Category — Halloween

Halloween has come and gone, that much is true, but the spirit of Halloween is still lingering.  Maybe it hides in the old pumpkins on our porch, or the left over candy, but nevertheless it’s still here.  That said, I thought today would be the time to share with you the best Halloween guitar I’ve ever seen in my entire life.  Ever.

Now, I’ve seen a few different rad guitars that had dark or evil themes, but this guitar I just stumbled upon clearly raises the bar to unreachable levels, and looking at the picture above, can you not agree wholeheartedly?  As mentioned in the article I just read, the folks over at McSwain Guitars and they mentioned the following sweet facts about this guitar:

“Frankenstein is a chambered Mahogany body with a Maple top and a 3 piece Mahogany neck. The fingerboard is Ebony, Maple and Purple Heart that is stitched together with Leather cord! The border (can’t really call it a binding) is also stitched over black epoxy and red leather dye. Apparently this guitar is owned by Ben Moody, co-founder of Evanescence…”

Bottom line, if you’re a fan of awesome themed guitars, I think you couldn’t do much better than McSwain Guitars, and if you’re a fan of Halloween or anything freaky and frightening, you can’t do much better than a Frankenstein guitar.  Now, if only I could afford something like that!

Just a quick note to wish you and all of yours an extremely Happy Halloween from all of us here at GuitarBassman.com!  Take tonight, hey it’s Friday after all, to transform this year’s Halloween from an ordinary, trick-or-treat, watch a scary movie, go to bed early night, into the best, most rockin’ Halloween to date.

Get dressed up as your favorite rock star, get a few friends and go as your favorite entire Band, bring out your guitars, turn up the amps and have a great time.

Stay healthy, stay safe, but have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN from all of us here!

Happy Halloween!

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While the newest installment in the Guitar Hero franchise will see a release just before Halloween on October 26th (Guitar Hero World Tour), another installment has just been announced.

“Guitar Hero: Metallica” will see a release sometime in 2009. This news comes via a teaser trailer included in Guitar Hero World Tour, which can be viewed online over at YouTube. The game will feature choice selections from Metallica’s entire discography.

There is no word yet on what kind of game controllers may be available with the game. Since the band are mainly endorsed by ESP Guitars, I wouldn’t be surprised if the controllers were made after their models. A few weeks ago we reported here that Metallica had sued Fernandes Guitars for putting a picture of bassist Robert Trujillo in an advertisement, because of conflicts with their ESP endorsement deal.

Since “Guitar Hero World Tour” will be released just before Halloween and features Metallica’s classic track “Master of Puppets” (among others)…a great idea for a Halloween party would be to pick up a copy and invite your friends over to play in their Halloween Costumes.

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Halloween is a pretty cool night to see a show, people are usually dressed up in costume and drinking a lot, this year will be especially cool because Halloween is on a Friday.

The only problem is what show should you go to? I just recently did a search on Ticketmaster.com for Halloween concerts happening in the LA area. There are a lot. There are some shows I was really surprised at. For example, Hoobastank, (remember them?), are playing at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, thats just kind of sad. From the top of the pop charts to a dinner club in suburban Agoura Hills. I guess the pay is good.

There is also Rise Against at the Hollywood Palladium. Indie 103.1 Horrorpops at the Anaheim House of Blues. Cypress Hill at The Wiltern, billed as “Haunted Hill” and even All-Star spook comedy at the Laugh Factory. There are too many concerts to list, so check it out for yourself. And if you don’t like any of them, have your own Halloween party and have your own band play it (if you have one).