthias Elkund, Joe Satriani, Kiko Loureiro, Neil Zaz and others. Not only that the young Scots also mentioned that his music is also inspired by things outside of music such as a game, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time also also films that have good story.
Not only talented, young Steve also looked very wise for his young tender age, while many young guitarist busy making comparasion of their favorite players, he already has a mature principal which is keeping an open mind about all kinds of music. Quoting his words on the teenage guitarist's interview with guitar zen, "When it comes to playing, be yourself and don’t worry if it’s conventional or not. Some days are better than others but just stick to it and you’ll prevail and remember that music is not a competition and you’ve got to start somewhere," really proves who mature he is. Without making any wild predictions, but by hearing his music you can bet that when the time comes he could be heading for the big stage sometime soon.
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Coming back from his recent appearance at NAMM, guitar master Steve Vai is set to pack his gear for another musical trip. Steve announced on his official website that he will be heading to San Diego and Italy to launch his Alien Guitar Secrets Masterclass there.

On the special event, people who register and attend it will be spoiled by 3 hour of intense interaction and guitar secrets coming from Steve himself, not only that some of the lucky attendants will also have the chance of a lifetime to jamm with the guitar master. For the San Diego date the clinic will be held at the Carvin Showcase on February 28, starting from 1:00 p.m. -4.00 p.m.
Meanwhile for the Italian dates, Steve announced that at the moment he has already confirmed 6 dates so far, they are:
April 18th - Reggio Emilia - TEMPO ROCK
April 19th - Pistoia - TEATRO BOLOGNINI
April 20th - Milano - ACCADEMIA DEL SUONO
April 22nd - Montegranaro - TEATRO LA PERLA
April 23rd - Roccaforzata - GO WEST SALOON
April 24th - Caserta - ODDLY SHED

To purchase the ticket for Steve's masterclass program you could just log in to his official web.

Beside announcing his masterclass dates on his site, Steve also released other products such as his special Naked Tracks vol 1-5 CD Box which features mixing of Steve's music without his lead guitar and can be used as a play along track. Not only that, the guitar legend also announce the launching of his new amp, Carvin Legacy II and auctioning his Jem777VDY on Ebay.



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Just as it was scheduled, after performing at the Tone Merchant in NAMM 2009, Greg Howe packed his gear and went of to Greece to do two concerts there. Greg played in a venue called Athina Live on January 23 and 24, at the concert the virtuoso played his old classic hits plus new tracks from his new record "Sound Proof"

Greg's new record itself was his 9th solo record until this date, and it consist of 14 tracks. The album, produced by the American guitarist himself, was released on June 24, 2008 via Tone Center Records, which is also one of Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records group label.

Previously, at NAMM Greg who performed at Tone Merchant on January 16, give a special show for the fans there by tabbing a renown guest to jamm with him on stage. The special guest that the 45-years-old guitar master took on stage was another guitar hero Jennifer Batten.

Beside touring and making records, at the moment Greg also has other music projects that he is doing. The latest thing that he is currently working hard on is giving an online guitar lesson, which details can bee seen on his official site and MySpace page.

Here is the video of Greg playing his classic hit "Kick It All Over" Live in Athens, Check it out:

It looks like things are getting very hectic for Kiko Loureiro these days, after appearing at the NAMM show on January 17 and giving an open counseling at MI on January 20, the Angra guitarist is set to do another music project. Kiko posted on his official blog, writing that he is preparing to make a new guitar instructional video with an American company.

The Brazilian guitarist stated that he is making the video in New York and he is currently flying there from California. Revealing about this plan Kiko wrote on his blog, "Tomorrow I will fly to NY to record some instructional video for an american company. Teaching rock to americans is almost ironic, but it’s ok."

Beside revealing about his upcoming project, on his blog Kiko also share a bit of his experiece during his "trip" in the US. The guitar virtuoso, revealed that he had a great time at NAMM and planned to post the pictures from the event soon.

Adding to that news, Kiko also told his fans that after doing the clinic at MI, he also did a photo shoot with another guitar shredder Chris Impelitterifor Young Guitra magazine cover. Not only that, the guitarist also did a jamm session with Living Colours in the U.S.

