Festival Blues Jadi Agenda Tahunan / Soloblitz.co.id

Suksesnya penyelenggaraan Solo Blues Festival (SBS) 2013 pada Jumat (24/5/2103) di Halaman Balikota Solo membuat Pemerintah Kota (Pemkot) Solo berencana menjadikan Festival Blues menjadi agenda tahunan. Hal ini diungkapkan oleh  Kepala Dinas Budaya dan Pariwisata (Disbudpar) Solo, Widi Srihanto.

 

“Meski baru penyelenggaraan pertama di Kota Solo, tapi antusiasnya sangat luar biasa. Terbukti hari ini ada ribuan masyarakat yang datang. Festival Blues ini akan kita jadikan agenda tahunan,” ungkapnya disela-sela acara.

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Adiksigitar Review : Engl Fireball 100 Amp Reviewed by Jordan Wagner/Premier Guitar

The Monster Of High Gain Beasts

The Fireball 100 builds upon the simple, no-frills approach established by its 60-watt predecessor. Four 6L6s burn inside the jet-black enclosure, dishing 100 watts of power while being monitored by an internal fail-safe system. The amp has two channels for clean and overdrive. Both channels share a 3-band EQ, dual master volumes, and push buttons for separately boosting the brightness, low end, and midrange. There’s also a built-in noise gate that’s adjustable from the back panel to keep feedback from the gain channel in check.

Thanks to the amp’s simple controls, I had little trouble dialing up satisfyingly crisp cleans and heavy tones that burst with an authoritative, devilish roar. The EQ controls were so sensitive that for most applications, I barely had to move them out of the confines of the 10 to 1 o’clock range. And with the clean channel activated and a Stratocaster in hand, tweaking within that range allowed me to move between smooth blues lead work, warm jazz progressions, and midboosted rock rhythms. Plus, there was enough gain on tap from the channel’s gain knob for covering everything from lighter ’70s rock to more modern and aggressive rhythm tones.

A Les Paul driving the second channel highlights what the Fireball 100 is really designed for—pure, unadulterated rock and metal fury. The gain control’s lower range has a snarling bark and very detailed midrange that retains presence when backing off the guitar’s volume. Bringing up the gain and the master volume unleashes a wickedly hard-hitting overdrive that gets tighter and fiercer as it gets louder. Digging in with a tight thrash rhythm firms up the tone even further, with the great note definition that Engl’s are known for. This combination of voice and feel might turn away players that like a little sag and don’t favor superquick attack and stiff response. But if you’ve been craving the unique voicing of high-performance German amplifier engineering, the Fireball 100 is hard to top.

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STEVE VAI KONSER DI JAKARTA !! JULI 2013 !!

Ibanez Universe Vai

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com -- Ini kabar gembira bagi pecinta musik rock di Indonesia. Salah seorang dewa gitar musik rock asal Amerika Serikat, Steve Vai, dijadwalkan akan menggelar konsernya di Jakarta, 22 Juli 2013 mendatang.

Kabar kedatangan Steve Vai ke Indonesia ini, diungkapkan oleh promotor musik Java Musikindo, melalui akun twitter mereka, @JAVAmusikindo.

"Confirmed! Steve Vai concert at Tennis Indoor Senayan, July 22nd 2013," demikian kicauan yang ditulis di akun tersebut.

Menurut informasi promotor musik kepunyaan Adrie Subono itu, tiket konser  Steve Vai akan dijual dalam jumlah terbatas. Namun harga tiket yang dipatok tidak terlalu mahal, yakni mulai Rp 295 ribu. Tiket konser itu mulai dijual pada 18 Mei 2013.

Steve Vai adalah salah satu legenda gitar yang kerap disebut-sebut sebagai gitaris musik rock terbaik di dunia.

Gitaris kelahiran 6 Juni 1960 itu pernah bergabung dalam grup metal Frank Zappa, The Classified, Alcatrazz, White Snake dan David Lee Roth Band, sebelum akhirnya berkarier menjadi gitaris solo.

Selain itu, Steve Vai juga kerap berkolaborasi dengan dewa gitar lain dalam proyek G3, di antaranya Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen, hingga bassis Billy Sheehan.

Sebagai gitaris, Steve Vai telah melahirkan delapan solo album, dan meraih tiga penghargaan Grammy Award.

