Welcome to the Week In Guitar! Right here’s what’s been occurring this week throughout guitar tradition. Let’s dive in.
Lengthy-awaited Spinal Faucet sequel to function Paul McCartney and Elton John
Rob Reiner has confirmed that taking pictures for the long-awaited Spinal Faucet sequel is ready to start subsequent yr, and that Paul McCartney and Elton John are on-board for the mission.
The director, who will reprise his position as Marty DiBergi, gave Richard Herring a little bit of a plot rundown on his RHLSTP podcast, saying: “The thought was that Ian Religion, who was their supervisor, he handed away. In actuality, Tony Hendra handed away. Ian’s widow inherited a contract that mentioned Spinal Faucet owed them another live performance. She was mainly going to sue them in the event that they didn’t. All these years and plenty of dangerous blood we’ll get into they usually’re thrown again collectively and compelled to cope with one another and play this live performance.”
“The band was upset with the primary movie. They thought I did a hatchet job and this was an opportunity to redeem myself. I’m such a giant fan and I felt dangerous they didn’t like what they noticed within the first movie.”
“Once I heard they may get again collectively, I used to be a visiting adjunct trainer’s helper on the Ed Wooden College of Cinematic Arts. I drop all the things to doc this closing live performance.”
A launch date isn’t confirmed but, but it surely’s good to know that work on a sequel to perhaps probably the most iconic guitar movie of all time has commenced!
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (perhaps) plan to work on new music collectively
Bassist Geddy Lee has mentioned he’s planning to put in writing new music together with his former Rush bandmate Alex Lifeson. Nonetheless, he’s been clear that this won’t essentially be beneath the Rush banner, as hypothesis concerning the band persevering with with out drummer Neil Peart has been rife since his dying in 2020.
Lee instructed CTV Morning Reside: “If I say something about working with Alex, folks run to the conclusion that Rush is beginning up once more. That isn’t the case. Sure, Alex and I like one another loads, nonetheless. We cling round with one another loads. And we each have a want to attempt to write songs collectively. We don’t know whether or not that may bear fruit or not. If it does bear fruit, nice. Then we would launch some songs.
“If – that’s at all times an ‘if’ there. However when folks publish articles about that, they depart the ‘if’ out. So, yeah, I plan to get along with Al, and we plan to put in writing some songs, however we don’t know in the event that they’ll be any rattling good, so we’ll see what occurs.”
So it’s clear that Lee desires to reclaim his pleasant and inventive relationship with Lifeson from infinite hypothesis concerning the chance – and style implications – of a “Rush reunion.”
Alex Lifeson launches new household of amplifiers made in partnership with Mojotone
Sure, Alex Lifeson is double-dipping this Week In Guitar, as he has additionally introduced a brand new partnership with amplifier model Mojotone, for a wholly new vary of amps beneath the identify of LERXST.
The brand new amps will probably be high-end and USA-made, with particular restricted handwired editions accessible at a better value level. The primary two fashions are the OMEGA head and the CHI head/combo. Omega is a 50-watt, two-channel British-voiced head, whereas CHI has the same topology however in a extra compact format and at a score of 30 watts.
“There was an explosion of guitar music inside the previous 5 years that has been unbelievable to witness in its range of sounds and gamers,” says Lifeson. “LERXST amplifiers present a platform for these gamers that provides the facility and high quality of tone of one of the best amplifiers of the previous, whereas additionally offering key options like energy scaling and high-quality results loops that mirror the wants of gamers immediately.”
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Quote Of The Week
“It was like having my dad proper there with me”
Wolfgang Van Halen has opened up concerning the surreal expertise of utilizing his dad’s previous gear whereas recording his band’s new file, Mammoth II. Not solely was he utilizing Frankenstein, he was working the guitar into an authentic Marshall utilized by Eddie.
The Encore
Simply… watch this video. Please. It’s hilarious. Good. No notes.