After finishing his hectic NAMM dates, guitar master, Paul Gilbert uses a little bit of his time to introduce his new gears this year via his official website. On the site, Paul revealed that he has four new musical items that fans can also have in store this year, they are two new guitars Ibanez PGM401 and PGM100RE and to new guitar effects, the Airplane Flanger and Detox EQ.

Explaining about the PGM401, Paul revealed the details of the new product writing that it has a late 80's Ibanez neck joint, DiMarzio Air Classics pickups, the essential F-holes and other unique features that you can chek out here. As for the PGM100RE, is actually a re-issued of his classic guitar that he used to use durin his Mr Big days, the details about the classic PG's gear can be viewed here.

Meanwhile as for the new Airplane Flanger, PG stated that the new effect that he works with Ibanez is the "coolest flanger that he has ever heard". The new rack two sections named "Taxi" and "Take Off". Taxi offers a wide range of traditional flange sounds. Shimmering chorus-like flanging, moving "talkbox" sounds, metallic filter matrix tones, and wild effects like police sirens, while Take Off takes overs the guitar signal and producing a massive, pitch-shifting note, filled with great sounding harmonics. sort of like like an "auto-whammy" Paul wrote on his site. The complete details about the Airplane Flanger can be viewed here
As for the Detox EQ, Paul stated that it "is the highest quality EQ pedal available anywhere. It's super quiet, has a total bypass footswitch, and most importantly... sounds great." More details about the Detox EQ can be read here
Beside promoting his new gears, Paul is also preparing himself to hit the road again next month. In early February he will be heading for Japan to do a concert as a bid to promote his new CD "United States. After that in late February and early March, the ex-Mr Big guitarist will be playing with Richie Kotzen and George Lynch in a new guitar project dubbed the Guitar Generation.

Toto guitarist, Steve Lukather never seems to run out of energy when it comes to making music, after working with Bill Chamblin and George Benson, the guitar hero is currently working with Kiss' guitar player Bruce Kullick on Bruce's upcoming instrumental record. Without telling much about the song that they were working on Bruce ensured fans that the track will be a blazing one.

Revealing his admiration of Steve Bruce said, "He played great of course, and again I was blown away looking at fingers fly. He can capture a Jeff Beck tone easily which is quite a treat for me to hear. He has worked with Beck before and knows him VERY well. It shows." More news about their project can be viewed at this site .

In other news, on his official site, beside revealing about his collaboration with Bruce, Steve also share a bit of his latest experience and upcoming projects. Writing on the web, the guitar legend stated that he was pissed off with his guitar tech, who left him for Fleetwood Mac just when he is close to prepare for his upcoming European tour. Shouting out his anger, Luke wrote, "Four weeks away from leaving for 2 months, my guitar tech quits for Fleetwood Mac and leaves me hangin. My gear is already in Europe, I have NO rehearsal for the first gig and I have like 8 guitars, bass and Ricky's stuff, keyboards... I mean the cat fucked me and did NOT have a replacement for me! Its one thing to bail but another to commit and then be an opportunistic asshole and hang me up, not to mention the other guys. VERY un-proffesional."

Meanwhile, about his upcoming project Luke revealed that he will play on a show at Grammy with the likes of Steve Vai and Dave Grohl. "Looks like I am jamming at a show in the Grammy week with Steve Vai and Dave Grohl and others... should be fun if it all comes together, Luke wrote.



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We may never see him live again or catch him wondering around gigs because of his miserable illness, but guitar legend Jason Becker still keeps his fans updated with lots of interviews that he did. After talking with Aardshock sometimes ago, recently Jason has just did another interview with classicrockrevisited site.

With the website, Jason mostly speaks about the working process for his latest record "Collection". The ex-Cacophony guitarist revealed how and why he asked other guitar masters such as Greg Howe and Joe Satriani to get involved on his new record.

Revealing how he got the guitar heroes to work with him Jason said, "I contacted them. I have been friends with Greg and other guys for a long time, but I had never physically met Joe, so I was thrilled when he agreed to do it. The reason Greg is on “River of Longing” is that I had asked him before I knew I wanted guitar on “Electric Prayer.” When I started really diving into “Electric Prayer,” I thought it needed some expressive guitar to bookend the piece. I thought Joe would be awesome."