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Dewa Budjana Bakal Buka Museum Gitar Tahun 2014

Hanya bermain gitar ternyata tidak memuaskan jiwa kesenian I Dewa Gede Budjana atau Dewa Budjana. Dari sana, lahirlah keinginannya mendirikan sebuah museum gitar di tanah kelahirannya, Ubud, Bali.

Beberapa musisi besar yang akrab dengan gitar disebutkan bersedia menyumbangkan instrumen gitar masing-masing. Rencananya, museum tersebut akan dibuka pada tahun 2014 itu.

"Banyak yang sudah menyumbang seperti almarhum Chrisye, Eross (Sheila on 7), Mas Ian Antono, Baim, dan Rhoma Irama juga bersedia," ujar Budjana di sela-sela peluncuran album JOGED KAHYANGAN, di kawasan Kemang, Jakarta Selatan, Kamis (24/5).

Dibangunnya museum gitar ini bukan tanpa alasan. Gitaris band GIGI itu ingin rekan-rekannya yang memainkan alat musik gitar dapat dikenal.

"Karena saya nggak yakin 10 atau 20 tahun lagi orang-orang mengenal musisi negeri sendiri," pungkas Budjana. (kpl/hen/rea/adb)

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SOLO BLUES FESTIVAL 2013

Hey Guys, Guitarists, Musicians, Whatever !!

Prepare yourself to face a huge loads of  blues tones right into your face !

haha,, yeah, for the first time here, bakalan ada event khusus terbesar untuk generasi blues kota solo di Plaza Sriwedari tanggal 24 mei 2013 mulai jam 13.30 WIB.

Aeroblues ( Solo Blues - Rock )
The Brown ( because rainy only weekened noise ) ( Solo Blues - Rock )
The Mesial Trio ( Blues Brothers Solo )
Jack n Wains (Blues Brothers Solo)
Stuntmen (Defender of Rock)
Os Blues
Java Blues 

Red, White and Blues

Special Performances : Adrian Adioetomo

It's all about blues baby !!

Be F***in' There!

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OVERDRIVE/DISTORTION PEDAL FOR BLUES SOUND SHAPING - PILIHAN PEDAL UNTUK GITARIS BLUES

Thanks to the proliferation of boutique pedal builders over the past 20 years, there are easily more than a thousand distortion devices available to help guitarists find their signature blues sound. The following pedals are the top 10 classics and modern marvels that get our mojo working when we spank that plank and crank up the volume.

10. Way Huge Pork Loin

Way Huge Pork Loin

By blending modern soft-clipping BiFET overdrive and classic clean “British” preamp tone pathways, the Pork Loin allows players to dial in raw, raunchy tones that never lose bottom-end clarity or definition. The Pork Loin plays a massive role in Joe Bonamassa’s bigger-than-life modern blues sound.

9. Klon Centaur

Klon Centaur

The Klon Centaur’s legendary clean boost transforms a guitar’s natural tone the same way a livestock farmer turns a piglet into a prize-winning porker—by making it bigger, fatter, juicier, meatier and more muscular. Centaur designer Bill Finnegan discontinued production several years ago, driving prices for used Klons well above $1,000, but he’s trying to bring a similar pedal to the market again with the same hand-selected parts, attention to detail and signature sound that the numerous “klones” have failed to match.

8. PaulC Audio Tim

Thanks to its impressive tonal range and expressive touch sensitivity, the Tim is a favorite of tube amp aficionados who don’t want to sacrifice the dynamic response of their favorite amps but need more gain and tonal-shaping capabilities. With the EQ controls set at 12 o’clock, it provides some of the most transparent clean boost and overdrive tones available.

 

7. Fulltone Full-Drive 2

Fulltone makes an impressive variety of incredible overdrive, distortion and fuzz pedals, including the OCD, PlimSoul and Fat-Boost FB-3, but when it comes to the blues, most guitarists choose the Fulltone Full-Drive 2. With separate overdrive and boost footswitches and mini toggle switches for selecting clean boost, midrange emphasis, MOSFET clipping and more, the Full-Drive 2 is a versatile overdrive pedal that makes it easy to dial in your own signature blues tones.

6. Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer

Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer

Thanks to Stevie Ray Vaughan’s use of an Ibanez Tube Screamer (he replaced the TS-808 with a TS-9 and TS-10 later in his career), this pedal has gone on to become the best-selling and most copied overdrive pedal of all time. The Tube Screamer’s output boost and signature midrange hump, along with a characteristic warmth that the TS-808’s successors lack, make it ideal for playing fat, aggressive solos that destroy everything else in its path.

