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Episode 253: NAMM and Notes

Pipes and PT talk NAMM, wedding rings, lost picks and put-down songs. Bliss off! Download here!

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In the Meantime: Episode One

Hosted by Clint Searcy, In The Meantime is intended to be an interim show released in between regular Six String Bliss Episodes. Instead of a long conversation between friends about guitars In The Meantime will be short segments that revolve largely around the Six String Bliss community that has been established over the last six years. The pilot episode includes an interview with Eric Sardinas and the very first “This Guitar” segment featuring a key member of the Bliss. The…

Album #9 Announcement!

Your Bliss Army General Alicia Searcy announces the theme for album #9 based on the Six String Bliss FaceBook poll votes and plays several songs for the Guilty Pleasures album that didn’t quite make the deadline. Download here!

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Episode 252: 2011 in Review

Pappy, PT and Pipes rundown their top albums and top gear of the year. See what made our list! Plus, the General announces the nominated themes for the next Bliss album! Vote on Facebook. Download here!

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Guilty Pleasures

The latest album from the Six-String Bliss community will melt your brain from first track to last.  Nothing to feel guilty about, but tons of pleasure to be had by all. Download the album here!            

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Episode 250: The Modeler Episode!

PT and Pappy review Reason 6 and Amplitube Fender. Plus, a review of the TC Electronic G-Major 2 by Alfie! Download here!

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Episode 249: The Collaboration Episode

Pipes, PT and Pappy discuss collaboration (with a little help from their friends). We’ve got a Mod Kits DIY amp review, a Parker Fly review, a review of the Podcaster guitar and a special segment on the Bliss community collaboration, “Hey You”. Download here!

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Episode 248: Taylor 616CE Review, Taylor 12-Fret and Nashville Amp Expo Recap

In this surprise event-themed episode, PT, Clint Searcy, and Matt and Derrick from Gear for Guitar discuss the Nashville Amp Expo. Plus reviews of the Taylor Find Your Fit event, the Taylor 616ce and the Taylor 12-Fret CE. Download here!

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Episode 247: The Under $50 Episode!

Pipes, PT and Pappy are back with a whole bunch of their friends! This month, the guys take a look at some of the best stuff under fifty bucks, including the Boss DS-1, Blue Chip Picks, the Jake Blade, Smokey Amps and more! Download here!

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Submit Your Reviews

Upcoming episodes of Six-String Bliss will feature a new voice: yours! As we move to a monthly format, we are going to select a theme for each episode. We are inviting listeners to submit reviews based on the topic for the month. The reviews can be audio, video or even written. Just don’t submit your review in letters clipped out of magazines ransom-note style. That’s just creepy. At least one audio review will be included in each episode of Six-String…

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Pipes T-Shirt of the Week!

Pipes shirt this week is provided by Searcy String Works! The shirt is almost as great as the pick-ups! What shirt will Pipes next week? If you have a tee you would like Pipes to wear, email him at pipes@sixstringbliss.com Yep, he is that shameless.    

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Episode 246: The Wah Episode

A wah review, a ton of great wah tips, a wah-tastic outro track and a funkadelic GoW. Plus an announcement about the future of the Bliss. This one is jam-packed! Download here!

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Episode 245: Gretsch Quest

There is nothing more fun than shopping for a new guitar, even it is a theoretical experience. Pappy leads Pipes and PT through the wilds of selecting a Gretsch guitar, including talk of features, models and calling a dealer for a price quote. Download here!

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Episode 244: Guitar Museums

Pipes visits the south, PT and Pipes visit a defunct guitar museum and all three guys discuss the guitar museum of their dreams. Download here!

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Episode 242: Gear News

Pappy and PT discuss some cool gear news and play a listener submitted acoustic amp review. Download here!

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Episode 241: The Sounds of Blisstock

Pipes and PT share clips from Blisstock.  Hear the good times and the guitar talk, including Clint Searcy’s Blisstock pickup winding demo. Download here!

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Episode 240: Blisstock!

Recorded live from Blisstock 2011! Join the guys and tons of great guests as they discuss their dream guitar companies and try to lure potential sponsors. Plus, a live outro track, and the guys give away a book, three pedals, an amp and a guitar! Download here!

