Bobby Disorder isn't your average Guitar Hero.  Not the kind we're used to featuring on Jemsite, anyway.

And yet his humor, unconventional wisdom, and expertise in video games and music have made him an asset to the Audio Porn Central family. 

Audio Porn Central being the ultra sassy music blog dedicated to hot, juicy downloads, comments, and sounds. Don't let the name fool you. It's actually quite intense.  

And Bobby Disorder is actually quite witty. With a name like his, who wouldn't be? 

We had the chance to check out BD and his digs on the Audio Porn site and we liked what we saw so we had to get the goods first hand from him. First up on the list, what makes you think you're cool enough to be a Guitar Hero anyway.  

We liked what we got!

Better late then never, as they always say.  This little piece of cool guitar info may have come out at least a week ago but I'm only getting my hands on it now.  And of course, this being a JEM site, I HAD to share it with all of you. 

According to a little ditty I read on Guitar Site, Ibanez has come up with a left-handed JEM7VLWH and JS1200CAL.  For a cool $3999, you can get a JEM7VWHL with a White finish and great details like a 5pc Maple/Walnut JEM Prestige neck, Edge Pro bridge, Pearl/Abalone vine inlay, DiMarzio Evolution pickups and a trademark monkey grip.  For a nice $2999, the JS1200CAL has a candy apple finish, a Maple JS Prestige neck, Edget Pro bridge, and DiMarzio PAF-JOE and FRED pickups.

And for more on these beauties , of course visit Guitar Site and Ibanez.com.  

Some great news came my way the other day.  Peter Hodgson, the hip guitarist who writes the I Heart Guitar blog, is being featured on DiMarzio Inc., maker of some of the best guitar pickups in the world. They're using clips of his guitar playing on their website to showcase their John Petrucci (Dream Theater) signature pickups, the Crunch Lab 7 and LiquFire 7.

He used an Ibanez RG620 7-string guitar for the clips! That sounds like it's definitely worth a mention on the ol' Jemsite blog, no? 

Besides Petrucci's work on the new Dream Theater album, Peter is the first to use these pickups on a publicly available recording.

You can hear his clips by heading to the DiMarzio Inc. site and going to the 7 String section, then clicking on the link for the sounds on each pickup's page. 

DiMarzio asked Peter to provide samples after he reviewed the new pickups for his website.  You can find the review here.

Pretty cool, huh?

Here's a little something that will make your ears ring! 

Jack White of The White Stripes is a killer guitar player--but he wouldn't be able to tell if the guitar killed him.

I'll explain.  The rocker and Rancoteurs star is used to playing the guitar at such a deafening volume that the people around him have shown cause for concern.  

Jack himself doesn't even know how loud he can get--he only realizes it when sound engineers show him decibel readings. 

This taken from Rolling Stone magazine, where he was recently quoted as saying, ""I need to feel it (volume). I've gone through things where I go onstage and the sound guy at soundcheck comes over and he'll hold the decibel meter and show it to me while we're playing - and it's 127 decibels. That’s not good. And I can't even tell. If it's not right there, it feels wimpy, it feels uninspiring."

Jack, take it down a notch!

Source: Contactmusic.com

Matt Warnock, a recent Jemsite Guitar Hero, recently interviewed a hero of his own for Modern Guitar Magazine.

He calls Jazz Guitarist and Teacher Sid Jacobs, "one of the most well respected and revered guitarists and educators on the modern music scene." And rightfully so!

Continuing the compliments, Matt explains, "During this time, Sid has nurtured and mentored some of the finest up and coming jazz guitarists in the country. His devotion to teaching has not only allowed him to teach at these prestigious institutions, but has made him a highly sought after private teacher and clinician as well."

I wish I had known about Angus Clark.  If I had, I would have made him a Guitar Hero! He has all the characteristics of the typical Guitar Hero, as JemSite has been broadcasting in past posts.  

The Guitar Hero series on Jemsite features interviews with guitarists and musicians who may not have star status YET, but their current situations have shaped them to be who they are--determined, fond of their craft, and heroes in their own right.

Angus Clark is the man!  

Zack from Guitar Vibe got to him first, but I'm glad, because he put together a wonderful interview with the super shredder.  

Angus Clark may not be as well known as some of the super shredders out there, but he's built a career with his powerful and expressive style of rock guitar.  From his early days playing in local bands to breaking out with Kitaro and his eight year holiday tour with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Clark has always had lot going on.  He's got a new instrumental album "Your Last Battlefield" available on iTunes, CD Baby and Amazon and will be teaching a workshop at the National Guitar Workshop (NGW) June 27 in McLean, Virginia.

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