Beside that on the interview, Jason also stated the reason he didn't include his renown hits with Cacophony "Speen Metal Symphony" on the record saying that, "I would have loved to include the track “Speed Metal Symphony,” but Marty Friedman wrote over half of that tune, and it wouldn’t be fair if he wanted to use it for a future best-of album of his own."

Not only explaining about his new record, to the web Jason also talk about other stories such as his ALS disease, his past musical experience, the new music that he digg these days and many. Among those topics one interesting statement that the guitar legend revealed it was actually he who was inspired a lot by Marty not the other way around like some people said. "Let me clear this up right now. Marty is my musical guru. He definitely had the greater influence on me. I had chops before I met him, but he made me a better musician and player. I bow at the feet of my master, Jason said.

Great news for guitar heads in Europe as new reports stated that Whitesnake guitarist, Doug Aldrich, will be doing clinics at some countries on the continent. According to Whitesnake Italia site, Doug will start his masterclass on Saturday 14 at Nemesis Guitar School in Kavala Greece.

Beside Greece other country that Doug will also visit Italy, Germany, France, England and Switzerland. The complete information about this upcoming clinic can be viewed below.

Previously, Doug has just appear at this year's winter NAMM, where he was testing and promoting his new Marshall amp at the event. He played some cool licks that can be seen on the video page at this site.

Meanwhile, the guitar master has just finished touring with his band and also released their latest record titled "Good to Be Bad". The album was dropped on April 21 in most of Europe beside Germany (The CD was released on April 18) and April 22 in North America.

"The Last Journey Home" itself was the second single that its video has been outed by the band after releasing "Heroes of Our Time" as the first on July 8. The clip for their first single was posted on their official MySpace page, not only that because of the lead track, Dragonforce also received a Grammy Nominee.
About the new video, unfortunately until today we haven't manage to found the video outside of the XBox page, so to watch the video you guys have to log in as an XBOX live member and check out the spotlight section. However we promise you, that we will stream the video as soon as it is released for public.

Beside releasing their new music video, the U.K. based band will also gear up and hit the road for a world tour, which starts in Netherland on January 28 and set to end in Germany, sometime around July 30-August 1. The complete list of their tour dates can be viewed here

Having not heard from him for such a long time, former Europe guitarist, Kee Marcello announced his upcoming Europen Tour on his official MySpace page . Kee will start his road trip in Italy, where he will performing in some venues that will begin in Udine at January 27.

After playing in about 8 shows in the Pizza country, Kee will stop by first at UK, performing in Cardiff, London, Newcastle and other cities there before heading for his native Sweden. After heading to his homeland, the guitar master will play in various countrys such as coming back to Italy, heading for Spain, Belgium, Holland before closing the date in Nordenham, Germany on May 27.

Up till know Kee has already released two solo records outside of Europe, which are "Still Shining" and "Melon Demon Devine". These days, the 48-years-old guitarist are working on a music project with his old band Easy Action, and reportedly is finishing a new studio record.


Here is some dates of Kee's upcoming European Tour, the complete list can be seen on his MySpace page.

Following the news about Joe Satriani's new band project, Chickenfoot, new exciting news comes for all music fans as the music from the all star band is coming even more closer. After the announcement from the band's bassist Michael Anthony earlier this month, who said that they are preparing to mix their first record, now the audio sample from the rockers have emerged.

The short music sample is currently being streamed at Chickenfoot's new official website, however the sample hasn't really shown anything as it is very quick. But at least you can predict that it will definetily be a blazing project by them, as it looked like combining Van-Halen, Red Hot Chilli Pepper and Joe's unique musical feel.

Describing about the music of Chikenfoot, Joe previously stated to the press that their music will certainly be a rock music saying that it is a "high-energy, kick-ass rock'n'roll. We all bring to the table some unusual influences and then we also share a lot of roots. And I think that's where a true color of a band comes out, just how we react to each other. So, it's definitely rock music. We haven't brought each other together to do a techno record."