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff π

5. Electro-Harmonix Big Muff π

Most staunch traditionalists think that the raunchy fuzz tones of a Big Muff π are a little too furry and furious for the blues, but that hasn’t stopped a new generation of blues-inspired players from using one. The Big Muff is a key element of 21st century blues as envisioned by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and Jack White of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather.

4. Dallas-Arbiter Rangemaster Treble Booster

Dallas-Arbiter Rangemaster Treble Booster

Eric Clapton’s alleged use of a Dallas-Arbiter Rangemaster Treble Booster on John Mayall’s legendary Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton album remains the source of much controversy, but the Rangemaster was also a key element of Rory Gallagher’s late-Sixties rig that similarly redefined blues guitar tone during the British blues revival, thanks to its marvelous midrange and gritty germanium transistor grind. Numerous clones are available today, including the Analog Man Beano Boost and Keeley Java Boost.

3. Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

Not since the late Seventies, when the Ibanez Tube Screamer and Boss OD-1 made their debut, has a mass-produced overdrive pedal won over the great unwashed and cork-sniffing tone snobs alike. The BD-2 delivers a wide variety of overdrive tones, from creamy to crunchy, with personality that ranges from retro smooth to modern blues-rock raunch.

2. Blackstone Appliances MOSFET Overdrive

Blackstone Appliances MOSFET Overdrive

This pedal’s nameplate and crinkle finish may have the retro-cool vibe of a Thirties toaster, but underneath the hood lies a modern circuit that uses small-signal MOSFETs and an unconventional input stage to cook up distortion and overdrive with rich harmonic overtones that will melt your face off like a million-watt microwave. “It’s heavy stuff, not the sound of a popcorn machine,” says Billy Gibbons, who used the Blackstone in tasteful excess on several new ZZ Top tunes.

1. Analog Man King of Tone

Analog Man King of Tone

With a two-year waiting list, the Analog Man King of Tone is one of the most sought-after overdrive pedals, and for a very good reason: it provides a clean boost that preserves a guitar’s tone, making it sound bigger, badder and more bodacious, with just the right amount of natural-sounding distortion. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Gary Clark Jr. and Buddy Miller are just a handful of the pros who have discovered that the King of Tone truly rules.

SO BLUESY SO ROCKY !!!

MEGADETH NEW TRACK : KINGMAKER

Megadeth will release their new album, Super Collider, June 4. 

In anticipation, the band has unveiled a new track from the record, titled "Kingmaker." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments. You also can stream the album's title track right here.

For a new interview with Megadeth's Dave Mustaine and Chris Broderick, check out the June 2013 issue of Guitar World, which is available now at newsstands everywhere and at the Guitar World Online Store.

 

Super Collider can be preordered now at Amazon.com. The "Super Collider" single is available at iTunes for $1.29. 

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ADIKSIGITAR PEDAL REVIEW : TC Electronic John Petrucci Dreamscape Signature Toneprint Pedal

Dreamscape

In 2011, TC Electronic introduced several stomp boxes that employed its TonePrint technology, which allows users to download new effects programmed by various artists, including well-known players like Paul Gilbert, Steve Morse, Joe Perry and Steve Stevens, from a computer or iPhone/Android smartphone.

Many of these artist downloads proved to be quite popular, so it seemed like only a matter of time before TC combined several of them in one pedal. That’s exactly what the company has done with the John Petrucci Dreamscape Signature TonePrint pedal. The Dreamscape presents six of the Dream Theater guitarist’s custom-tweaked tones in one box. The signature sounds comprise two choruses, two vibratos and two flangers, including Petrucci’s brand-new Vortex Flanger TonePrint. Plus, the pedal has room to store an additional TonePrint download, for a total of seven effects in one compact pedal.

FEATURES 

While the Dreamscape’s controls are similar to those of a standard stomp box, it’s capable of creating a much wider variety of sounds than the average pedal thanks to the flexibility of its digital circuitry. There are controls for effect level, speed and depth; a seven-position switch for selecting presets; and a three-position mini toggle for bright, normal and dark tone settings. Other pro-quality features include stereo input and output jacks, an easy-access single-screw battery compartment, a jack for an optional nine-volt adaptor and a mini USB jack for downloading new TonePrint effects. TC currently offers 33 TonePrint effects for the Dreamscape, with more to come in the near future.

