Ernie ball bridges that gap by providing easy to understand concepts that arent written in a way that is condescendingly juvenile or overwhelmingly boring. Please take 30 seconds to register your free account to remove most ads, post topics, make friends, earn reward points at our store, and more. The tone is quite good although i think the tones are a little leaner than an american standard strat and lend themselves to quite a variety of tones. Maroon 5 guitarist james valentine opens up about first hit. Ernie ball is the worlds leading manufacturer of premium electric and acoustic guitar strings, bass strings, and guitar accessories. The pursuit of tone, our television series which just completed its first season airing on the audience network, has covered quite the gamut of guitarists, from tom delonge and james valentine to mike ness and butch walker.
They also provide comics that are appropriate and relevant for allages. Revzer 2 points1 points 0 points 3 years ago i had noticed that, but i thought it wasnt as funny. Apr 02, 2018 the tone is quite good although i think the tones are a little leaner than an american standard strat and lend themselves to quite a variety of tones. Filming my episode of the pursuit of tone billy duffy. Experience the story behind hunters sonic beginnings, the influences that shaped his sound and obsession with all things guitar, vinyl and life on the road as a touring musician. The music man axis was originally branded the evh, an eddie van halen signature. Gorgeous looks, sweet unfinished neck, versatile sound cons. Back in 2003, the ernie ball company wanted to provide a lowercost alternative to their admittedly expensive guitars and basses. Watch punk legend mike ness get real in ernie ball. The company tells us that it was actually ernies son, sterling, who conceived the idea to buy music man from his godfather, former fender instrument veteran and ball business associate tom walker. Experience the story behind toms early influences in the san diego skate scene to his sonic evolution from blink 182 to box car racer and angels and airwaves. Experience the story behind buddys sonic beginnings, the artists, influences and historic chicago locations that shaped his sound and obsession with all things guitar. Formed over the course of a lifetime of practice, performing sweatfilled clubs, bloodied finger tips, guitar, string, amplifier and effects configurations as well as the influences that inspired their very first note, a guitarists tone.
Maroon 5 guitarist james valentine opens up about first. Our strings have been played on many of the bestselling albums of all time and are used by some of historys greatest musicians including paul mccartney, eric clapton, jimmy page, slash, the rolling stones, angus young, eagles, jeff beck, pete townshend. Its strange body design is a larger version of the albert lee. Like all music man instruments, it was a great guitar. The caprice bass is a bold new statement in passive design. When dustin hinz and the ernie ball family approached us last summer with the idea behind the pursuit of tone series, we were instantly on board. The pursuit of tone will highlight maroon 5 guitarist james valentine, and hell discuss the bands grammywinning success, bandmate. Also given, large lists of two and threechord songs. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. The neck shape and feel, emg slv and 85 pickups, single volume pot, back routed floyd, all owed a lot to what steve had played for years previously.
A guitar that represents the culmination of a quarter century of passion and excellence. Premium tonewoods with nonchambered body provide a more focused sound while the sculpted lower horn allows more access to higher frets. By ernie ball on december 6, 2016 in artists, cinematography, music, pursuit of tone ernie ball. Right away you can tell that this instrument is not like any other just by looking at it. Ernie ball music man 4 string electric bass musicians friend.
All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. The bridge pickup exhibits a strong fundamental tone across the entire frequency range, with a slightly compressed voice that responds very well to pick attack. If you havent been able to watch the show yet, weve put together a recap of the entire first season, as well as some of the most important things we. Around 19934 the first signature music man luke guitar burst on to the market, copying a lot from steves favourite valley arts guitar. The pursuit of tone, which airs friday, july 1st at 8pm etpt only on audience music directv ch. For live performances, its equipped with belcats iris1 active pickup system with a 3band eq and discrete soundhole controls. Ernie ball highlights grammy nominated singersongwriter and guitarist, hunter hayes.
Got the following in an email from keith at ernie ball. Ernie ball music man 4 string electric bass musicians. Ernie ball celebrates the 25th anniversary of acquiring music man with an ultraplayable. The music man 25th anniversary guitar features a lightweight body, dramatic styling, and stateoftheart electronics not found on any other instrument. Etpt on directv and uverse directv ch 239uverse ch 1114, the september 16 episode spotlights valentine, guitarist for maroon 5. Singing along with the chords is encouraged for ear tone training and timing. The pursuit of tone featuring mike ness of social distortion. Season 1 tom delonge on directv ernie ball highlights blink182angels and airwaves guitarist and songwriter tom delonge.
Experience the story behind mikes sonic beginnings, the influence and heroes that shaped his sound and. Rolling stone has called walker one of americas best singer songwriters. This book is a different release date and may have a different cover style. Ernie ball was an american entrepreneur and musician, best known in the development of. This guitar was made in the usa for a limited run of 0 units. Much like a fingerprint, every guitar players tone is uniquely their own. In this clip butch shares the story behind his new single east.
