1,2,3,4 Exercises Part 2: Steve Vai Version

Hey all, here’s another installment of my 1,2,3,4 exercises. This one is based off of something in Steve Vai’s Guitar Workout Book. It is a great exercise to work on endurance as well as get your fingers all over the entire neck. The basic version is fairly simple, but it can become quite a bit more challenging […]

Guitar Tales: The Jem…and Why I Don’t Trust Soft Cases

The tale of how I got my Ibanez Jem actually begins in tragedy. Back in 7th grade I was rocking a black Ibanez EX270 with a maple fretboard, 24 frets, locking trem system, etc. It wasn’t a super expensive guitar but it played nice and as a middle-schooler I thought it was great. At the […]