Check out Gus G's new Japanese Custom Shop ESP's that he has been playing live in 09' You can check out the specs at http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/gus_g/index.html Read Full Story

In this lesson Rock House Instructor Rusty Cooley demonstrates and teaches how he splits a scale and moves it in a linear fashion along the fretboard. The video is from Rusty's instructional DVD from Rock House "Fretboard Autopsy". It is a unique look into the mind of Rusty and how he sees the fretboard. You can get Rustys incredible instructional DVD at The Rock House Store  Read Full Story

From his prolific solo work, to his prominent memberships in the supergroup Praxis and rock legends Guns N’ Roses, Buckethead has displayed one of the most fiery creative personas of our times, and has continually affirmed his stance in the upper echelon of contemporary shredders. Equally attention-grabbing as his incendiary chops, Buckethead’s stage show and visual presence remain unique among the rock field, and his Gibson guitars—a white Les Paul in particular—have always been a big part ... Read Full Story

Taking yourself or your band on the road is a critical part of the music business, David discusses some basics of the business after taking The Rock Shop on the road these past few week. David hashes over subjects such as your equipment, learning how to critic your performance and how to stay on top of things going on while on the road.  Catch up on the whole series of "Rock Shop" with David Ellefson at http://www.youtube.com/davidellefson David's other sites are: http://www.davidellef... Read Full Story

Guitar Intermediate Skills Overview Are You an Intermediate Player Yet? (For Electric or Acoustic Guitar) By John McCarthy Let’s see if you have what it takes to be called an “Intermediate Level Guitarist.”  I put the following list together to help you assess where you are as a guitarist. It's more general and is not genre specific so there may be a few things that should be added or taken out if you specialize in one specific style of music. I feel that an intermediate level bassist ... Read Full Story

Rob Balducci's newest "LIck of The Week" is the track Shine From his new CD Violet Horizon. This is a cool track and has a positive vibe to it. The Rock House Instructor and favored Nations Artist says "The inspiration behind this tune is, we all have people throughout our lives that have an effect on us. I have people who I have met from childhood to now who have a positive effect on me. All of us have special people in our lives. This song is about how there spirit and soul Shine's on you... Read Full Story

Chimaira is now featured in the latest trailer for Machinim The video company used their song Impending Doom for their new Resident Evil Trailer. Check it below. There are also some new pictures of the band performing on their “Into The Mouth of Hell We Tour” at http://www.prophecy21.com/bands/chimaira.html and http://www.metaluniverse.net/compterendu/categories.php?cat_id=2841 News source: http://www.chimaira.com/ Read Full Story

Freekbass and his new band mates DJ Logic, keyboardist Steve Molitz (Particle, Phil Lesh & Friends) are asking people to "Name the new DJ Logic, Steve Molitz, Freekbass groove project. All ya have to do is Tweet them using the hashtag #logicmolitzfreek or hit DJ Logic and Freekbass directly at twitter.com/projectlogic and/or twitter.com/freekbass. The person whose name is chosen will be on the Lifetime - Guest List to this "yet to be named band's" shows. Read Full Story

The Rock House Blog Weekend Read. Bring you the best articles from around the web. Articles include guitar lessons, guitar bass guitar news, guitar playing tips and tricks and just some plain old good reading. Dolphinstreet Guitar Gear Blog - Ok, I admit it, I am lazy. So lazy, that I haven't ever changed strings on my SX acoustic yet... Changing guitar strings Double Bass Blog - Jason’s wife, Courtney, here. Though I’m not a bassist, I do play alarge instrument (the harp, whose lowest not... Read Full Story

News Release from www.epiphone.com Epiphone Guitar announced today the release of the Limited Edition Roy Orbison 12-String Signature Acoustic model.  Produced in cooperation with the legendary singer/songwriter Roy Orbison estate, the model is based upon Roy’s own 1962 Epiphone “Bard” 12-string acoustic guitar.  Orbison used his original Epiphone acoustic to write and perform many of his most well-known songs including perhaps his biggest hit, “Oh, Pretty Woman.” “As a young, br... Read Full Story