Tag Archive for "Guitar"
After 6 weeks of Guitar Hero 2-induced RSI I finally got around to buying the real thing. Been on my list of things to buy for ages. First time picked up a guitar in about 10 years. And was almost tempted to buy another yesterday when popped into a Cash Converters in the ‘burbs… still tempted… maybe next week…
Thing is, I can find a few bits of info on Martinez acoustic guitars on google, but absolutely nothing on Martinez electrics. If anyone knows anything about them could they let me know?
It looks nice though, and that’s the important thing…
The List
Yngwie Malmsteen [x]
Joe Satriani [x]
Steve Vai [x]
Edward Van Halen [ ]
Last night it was G3 at the Brisbane Convention Centre. Promoter photography rules get ever worse - turn up at 10:15pm and you can shoot the finale when all three of the guitarists - Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and John Petrucci - are on stage.
The gig was running late so more like 10:45pm when we get into the auditorium. Tour manager tells that the original plan was to let us shoot the first song of each of the three guitarists but that it was too much hassle for them so instead we’ll have 10 minutes when they’re all on stage… Was more like about 5 minutes before a beefy security guard tells us to move and escorts us to the side of the stage.
However, the tour manager was supposed to escort us from the premises but is nowhere to be seen. So we get to spend the rest of the gig, probably about 40 minutes, watching from the side of the stage. Sweet.
A few photos below and the rest here.
So, you miss out on U2 and next up is Yngwie Malmsteen…
Thought I’d get there a bit early, get into the pit before it kicked off and do some still life shots of the guitar, the scalloped fretboard, the wall of Marshall amps etc. Get there at 8:50pm and find out that the door know nothing and haven’t been given any pit passes.
One of the box office girls goes off to find the tour manager and at about 8:55pm I’m still waiting in the foyer and he starts playing… about 1½ songs go by before I get into the photo pit.
So, it’s a pretty rushed job, although I don’t think anyone was paying that much attention as I think I also got the fourth song as well. Either that or the guitar solos went on for ever…
I stayed and watched the rest of the show for about 70 minutes before I decided that there’s only so many minor harmonic scales I can take in a single evening…
Was fun though, and glad that some 18 years after my guitar teacher gave me copies of his first two albums, that I got to see him play. The hair and leather trousers might be the same but some pies have been eaten since the 1980s. Hoping for Steve Vai and Joe Satriani in a couple weeks. Then I’ll just need the (possibly) reformed Van Halen to tour over here…
Some photos below and more here.