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Episode 239:Billy F. Gibbons Interview

  He’s one of the finest blues-rock guitarists of all time, and he’s here to talk guitar! ‘Nuff said! Download here!

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Episode 238: The British Are Coming Volume 3!

It’s the final installment of the British Are Coming! As Pipes would say, dig it! Download here!

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Episode 237: The British Are Coming Volume 2!

It’s volume two of the epic Bliss album The British Are Coming! Clint and Alicia hit us with the album track by track! Download here!

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The British Are Coming

It’s here! The hot new triple album of British-birthed tunes from the Six-String Bliss community. It’s our biggest and best album yet. Download Volume One here! Download Volume Two here! Download Volume Three here!  

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Episode 236: The British Are Coming Volume One!

It’s volume one of the epic Bliss community album, The British Are Coming! Download here!

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Episode 235: A Quick One

Pipes and PT lay down a quick one, just taking some time to discuss the Blisstock itinerary and a GoW Pipes loves. Download here!

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Episode 234: Amplitube 3.5 Custom Shop Review

Pappy reviews Amplitube 3.5 and their brand spanking new Custom Shop a la carte option and the book Guitar Lessons by Bob Taylor. Let’s all check it out! Download here!

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Episode 233: Mandatory Home Guitar Repair

The guys wonder how much of guitar care should be done by a guitarist themselves? Are you less of a guitarist if you don’t change your own strings?  Plus Pipes needs a semi-major guitar repair. Should he attempt it himself? Download here!

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Episode 232: The Joy of Drop D Tuning!

The joys of Drop D tuning, plus Pipes gives away a Morley Wah pedal! Download here!

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Episode 231: There Can Be Only Rock

The guys discuss guitar news, Batman and a GoW who is all about the swamp blues. Download here!

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Episode 230: Mini Morley Wah Review!

  Pipes reviews the Mini Morley Wah pedal. Plus, he wants you to review it. Find out how you can get your hands on this pedal AND get your review of it on Six-String Bliss. Download here!

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Episode 229: Armor Cable Review

Pappy reviews a cable from Armor, Pipes becomes a housewife and the boys get down low with the Guitarist of the Week. Download here!

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Episode 228: Weird Guitars

Pipes and PT countdown their top 4 favorite weird guitars by major manufacturers. Plus a Guitarist of the Week, revisited and Pipes and PT fight about the merits of the straplock. Download here!

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BliSStock

Wanna hang out with Blisteners from around the world? Wanna watch Clint Searcy wind a pickup?  Wanna be at a live recording of a Six-String Bliss episode? It will all be happening at casa de Searcy in Nashville, TN this Memorial Day weekend for BliSStock 2011! To reserve your spot at this guitar-tastic event, email alicia@sixstringbliss.com today.

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Episode 227: Interview with Rock Prodigy Developer Harold Lee!

PT talks to the developer of the new guitar learning app, Rock Prodigy. Plus, this week’s album picks and another Tech Talk segment. Download here!

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Episode 226: Pick Punch and Normandy Archtop Guitar Reviews!

Pappy reviews the Normandy Archtop Guitar and the Pick Punch. Plus, Pipes shows the love for a lesser known British punk outfit. Download here!

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Episode 225: Signature Sounds

PT and Pappy share their signature sounds. Plus they open the phone lines and talk to some Blisteners. Download here!

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Episode 224: The Pedalboard Episode

It’s the pedalboard episode! Pipes reviews a Leprechaun Pedalboard, PT reviews the Sanyo Pedal Juice and the guys cover a guitarist of the week who uses a ton of fuzz and reverb. Download here!

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Episode 223: 8-Bit Fuzz Review

The boys bid a belated goodbye to the year of the fuzz with Pipes’ review of the 8-Bit Fuzz from fxdoctor.com Download here!

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Episode 222: Parker Fly and Orange TH30 Reviews

Pappy review the Orange TH30 amp and a Parker Fly guitar.  Plus a GoW who really knows how to downstroke. Download here!

Episode 221: NAMM 2011 Preview and Amplitube for iPad Review

Pipes, PT and Pappy all share what they are excited about at the upcoming NAMM Show.  It’s time to get psyched for new gear! Plus PT review Amplitube for iPad. Download here!