Moreover, the band's vocalist Sammy Hagar also ensured fans that the chemistry on Chickfoot is great. high-energy, kick-ass rock'n'roll. We all bring to the table some unusual influences and then we also share a lot of roots. And I think that's where a true color of a band comes out, just how we react to each other. So, it's definitely rock music. We haven't brought each other together to do a techno record," Sammy said.

Exciting news for metal fans and shred heads specially for fans of the reunited Boston rock act, Extreme, as they have announced that the group will appear at VH1's new show called "That Metal Show". The rockers announced the news on January 21, via their official blog site

The event, hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamison & Jim Florentine, is a thirty-minute talk show that will see great metal band discussed about their past and upcoming projects. Not only talking with the host, the band will also interact with the audience at the show, that's why Extreme encourage fans to go and watch them at "That Metal Show".

Moreover, on their blog, Extreme also explained that the taping of the show, which will be staged at NEP Studio 33 – 503 West 33rd between 10th and 11th avenue, will take about 3-4 hours. That should give lots of chance for music fans to interact with the guys from Extreme, specially their guitar hero Nuno Bettencourt.

Tickets for the show can be acquired by sending an email, complete with personal information to thatmetalshow@gothamcasting.com. Making it more awesome each audience has the chance to bring up to two guest!!! Great, so what are you waiting for guys get your tickets and hang out with Nuno and the boys



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It looks like Swedish guitar legend Yngwie Malmsteem doesn't want to miss out this years NAMM, as he was spotted shredding at the annual music merchant show. The guitar hero was testing out the new Marshall amp at the factory's booth.

Beside appearing at NAMM, Yngwie reportedly is preparing himself for a special tour on April this year. He has been tapped by legendary band Deep Purple to join force for some shows in Japan. More info about tickets or anything about the concert can be viewed at Ynwie's official site.

April 08 - Tokyo, JPN @ International Forum
April 09 - Zepp, JPN @ Nagoya
April 10 - Hiroshima, JPN @ Koseinenkin Kaikan
April 12 - Kanazawa, JPN @ Kanko Kaikan
April 13 - Osaka, JPN @ Koseinenkin Kaikan
April 15 - Tokyo, JPN @ International Forum

Still reviewing this year's winter NAMM, with so many guitar heroes at the event, the show is definitely heaven for guitar heads. Among the likes of Paul Gilbert, Greg Howe, Steve Vai, George Lynch and other famous names, Guns N' Roses' guitarist Bumblefoot also catch the eye of many.

On the show, MusicRadar TV , manage to catch up with the guy who's real name is Ron Thal while he was testing his new guitar products from Vigier. Bumblefoot looked excited as he demonstrates some licks to show the quality of his new guitars.

Beside appearing at vigier booth, Ron also played at the NAMM show after party on January 18. He played with the likes of Billy Sheehan (Bass), Ray Luzier (Drums) and Happenin' Harry (Vocal) on a band called the 4 dudes. After performing with the 4 dudes, Bumblefoot also performed with Happenin' Harry solo band alongside Dizzy Reed.

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While preparing for his upcoming tour which will start sometime in February/March, guitar legend, Michael Schenker, uses his time to attend the NAMM 2009. Beside attending some autograph session at Dean guitar's booth, at the event Michael also did a jamm session at the House of Blues, Annaheim on January 17.

At the gig, Michael played accompanied by other renown musicians such as, Robin McAuley, Robbie Crane, and Brian Tichy. They played songs such as Armed & ready, On & On,Into the Arena,Rock Bottom,Lights Out,Lovedrive,Doctor Doctor and others.

Beside attending the NAMM and preparing his U.S. tour, Michael also has another music project on the way. Earlier this month, according to his official web, the former UFO guitarist is preparing to drop an acoustic album collaborating with Gary Barden.

Stepping aside from his busy music project, Metal guitar hero, George Lynch took the time to promote and perform at this year's NAMM 2009. George had a pretty packed schedule at the annual music merchant fest as he appear at some music booth from day 1 until the last date.

