Australian Guitar Vol. 111

IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A UNION MORE POWERFUL THAN THE AVENGERS, PARKWAY DRIVE, AUSTRALIAN GUITAR, RESIST RECORDS, COOKING VINYL, CMC MUSIC AND ERNIE BALL MUSIC MAN HAVE JOINED FORCES FOR OUR BEST EVER COMPETITION. So here’s what’s on offer: a Sterling By Music Man S.U.B. Silo 3 guitar signed by all of Parkway Drive and a personal, one-on-one lesson with the band’s key shredder, Jeff Ling. Sounds ridiculous, right? It is. If you’re up for the challenge, here’s how this is gonna work. Learn the tab from this issue. Upload a video of yourself playing it to YouTube or your preferred video hosting service, and share it all over your social media with the tags #ParkwayDrive #AustralianGuitar and #SterlingByMusicManAus. Once up, videos will be judged by Parkway…

So we’ve fielded a few calls and emails on this one and taken your feedback into account in order to make this bonus video content and additional audio tracks easy to access and in a very familiar format. When using the CD component of the magazine in the past, you may have noticed most of the content is actually hosted online anyways (videos, tracks, PDFs), so we’ve streamlined this process and you can now get the same content, in exactly the same format, right here at www.australianguitarmag.com.au A VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH STU MARSHALL A member of Sydney heavy metal bands Empires Of Eden and Paindivision, guitarist Stu Marshall is best known as a member of the now defunct metal act Dungeon, with whom he recorded three albums and toured…

PEOPLE ARE CHASING: This won’t come as news to a lot of people, but the hype train continues to gather speed when it comes to the mythical properties of old Sunn amps, in particular, the near legendary Sunn Model T. The skyrocketing prices of these amps is a classic case of “broke band buys gear because it’s cheap, makes great/influential music with it, demand skyrockets because everyone suddenly wants THAT sound”. The original Model T’s were built in the ‘70s, but rose to fame as an amp of choice in the doom/drone/stoner metal scene during the ‘90s because they were incredibly loud tube amps that sounded good and were very affordable because they were unfashionable. This isn’t to say they aren’t great amps, but with prices on original ones now…

have a pedigree that is hard to ignore. Since 1977, Dean have created timeless guitars in the Cadillac right through to present day shred machines in the new Jacky Vincent Model (check out page 85). Dean have true versatility covered in their range. For inquiries, please contact FST MUSIC on (03) 9799 4242 and via www.fusungtamusic.com.au FST MUSIC are proud to announce that they are the new distributors of Dean Guitars in Australia. With an artist roster that boasts names of the biggest players in the world along with some of the most iconic guitars ever built, Dean Guitars…

COMMON MIX MISTAKES In the digital recording environment, the user is often spoilt for choice. A plethora of processing and enhancement options await you within your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). For a beginner, it is extremely easy to overlook technical understanding, and apply certain mix principles “just because”. Some common mix mistakes are: I’LL FIX IT IN THE MIX If something has been recorded and issues have been identified, it’s probably a good idea to record the element again. The time wasted during the mix stage to try and fix imperfections could have been saved by re-recording the element, making sure that the performance was right from the get-go. STEREO IMAGE A well balanced mix does not only consist of the volume that each instrument utilises, but also the placement…

The right to rock is something some musicians take for granted, but not everybody gets to live the rock’n’roll lifestyle 24/7. Some folks might never have had the opportunity to learn an instrument in their teens. Or maybe they did, but the pressures of work and family life led them to slowly put musical dreams aside over the years. The Weekend Warriors program is about giving a clear goal to those who, for whatever reason, want to rock but don’t currently have an outlet. It was founded in Sacramento, California in 1993 by Skip Maggiora, owner of Skip’s Music store. Skip’s band opened for Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin back in the day, but he shelved his rock star dreams for the good of his family. And he started to…