Blind-Summit is a guitar players community for guitarists of any style or level of skill. The site contains a variety of resources from guitar lessons, technical diagrams, and articles on how to build effects pedals or repair your guitar. I have a resource of software and guitar tools such as tuners or chord finders, a forum for members of the community to talk and a media centre for audio and video clips.
Throughout the site you will find various articles I have written about my own experiences when learning to play guitar, at the moment I own a Ibanez DTX 120 Destroyer played through a Marshall TSL122 but I also play acoustic guitar and bass.
March 8th, 2008 by Alex
Hey everyone. It’s been a while since Blind-Summit was updated so first of all I apologise for that.
Just recently, we have been marked as a harmful site on google search due to some spam comments on the articles. The site is just undergoing an update so we can clear up these sorts of problems.
Thanks for sticking with us, and any comments or suggestions are most welcome.
Alex
Tags:April 5th, 2007 by Alex
Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. They combine black metal and Finnish polka, called humppa. Although it is a Finnish band, Finntroll’s lyrics are in Swedish, because Swedish just sounds "damn trollish", according to the band’s first vocalist, Katla. This lesson shows how to play the intro to Trollhammaren (Troll Hammer)
Tags: Guitar Lessons Learn To PlayMarch 20th, 2007 by Alex
14th March 2007 at the Lowry Theatre, Salford. Not quite knowing what to expect as I walked into the Lyric Theatre at Salfords Lowry Theatre I was met by a huge array of people from all walks of life, from the obvious Seagal movie fans, to the middle aged couple who looked like they’d come to see a classical performance and walked through the wrong doors.
October 12th, 2006 by Alex
If you’re not familiar with the likes of the Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, then your ears have been saved (or rather, have missed out on) a man capable of writing raw bowel ripping riffs and pinch harmonic laden solos. He then contrasts this with some lighter ballad tracks featuring melodic vocals, piano backing and some guitar virtuosity. This is the 8th studio album from Black Label Society, and it’s a cracker.
October 4th, 2006 by Alex
I saw this flash game absolutley ages ago, but just stumbled over it again. Just click the mouse in time with the beat / flashes to score more points.
Tags: VideosSeptember 15th, 2006 by Alex
It’s been a good couple of months for new album releases in the world of rock and metal, but Iron Maiden have taken it to a whole new level. "A Matter of Life and Death" is something pretty special.
September 7th, 2006 by Alex
Several months ago, I wrote an article discussing the basics of setting up a home studio for the first time. I gave quick rundown of the primary hardware such as a soundcard, cables, and the guitar setup. I also briefly mentioned some software packages that could be used on your computer to capture and edit your music. This article is the first of several to help get you get started with a few recording packages. Today we are going to look at Audacity.
August 29th, 2006 by Alex
This effects unit was inspired and a slightly modified version of "Joe’s Easy Drive" by Joe Davisson from the Guitar Effects Projects website. I added a DPTP stomp switch into the schematic to allow you to turn the unit on and off (overdrive / bypass).
Tags: TechnicalAugust 21st, 2006 by Alex
The latest Iron Maiden studio album (their 14th to date) "A Matter of life and Death" is due to be release on the 28th August, and has already been hyped to be an amazing album packed with epic, indulgent and flamboyant guitar work. The three leaked tracks ("Different World", "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns" and "Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg") confirm that this isn’t just hype - but an album that has the potential to be one of the best that Iron Maiden has produced in their long history of metal.
August 20th, 2006 by Alex
Kiss of Death is Motörhead’s 19th studio album due to be released on the 29th August. Motörhead need little introduction as they have been powering out heavy rock since 1977 with their self titled album.