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Episode 220: Revelations and Resolutions

Pipes, Pappy and PT countdown their top 5 albums of the 2010.  Find out what made the list! Plus, the guys then hand out the first annual Stainless Steel Bliss Stack Awards. Download here!

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Episode 219: Radio Bliss

Pipes, Pappy, PT and Alicia each select some tracks from the Six-String Bliss albums and play them to brighten up your holidays. Check out these sweet tracks! Download here!

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Episode 218: Guy’s Grids Review

Pipes reviews the ‘guitar dictionary on steriods’, Guy’s Grids.  Check out this cool new book and how it influenced the way Pipes thinks about guitar playing.  Plus journalist Craig Havighurst sits joins down with PT to discuss his article from the December 2010 issue of Premier Guitar magazine, ‘Shape of Things’. Craig discusses the history of the legal battles around guitar shapes and what it means for the future of guitar. Download here!

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Episode 217: Interview with Producer John Kurzweg

Musician and record producer John Kurzweg sits down to discuss working with Creed, home recording and what to look for in a producer. Plus, Guitarist of the Week Doc Watson! Download here!

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Episode 216: Interview with Jeff Purchon of Gig-FX

PT interviews Gig-FX founder and CEO Jeff Purchon about pedals, Peter Frampton and True Bypass. Plus a Naked Raygun GoW and much more! Download here!

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Episode 215: Rocktron Guitar Silencer Review

Pipes reviews the Rocktron Guitar Silencer pedal plus Pipes and PT tackle the Grateful Dead!. Download here!

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Episode 214: Gig-FX VOD Pedal Review

Pappy takes a look at an interesting and original pedal design, the VOD pedal from Gig-FX at www.gig-fx.com.  Complete with soundclips! Plus Pipes may be a Cylon. Download here!

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Episode 213: Build Something Out of Us

PT plays a song, Pappy reviews a DVD about Sun Records and Pipes loves the Guitarist of the Week, all on this eclectic episode of Six-String Bliss. Download here!

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Episode 212: Budda Budwah Review

PT reviews the recently re-tooled Budwah from Budda Amplification. Plus Psychobilly, sound clips and more! Download here!

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Episode 211: Cable Guys

PT gives Pipes a blind taste test of Elixir Cables vs some other cables to hear whether Pipes can tell the difference.  Put your own ears to the test to see what you think!  Plus Retro Rags and a Guitar News Weekly Update. Download here!

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Episode 210: Trans Genred

It’s here at last! The highly anticipated Trans Genred album project makes it’s debut on the airwaves. Pipes, PT, and Pappy turn over hosting duties to Bliss Army General Alicia Searcy and the Bliss’ Black Ops Specialist Clint Searcy for almost two hours worth of music and commentary. This project, with eighteen songs from nine countries, breaks all kinds of records for SSB albums and is sure to have Blissners talking about the contributions for some time to come! Listren…

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Episode 209: Evolve

What do we do when our favorite bands change direction? Do we dare to follow?  Can a band change direction without leaving their fans behind?  The boys discuss.  Plus, Tad Kubler as GoW! Download here!

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Episode 208: Freak Out!

Pipes ponders whether he might in fact be The Man, the boys get a dispatch from Pappy and get a little freaky with the GoW. Download here!

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Episode 207: News and Notes

Pipes and PT hit www.guitarnewsdaily.com to share some of the best guitar stories from the last month or so.  Be sure to check out www.guitarnewsdaily.com to stay up to date on all your guitar news. Download here!

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Episode 206: Simple Riffs

Pipes, PT and Pappy (virtually) count down their top five simple riffs. See if your favorites made the cut and send us your list! This episode is sponsored by Dave’s Guitar Shop. Check them out at davesguitar.com Download here!

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Episode 205: Interview with Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens is a guitarist who has gotten a ton of internet buzz over the lost couple years with his great albums Echo and Ghost.  He talks to PT about looping, guitar playing and the new album in the works. Be sure to check out his site: http://mattstevensguitar.com/ and pick up the albums! Download here!

