Author: Kyle Smitchens

Kyle Smitchens is the Guitar-Muse Managing Editor, super hero extraordinaire, and all around great guy. He has been playing guitar since his late teens and writing personal biographies almost as long. An appreciator of all music, his biggest influences include Tchaikovsky, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Steve Vai, Therion, and Jon Levasseur of Cryptopsy.
reMarkable 2
Gear

Is the reMarkable 2 a good tool for musicians? Product review

A compilation of thoughts based around a comparison to actual paper and pencil, templates, additional features, and a discussion about the price tag.

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Cannibal Corpse
Guitar News

What Cannibal Corpse Has Taught Us About Album Reviews

My opinion has long concluded music reviews are nearly useless and more to the point Cannibal Corpse (and similar bands) have already made their points clear.

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AMPLIFi FX100
Gear

The Line 6 AMPLIFi FX100

Line 6’s new AMPLIFi FX100 multi-effect pedal gives guitarists boundless tonal possibilities with cloud storage to share and save all of those sweet tones.

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RG9
Guitar News

Ibanez NAMM 2014: Guitars, Pedals, Amps. You Name It

With Winter NAMM 2014 firing on all cylinders, Ibanez jumps in with an ocean of new gear. Here we feature the RG9, the TS808DX, amps, and more.

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Mockingbird
Featured Guitars

NAMM 2014: BC Rich Mockingbird Plus FR

In the closing days before Winter NAMM 2014 BC Rich has announced one of the new guitars that can be found at their booth. The Mockingbird Plus FR.

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Jamstar Playing
Editorial Guitar News

Jamstar Acoustics App Review

Here we take a look at the app Jamstar Acoustics. A free cell phone and tablet app for Droids and iPhones that offers a more accessible method of learning.

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Artist Spotlights

Keith Merrow and the Schecter KM-7 Guitar

Keith Merrow, the extreme metal guitarist, has teamed with Schecter to design a seven-string guitar that can rip through faces like it rips through the mix.

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Paul Gilbert
Video

Paul Gilbert Interview on Oscar’s Guitar Shop

Oscar Jordan is joined live in studio with Paul Gilbert in this episode of Oscar’s Guitar Shop where the two talk guitar, then play everything on the spot.

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Guitar News

Yamaha Corporation Acquires Line 6

The Yamaha Corporation has officially acquired Line 6. From now on both companies will mutually move forward to speed up the realization of their goals.

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EHX Soul Food
Gear

The Electro-Harmonix Soul Food Overdrive

With the release of EHX’s new Soul Food, they offer an overdrive pedal that gives guitarists plenty of headroom to flex their tonal muscles as they see fit.

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