PERFORMANCE

The Dreamscape is not a multieffect pedal but rather a versatile single-effect pedal that provides a variety of short delay-based modulation effects. However, it can easily replace the need to have separate chorus, flanger and vibrato pedals on your pedal board as you can access entirely new effects in seconds by rotating the effect selector switch. Plus, you can load new TonePrint effects from a computer or by beaming them from a smartphone pointed at your guitar’s pickups, all in less than 10 seconds.

The effects boast the superb, noise-free sound quality for which TC is known. Both chorus effects are thick and lush, with a three-dimensional shimmer. Flanger 1 is subtle but effective for adding motion and dynamics to clean chord and arpeggio patterns, while Flanger 2 provides a dramatic, jet-like sweep. The vibrato effects produce a woozy, seasick wobble, but the pitch pulsations are subtle, so players don’t have to worry about sounding out of tune.

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Adiksigitar Tips : Cara Membedakan SENAR D'ADDARIO UNPACKED ORIGINAL VS ALAY

Hallo all adiksigitaris!

Well, saat ini saya mau sharing sesuatu yang mungkin masih banyak yang belum mengetahui tentang perbedaan yang beredar di pasaran untuk senar merek d'addario unpacked original dan senar d'addario unpacked alay atau abal-abal. Sayangnya tidak semua seller mau jujur tentang hal ini ! (atau mungkin mereka juga tertipu??) only God knows why.

Saat ini, seiring banyaknya pabrikan gitar besar di Indonesia, hampir keseluruhan gitar-gitar tersebut sudah diinstal dengan senar merek d'addario yang biasanya menggunakan tipe EXL 110 / 120 dengan ukuran .009 atau .010 dengan karakter sound yang "bright". Memang senar ini dipilih karena sudah terbukti lebih awet dengan tone yang crispy dan jelas serta sangat mudah ditemukan diberbagai toko musik manapun. Tapi ada perbedaan antara konsumen pribadi (kamu) dengan pabrikan. Kalau biasanya kita beli senar ini disertai dengan packing karton dan plastiknya, hal ini berbeda dengan pabrikan yang membutuhkan senar dalam jumlah yang besar dan harga yang lebih minim. Biasanya untuk pasokan pabrik, senar d'addario yang dipilih adalah senar-senar yang tidak menggunakan packing sama sekali, jadi langsung bisa pasang/bulkshop. Dan, for real, apabila kita dapat menemukan seller yang menyediakan senar addario tanpa packing, berarti dia memiliki koneksi untuk dapat membeli langsung senar-senar tersebut.

bulk shop

Saat ini di kota Solo cukup mudah menemukan senar d'addario yang unpacked, tapi sayang sekali, ada beberapa yang mau jujur bahwa yang mereka jual adalah barang alay, namun ada juga yang tidak dan benar-benar tidak mau menerima bahwa dia (luthier A) ternyata menjual senar yang palsu, at least ini pengalaman pribadi saya. 

Nah, makanya disini saya mencoba untuk menyebarkan informasi tentang senar d'addario unpacked yang asli dengan d'addario yang palsu. Beberapa saya ambil dari salah satu site dan saya tambahkan supaya lebih jelas, seperti ini :

1. Cek di senar nomer 2 yang berwarna ungu. yang asli warnanya ungu tua, tidak pudar dan solid. kalau yang KW warnanya ungu muda dan jenis warnanya doff. ada juga yang warnanya ungu pudar mengkilat.

2. Cek di bagian ujung senar nomer 4 , 5 dan 6. seharusnya senar d;addario yang ori memiliki seperti sisa senar tanpa lilitan..dan sisa senarnya itu berwarna agak emas/gold. kalau yang senar KW ujung senarnya engga ada sisa senarnya.Tapi ada juga senar KW yang punya sisa senar di nomer 4,5,6 nya, dan berwarna silver/chrome. yang tanpa lilitan.

