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New Boutique Guitar Effects Pedals on a Budget: JHS Pedals’ 3 Series
King of boutique guitar pedals, stompbox historian, and all-around lord of tone, JHS Pedals’ very own Josh Scott introduces a game-changing new lineup: The 3 Series. Seven boutique-quality pedals, 3 knobs/1 toggle/1 footswitch each, and under 100 bucks.
Weekly Riff with Mattrg470 / A FRET12 Pick From the Depths of YouTube
Weekly Riff with Mattrg470 covering the Eddie Van Halen intro to Beat It by Michael Jackson.
How to Maximize Acoustic Guitar Resonance with TruTone
Acoustic guitars are amazing instruments. With just a few basic ingredients, some truly amazing sounds can be produced with nothing more than your hands and the instrument. We’re taking a look at an interesting new way to boost your acoustic’s natural tone with the Trutone!
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Jim Root
Clean octave intros, single-string riffing and trills, speedy tremolo picking, Drop A heaviness, oh my! Jim Root takes us into his garage to show us all how it's done. FRET12 presents a video play-through of Slipknot's smashingly-heavy "Sarcastrophe."
Wyatt Grant from Pool Holograph on the Intersection Between Art & Music
Wyatt Grant sheds light on this mystical intersection and dives deep into his journey as an artist and musician. He currently sings and plays guitar in the band Pool Holograph. He’s also a designer and artist and has worked with a plethora of bands and entities that are also tied to the music scene such as, Land and Sea Dept., the Twin Peaks band, Red Bull Music, and many more.
Weekly Riff with Kurt Vile / A FRET12 Pick From the Depths of YouTube
What could be better than grabbing a guitar, a brew, turning the amps on, and sitting down with a friend and letting the riffs flow? D'Addario mixes some great storytelling and guitar noodling in this 10 minute feature with the one and only Kurt Vile.
FRET12 BOOKSHELF: The Rolling Stones Singles Collection – The London Years
FRET12 is proud to introduce you to our “Book Shelf” - a series that will be documenting a variety of books and zines, past and present; all linked to the music cosmos.
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Bill Kelliher
Take a look at the man behind the curtain, as Mastodon’s very own Bill Kelliher performs his guitar parts from “Ember City” in this intimate studio playthrough performance!
Excuse me, Butler, please assist with these guitar strings!
Let’s take a look at a simple solution to an age-old tuning problem for our beloved Les Paul style instruments!
Weekly Riff with Mateus Asato / A FRET12 Pick From the Depths of YouTube
Melodic guitar god Mateus Asato jams over The 1975's smash hit "Somebody Else"
Ramble On... Gotta Find The Queen (or the Tone) of Our Dreams
Join legendary music producer Rick Beato as he teaches us how to chase down the tones of the most iconic recordings of all time.
Weekly Riff from The Sound and The Story - Mark Tremonti
Mark Tremonti is a significant part of our Fret12 legacy, and it's only right that we throw it back to our first The Sound and the Story DVD in which he taught his iconic solos from Alter Bridge's opus: "Blackbird."