For my ear they sound slightly better clean than with gobs of distortion but i use the tone knob quite a bit to darken things up when needed. Ernie ball releases the pursuit of tone trailer featuring. What started out as a pilot episode ended up becoming the second film in an amazing series highlighting. The jpxi features a combination of top appointments from the bfr and jpx petrucci signature instruments. Experience the story behind james sonic evolution from his start lincoln nebraska, to the worlds largest stadiums with one of rocks most successful bands, maroon 5. Created and produced by ernie ball, the documentary series profiles the worlds. Billy duffy of the cult is featured on the next episode of ernie ball. My relationship with ernie ball goes back a long way in that ive used their strings. Ernie ball, the premiere builder of strings, accessories, guitars and basses, has a new documentary series, ernie ball. Hes penned choruses you want to sing along to for artists. Today we are looking at one of the best values out there in an americanmade electric guitar. Billy duffy the pursuit of tone airs on friday 1st july at 8pm etpt. The episode airs friday, april 22nd at 8pm etpt only on audience music directv ch.
View the trailer for each episode below, and directv customers can stream all the episodes in their entirety on demand. The pursuit concert red cedarovangkol acousticelectric guitar is easy to play with a 11116 radiused neck. The pursuit of tone buddy guy this coming friday, march 25 at 8. It is the only book ive had teens without prior music experience stay interested in. Sep 07, 20 today we are looking at one of the best values out there in an americanmade electric guitar. A modern six bolt neck attachment and an easy access truss rod adjustment wheel ensure.
For kids or adults, individual, group or self teaching. Ernie ball guitar strings made a tv documentary series with guitarists called the pursuit of tone. The episode airs friday, april 22nd at 8pm etpt only on audience. With thomas delonge, billy duffy, buddy guy, hunter hayes. New ernie ball music man passive basses ernie ball music man. White pages instruct note sight reading and tablature. In this clip, see the opening sequence of the film and get a first look at the influences, artists and story behind one of punk rocks most interesting guitarists. Season 1 james valentine on directv ernie ball highlights maroon 5 guitars and songwriter james valentine. A string through body bridge, mute kit, small profile nickel frets and a curvy 7.
Open box breedlove pursuit concert allgloss red cedar. For the ball family, 1984 was a keystone year, as ernie ball, inc. The music man john petrucci majesty is a topgrade signature guitar with an extremely wide array of sounds. The classic stingray pays tribute to the original music man designs from the mid to late 1970s with added modern refinements. Watch as revered blues legend buddy guy sits down for the new documentary series, talking frankly about a wide range of topicsfrom how he got his start on a 3string guitar to his close friend muddy waters last words of. The pursuit of tone highlights the journeys, stories and influences behind todays most interesting guitarists. The ernie ball music man james valentine valentine guitar features a slab ash body, two ernie ball music man designed pickups 1humbucker1single coil with 3way custom wired lever switch, coil tap, modern hardtail bridge with vintage bent steel saddles, 25. Most notably, the jpxi neck has been streamlined to a symmetric, extra slim profile featuring a flatter 20 radius with medium jumbo. Most notably, the jpxi neck has been streamlined to a symmetric, extra slim profile featuring a flatter 20 radius with medium jumbo stainless steel frets.
Aug 29, 2016 maroon 5 guitarist james valentine will be the focus of the september 16th episode of ernie ball. Watch as revered blues legend buddy guy sits down for the new documentary series, talking frankly about a wide range of topicsfrom how he got his start on a 3string. Emerging from the violent streets of manchester during the real punk rock wars and rolling into post punk, death rock, hard rock and back. The songs give you a choice of two keys to play and sing with words provided. The pursuit of tone season one recap ernie ball blog. Experience the story behind mikes sonic beginnings, the influences and heroes that shaped his sound and obsession with all things guitars, vinyl and americana. Dustin hinz foreground, ernie ball executive vice president of marketing, on the set of ernie. The pursuit of tone so they choose a guitarist that doesnt even use a tone knob. Experience the story behind james sonic evolution from his start lincoln nebraska, to the worlds largest stadiums with. The pursuit of tone ernie ball highlights iconic singersongwriter and guitarist for social distortion, mike ness. Ernie ball musicman music man old smoothie stingray 40th anniversary 4 string bass music man since its introduction in 1976, the music man stingray has been embraced as one of the worlds classic electric bass designs. The pursuit of tone with buddy guy or mike ness, or you just want to enjoy an episode again, you can watch online here. But then again, in a video piece about guitar strings, it probably is more funny.
Ernie ball highlights iconic singersongwriter and guitarist for social distortion, mike ness. Psa that pb torrent for pursuit of tone is legit just finished downloading now, seems to be in 720p. Mar 17, 2009 for the ball family, 1984 was a keystone year, as ernie ball, inc. The battle of the bands 1 had 18 stops in its first year and developed into a. Dont miss any episodes, set your dvr to record ernie ball. Ernie ball music man 25th anniversary electric guitar. James valentine will be the focus of the september 16 episode of ernie ball. Id like to see the ernie ball piece, this was just strange to me that the. James valentine featured in new episode of ernie ball. In addition to the high quality and exemplary workmanship on display, the best thing about this guitar is that the majestys features, its playability and its versatile sound also make it a great choice for many other guitarists, too. Ernie ball musicman music man old smoothie stingray 40th anniversary 4 string bass music man since its introduction in 1976, the music man stingray has been embraced as one of. The pursuit of tone on april 22, 2016 fri, april 8, 2016 when dustin hinz and the ernie ball family approached us last summer with the idea behind the pursuit of tone series, we were instantly on board.
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