Among those hectic schedule, one of the most awaited appearance from George was his performance at the Tone Merchant on January 17. On that day, the guitar master played exclusively accompanied by his band, called Rokken, which is a tribute to his old band Dokken. The tribute rockers that George brought consist of, Dennis "Dino" Morales (vocals), Rob Hernandez (bass), KJ Hunter (drums) and his old time friend/guitar tech Jerry Ganaden (guitar).

Beside performing at NAMM, George is also preparing himself to play with two great guitar players Paul Gilbert and Richie Kotzen on a new music project dubbed the Guitar Generation. The project will kick start at the House of Blues in San Diego on February 25. The concept of Guitar Generation is pretty much the same with G3, where three guitarists will each have a solo set performance before closing the show with a jamm session.
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As it was scheduled guitar master, Paul Gilbert did a special show on January 17 at NAMM 2009 as the 20th years celebration of Paul's Ibanez PGM model. The special show was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Annaheim, Calif, not only playing with his solo band on the gig Paul also hit the stage with his metal band Racer X.

Beside performing, earlier before the concert Paul also took the time to introduce his new guitars to public, which are the Ibanez Fireman and the re-issued of his PGM 100 RE. Explaining about the Fireman, Paul spoke to the press that the model was inspired by his guitar hero, Frank Marino's guitar.

In other news, after performing at NAMM, Paul will not take a lot of time to rest as he already have a tight schedule on his back. The ex-Mr Big guitarist will fly to Japan on February to do some live shows there as a bid to promote his new album "United States.

Beside the Japan tour, shortly after that PG will also gear up along with two other guitar masters, Richie Kotzen and George Lych, to tour together as a project titled Guitar Generation. The new guitar project are scheduled to hit the road on February 25 in some venues in the U.S.

Among so many great guitarists that appear at this year's NAMM, Deep Purple's Steve Morse is definitely the one to wait. Here we found Steve's video courtesy of DT Metal as he was testing his new amp, the E 656 Steve Morse Signature 100 created by ENGL.

From the video you can see and heard Steve playing some solos and trying all kinds of lick to test his amp. The audio of the clip might not be that amazing but it should be enough to fulfill the lust of the blond guitarist fans out there.

In other news, beside appearing at NAMM, Steve is currently preparing himself to do another musical project. The guitar virtuoso, is scheduled to perform with his former band Kansas on February 7, to do a live concert at Kansas City.

The concert, titled, "There's Know Place Like Home" is held to celebrate the legendary band's 35th anniversary. For music fans who would likely will miss out that date, they don't need to worry as it will be recorded and released on a DVD format. More info about the upcoming concert can be check out at this website.

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Closing in to the last day of name, many guitarists still busy running around at this year's NAMM 2009 to play and promote their musical instrument and one of them is Steve Vai who was caught at the Carvin amps' press conference today. Steve stop by at the conference to explain about his feeling and details about the new Legacy amp that he uses.

Steve stated that he is very happy to be working with Carvin and explained that there are many features that he can't find in another amps. Just as it can be seen on the video taken by Accordo.it, you guys can check out his own words about the new amp.

After doing the press conference, just as he about to leave the booth, Steve also said hi to Accordo's staff and promised that he will fly to Italy soon. The guitar virtuoso stated that he will be arriving at the fashion country sometime in April to do his current project the Alien Guitar Secret Masterclasses.

Steve has been pretty active at this year's NAMM by appearing at several musical instruments booth that he signed with from day one until the today. Unfortunately, Steve didn't get to do any show at this year's event.

This is a video taken by Accordo.it, an Italian website at NAMM 2009 as they catch up at Andy Timmons' Ibanez booth. In the clip Andy explained about his new product, which was a re-release of his classic signature guitar the Ibanez AT 100 CL.

Andy revealed to the site that the Ibanez AT has all the elements that he always desire on a guitar including its bridge, neck and pickups. Moreover, the ex-Danger Danger guitarist also stated that he doesn't put his signature name on the Ibanez AT series because he wanted people to buy the prototype guitars because its original quality not just because whose playing it.

The interview take place just ahead of his performance at the event, where he has been scheduled to open up Paul Gilbert gig at NAMM 2009 on January 17. We will be posting more news from the show as soon as possible, until that enjoy Andy Timmons' explanation about his new signature series.