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Episode 204: Eastwood Airline ’59 Custom 3P Review

Pappy reviews the Eastwood Airline ’59 Customer 3P guitar.  Check out what Pappy thought of this crazy-cool guitar. Here’s a hint: The guitar wins the first ever Bliss Pick award. Plus, Pipes, PT and Pappy all review the behind the scenes documentary Tom Anderson Guitarworks by Music PRO Media. Download here!

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Episode 203: Intro Riffs

Blissner Rhettro checks in with a great segment of the top 5 Metal Riffs you need to know about. Our hosts are so inspired they decided to share 5 top riffs from some of their own favorite genres. Download here!

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Episode 202: Interview with Eric Stets, Creator of the Stetsbar

It’s Boutique Bliss!  This time, Larry talks to Eric Stets, creator of the Stetsbar trem.  Listen to hear the hows and whys of his invention and why you’ll want to check it out.  Plus, Pipes and PT chat about BlissStock, Rory Gallagher and more! Download here!

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Episode 201: The Mysterious Guitar Builders

There are so many quality independent builders out there, that it is impossible for the best of us to have tried them all.  Pipes, PT and Pappy share the top independent guitars they are dying to try. Plus the guys discuss a lawsuit against NAMM and Guitar Center and the merits of Minimum Advertised Pricing. Download here!

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Episode 200: Behind the Bliss!

Break out the beer and the party hats, cause it’s episode 200! And it’s time to go… Behind the Bliss. Download here!

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Episode 199: Reviews o Plenty

Reviews of the DeLisle Fuzz Pedal, the DIY Mod Kit Piledriver and lots more good stuff! Download here!

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Episode 198: Interview with Joe Luttwak of Blackbird Guitars

Larry sits down with Joe of Blackbird Guitars to discuss how carbon fiber is used to make travel guitars you’ll want to stay home with and much more!  Plus, rock bios and album picks. Download here!

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Episode 197: AmpliTube iRig Review

IK Multimedia has released an app version of their great Amplitube for the iPhone and iPad, and we are here to review it!  Plus a review of the Castiv Guitar Sidekick and a $500 gear mod challenge. Download here!

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Episode 195: Horsepower! Horsepower! with Skinny Jim

Episode 195: Horsepower! Horsepower! with Skinny Jim Pipes and Pappy dig into the ‘album of the month’, Horsepower! Horsepower! by Skinny Jim and the Number 9 Blacktops.  But they are not alone.  Rockabilly maniac Skinny Jim joins the conversation with the inside scoop. Download Here!

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Episode 194: Choose Your Own Adventure!

Pipes, PT and Pappy talk gear lust, guitar dreams and the new Six String Bliss website. Download the episode here!

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Show Us Your Bliss

Here’s how listener Martin gets his Bliss on. Send a picture of how you Bliss to pt@sixstringbliss.com.

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Episode 193: The Gretsch Episode!

Break out the bowling shirts and the pomade, cause it’s an entire episode all about Gretsch!  We talk to Joe Carducci of Gretsch, explore the history of the company and feature TWO Gretsch-playing GoWs. Download the episode here.

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SIX STRING BLISS FEATURED IN THE JULY 2010 PREMIER GUITAR If you are not reading Premier Guitar, you should be.  They are always the first magazine with the cool scoops.  In their July issue, they featured a full page article about the Six-String Bliss community and the albums we have released.  Very cool stuff! www.premierguitar.com

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Episode 192: The Case of the Singing Host

Episode 192: The Case of the Singing Host Download the episode here. [mp3player width=350 height=100 config=fmp_jw_widget_config.xml file=http://media.libsyn.com/media/sixstringbliss/6SB-192.mp3] Pipes wakes up the neighbors. Six String-Bliss is featured in Premier Guitar: http://digital.premierguitar.com/premierguitar/201007_1#pg44 Pappy wrote a song… and he is here to perform it! Pappy unveils a new design on www.fifthfret.org The boys enjoy a little Summer NAMM discussion. GoW: Steve Morse www.stevemorse.com Guitar News from www.guitarnewsdaily.com: Neil Young album adapted into Graphic Novel Blues Brothers endorsed by the Vatican Bliss Army Outro Track:…

