Steve Vai to Receive Les Paul Award at 27th Annual TEC Awards
Here’s a very cool accolade for guitar legend (and my jam buddy, hehe) Steve Vai…
Steve Vai to Receive Les Paul Award at 27th Annual TEC Awards
Just a couple of dudes Ibanezing it up…
You can read about this little adventure here if you haven’t already. Huge thanks to Thump Music and Steve Vai.
Oh and if you’re wondering, that’s my Ibanez UV777BK Universe with DiMarzio Crunch Lab and LiquiFire pickups.
So I’m jamming with Steve Vai, and…
If you follow me on Twitter or the I Heart Guitar Facebook page you would know that a couple of nights ago I had the incredible honour of jamming onstage with Steve Vai at his Alien Guitar Secrets masterclass here in Melbourne. It was an amazing experience and when my buddies at Gibson.com heard about it they asked me to write a few words. ‘A few’ quickly turned into 1200 or so but what the heck, I like long articles. If you want to read about my experience, check the article out here. And a big big big thanks to Thump Music for making a dude’s dream come true.
(Oh and if you’re wondering, it was a tough decision but the guitar I chose to use was my Ibanez UV777BK Universe with DiMarzio Crunch Lab and LiquiFire pickups).
Reminder: Steve Vai Australian clinic tour
If you haven’t bought your ticket for the Steve Vai Australian clinic tour yet, get on it!
Hi! I'm Peter Hodgson. I write for Gibson.com, Australian Guitar, Australian Musician, Mixdown Magazine (including my instructional column, 'Unleash Your Inner Rock God,' which has been running since 2007), guitarworld.com, Tone Deaf, Beat (including their weekly hard rock/metal column Crunch) and The Brag. And I'm Assistant Social Coordinator with Seymour Duncan.
I've been playing guitar since I was 8 years old, and I've been writing for magazines since I was 18. I've also worked as a guitar teacher (up to 50 students a week), a setup tech, a newspaper editor, and I've also dabbled in radio a little bit. I live in Melbourne, Australia, and my hobbies include drinking way too much coffee, and eating way too much Mexican food.
You can check out my guitar playing at Reverbnation or on YouTube, and feel free to email me at iheartguitarblog@gmail.com