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Interview with Gus G - The guitarist of Ozzy and Firewind

Gus G. is a guitar prodigy from Greece. Well known for his services as the axe man behind Ozzy Osbourne since 2010 and the mastermind behind the Greek heavy metal band Firewind. Endorsed and having signature models by the most prestigious companies of the 21st century including ESP guitars, Blackstar amps and Elixir strings to name a few, awarded with the "Best Shredder" award at Metal Hammer Golden Gods ceremony in 2011, Gus is talking to us about his experience with Ozzy and the 7th Firewind studio album due to be released on May 21st in Europe and May 22nd in US and Canada.

The examples in these next two articles are all from my own work with my band Indighost. I chose to do this because since I wrote them I can give an insight into the writing process, rather than merely analyzing someone else’s work. In this article I will look at examples using clean sounds and the following one will use distorted guitars.

Lick of the week no. 24 - Paul Gilbert Style Pentatonic

Hello and welcome to my first free lick of the week, taken from my complete lesson “Extended pentatonic licks”. This one is in the key of Em pentatonic and is in the style of Paul Gilbert, featuring combined picking and legato and using extended pentatonic shapes. Remember to warm up properly, as this will require stretch fingerings on your left hand.

Enjoy!

Hi everybody. Big sorry for the delay. Some of our judges were busy and we were waiting for the results a bit longer. Anyway we have the winners and congratulations to everybody who contributed.

Also big thanks to Intex Cables for sponsoring this competition.

7th Live4guitar competition - 2 days left

Hi everyone. 7th Live4guitar competition is reaching the end. You have a few more days to submit your take. There are 19 takes so far, hopefully there will be a few more before the end. Judges are now confirmed and will publish their results 7 days after the deadline.

We are back with the new exciting competition and chance to win stuff worth $400. The big sponsor of this competition is "Intex Cables" which we reviewed last year.

This time we are paying tribute to one of the most influential guitarists - Gary Moore. The track is in style of Gary's famous ballads where everybody can enjoy improvising over. Thanks to Dragianni who made this awesome track

The 3rd Omis Guitar Festival is upon us. Following the success of two previous events, the organisers are promising that this yearâ€™s festival will be bigger and better. They even secured the patronage of none other but the president of Croatia, Mr Ivo Josipovic.

http://www.omisguitarfest.com/

Lick of the week no. 23 - String Skipping/Tapping

The 'Lick of the Week' string skipping/tapping lick is taken from Phil Braithwaite's 'Outside Lines' guitar lesson. This lick is inspired by guitarists such as Nuno Bettencourt and Tony Macalpine. The idea behind this lick is that it progressively becomes more 'out' as it goes on. The reason for this is that it is played in a cycle of fourths.

The previous article focussed on the basic approach to writing harmonies, in this one we will look at some more progressive examples.

The world of building guitars, or luthiery, is one full of competition. There are guys all over the world that will build you a guitar to your specifications for a variety of prices, and I only see this as a good thing. The downside can be seen when you draw a parallel to any other craft, most people can change a fuse in a plug, but it doesn't mean you'd hire them as an electrician. I cook my dinner everynight, but you wouldn't pay me to cook for you. I've watched CSI, but I'm not a forensic investigator. Building guitars is the same, just because you can put some pickups in a piece of wood, it doesn't make you an artist.