The Terrible Tone Challenge

Posted 27 Jan 2012 in Fifth Fret

The Terrible Tone Challenge By PT What is the most awful guitar sound you have ever produced? Maybe you plugged into an unfamiliar piece of gear. Maybe a child or non-musical loved one randomly twisted the knobs on your amp. Or, maybe you just pushed the Distortion button on your 1980s Peavey Rage. Whatever the case, imagine that terrible tone now. Feel the way it offended your ears. Really try to hear it. Could you reproduce that sound? Or create…

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The Guitar Room

Posted 25 Jan 2012 in Fifth Fret

The Guitar RoomBy Pappy I rent a house that’s pretty awful.  Horribly energy-inefficient, surrounded by questionable characters (just last week a gentleman died about 50 yards from where I sit right now), run by some of the biggest cash-grabbing opportunists, and featuring a space that doesn’t really function all that well, it’s a unique house in the amount of pain it gives me. But like always I think “how long can we possibly live here?” and every day that period…

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Episode 253: NAMM and Notes

Posted 23 Jan 2012 in Episodes
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Pipes and PT talk NAMM, wedding rings, lost picks and put-down songs. Bliss off! Download here!

The Big Reveal

Posted 23 Jan 2012 in Fifth Fret

The Big Reveal By Pappy US soap opera One Life to Live recently aired its last episode ever.  It’s a show that has been on forever (I think, if there was a creation, God must have taken breaks during the days to watch His “stories”) and in a “clever” twist, the finale was wrapped up with fair endings for almost all of the characters and delivered in narrated form by one of the shows villains as a screen play.  She…

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Blues with Brains Review

Posted 20 Jan 2012 in Fifth Fret

Blues with Brains ReviewBy PT For many guitarists, learning the pentatonic scale was an early milestone in our guitar playing journeys. They were five little notes that opened the door to a much larger world. I’ll never forget the guitar high I got the first time I grabbed the G-string and bent the heck of out of it while playing over a 12-bar blues progression. Now that was guitar playing! Watch out world; PT is armed with the blues box!…

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Brad Paisley Diary of a Player

Posted 18 Jan 2012 in Fifth Fret

Brad Paisley’s Diary of a Player ReviewBy Pappy I think I may have a skewed idea of who Brad Paisley is.  See, in my mind, Brad Paisley is like us.  If he wasn’t out right now selling millions and millions of records, touring to sold-out stadiums, getting fawned over by seas of groupies and delivering the tonal goodness to millions of people, he may be right where I’m at: sitting behind a computer.  He seems to be the kind of…

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Taylor 616CE Review

Posted 16 Jan 2012 in Fifth Fret

Taylor 616CE Review By Pappy I wrote a while back about the Taylor Find Your Fit event and how my fit was a 616CE.  It clicked in a way that I had never experienced before where it just felt and sounded like it was made just for me.  Fifth Fret writer PT likened the experience to Harry Potter finding his wand at Olivander’s shop where wand after wand was disastrous, but when the right one was picked, the room lit…

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Guitar Ensembles

Posted 13 Jan 2012 in Fifth Fret

Guitar Ensembles By PT How many drummers do you know? How many bass players? And how many guitarists? I’ll bet the answer to the last question is a significantly higher number than the answer to the previous two. The fact is, there are a lot of guitar players out there and not nearly enough drummers and bassists. Why do I bring up this point? Is it because I want you to pressure your kids into picking up drum sticks or…

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In the Meantime: Episode One

Posted 11 Jan 2012 in Episodes
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Hosted by Clint Searcy, In The Meantime is intended to be an interim show released in between regular Six String Bliss Episodes. Instead of a long conversation between friends about guitars In The Meantime will be short segments that revolve largely around the Six String Bliss community that has been established over the last six years. The pilot episode includes an interview with Eric Sardinas and the very first “This Guitar” segment featuring a key member of the Bliss. The…

AmpliTube Fender Review

Posted 11 Jan 2012 in Fifth Fret

AmpliTube Fender by IK Multimedia Review By Pappy Fender is a unique company in that I haven’t met anyone that can say they don’t like SOMETHING about them.  They’ve been around for so long and released so many guitars and amplifiers that people have picked up and played and made famous music and inspired fans with, that really, there’s no area that Fender hasn’t touched and made better in the guitar world.  And while it would be easy to sit back…

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