Ciri ciri di atas adalah yang paling gampang dilihat. Masih ada satu lagi ciri cirinya tapi agak susah juga dicek.
Bro cek pembungkus senar lonjoran dari penjualnya.
Pembungkus senar lonjoran? apa tuh maksudnya?eheheh

Jadi begini bro, senar unpacked itu darisononya dipack dengan cara satu macem ukuran senar dimasukkan dalam plastik panjang.

senar nomer 1 ukuran 0.09 jumlahnya 250 ada dalam satu plastik, senar nomer 2 ada dalam satu plastik...begitu juga untuk senar lainnya.

bisa dibayangkankah keribetan seller kalo jualan senar addario unpacked?hahahaa, jadi harus ambil masing2 senar dari plastik berbeda trus digulung, trus dimasukin plastik.wekekekeke...

Nah perbedaan dengan yang KW adalah : d'addario ori menggunakan plastik warna biru dengan barcode print dan keterangan lain dari pabrik d'addario, kalo yang KW pakai plastik warna putih kusam.
cuma masalahnya jarang2 ada suplier yang jual yang masih ada platik pembungkus lonjorannya kan.hehehe....

Itu adalah penjelasan yang paling mudah dilihat dan bisa kamu ambil kesimpulannya secara langsung, tapi bagaimana kalo ternyata senar itu sudah terlanjur kamu pasang di gitar?? well, begini kira-kira pengalaman saya.

1. Senar d'addario alay berwarna tidak seterang aslinya, khususnya yang bagian woundnya senar ke 4,5 dan 6, warnanya agak gelap dan apabila bersentuhan dengan kuku atau jari terasa agak kasar tidak sehalus yang asli.  
2. Karena materialnya yang murah senar addario palsu sangat mudah putus, terutama nomer 1 dan nomer 4, bahkan bisa sewaktu pertama masang sekalipun, masi nyetem tapi sudah putus.
3. Senar d'addario alay sepertinya bukan terbuat dari nickel yang bagus, terbukti senar woundnya nomer 4, 5 dan 6 itu hampir tidak menempel di magnet pickup, jadi apabila kamu menemukan senar yang tidak terpengaruh oleh daya magnet pickup(apalagi humbucker ceramic yang berdaya besar) bisa dipastikan bahwa senar itu adalah senar kualitas buruk.
4. Sound output yang berantakan dan tidak fokus, mungkin karena kekuatan magnet yang tidak berpengaruh pada senar sehingga khususnya senar 4, 5, dan 6 bergetar ga karuan ketika di strumming.
5. Addario alay sangat mudah mengikis fret gitar kamu, ga percaya ?! buktikan sendiri..hehe 
6. Saat ini juga semakin beredar senar addario yang menggunakan packing mirip aslinya, tetapi ternyata juga senar palsu, perhatikan plastik pembungkus nya dan berhati-hatilah dengan seller yang menjual dengan harga dibawah harga pasaran senar addario packing original, secepatnya saya update menggunakan foto. 

Original ! perhatikan warna & bentuk ball ends

Ini Palsu ! Perhatikan warna ungu nya

Tidak terpengaruh magnet

Tidak terpengaruh magnet 2

Ini Palsu ! Perhatikan warna ball-end ungu nya 2

watch on Youtube here. 

Senar D'addario unpacked pada dasarnya bukanlah senar palsu/tiruan, itu senar original dari pabrikannya langsung. Memang tanpa packing jadi sangat mudah dipalsukan, oleh sebab itu, be aware guys. Semoga bermanfaat.

R.I.P Good Shredder Guy...

R.I.P Jeff Hanneman

Grammy-winning guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of the heavy metal band Slayer, died Thursday May 2 2013, of liver failure in Southern California, the band said in a statement.

He was 49.

The guitarist was with Slayer from its founding in 1981. Its breakthrough came five years later with the release of "Reign in Blood," an album that included two songs -- "Angel of Death" and "Raining Blood" -- co-written by Hanneman.

That was one of 10 studio albums that the band put out over three decades together, during which they performed thousands of shows.

On Slayer's official website, Hanneman said that the last one -- "World Painted Blood" -- came together quickly because the band's members worked seamlessly.

 

"The interaction between all of us on this record was really something special," he said. "... The chemistry was just good."

In 2006 and 2007, Slayer won Grammy awards for best metal performance.

The metal world -- in tweets from, among many others, the bands Rancid, Hatebreed, In Flames and Testament -- reacted to Hanneman's death with sadness and appreciation, referring to him as a "true heavy metal legend" and a "brother in thrash."

"One of the best shredders ever to walk Earth. RIP, good sir."

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