May 19, 2013

I am like a goldfish. I buy guitars that I think will be a cool project, then lose interest and forget about them. 99% of the time they end up getting sold off without any work being done on them. Recently, when I bought an old Model series Charvel, I figured I was probably in the same boat. I had a vague...

Apr 29, 2013

Continuing 6SS Year One Birthday Week coverage, we’re bringing you a bit more coverage of homegrown NZ talent. Read on! Setting Fire To Stacey is an emerging hard rock band, arisen from the rubble of Christchurch City through sheer force of will and stubborn determination. Their brand of driving...

Apr 28, 2013

Hell yeah. It’s our birthday! Hey you know what?! I got an email reminder saying that I had to renew my ownership of the Six-String Samurai domain… because it’s officially been ONE YEAR that we’ve been going!! I’m just totally psyched with the way the site’s been growing,...

Apr 26, 2013

Hi guys! My band Saving Grace is currently on tour in America for a month and I thought it would be fun to share our experience and show you some cool things we have been doing. We’ve been extremely fortunate to have support from some great companies and brands, so I thought first off it would be fun...

Apr 18, 2013

As many of you may know, I recently up and moved halfway across the country to a brand new city… to the bright lights of Auckland.   So I figured, what better way to start exploring the city than to go do one of my favourite things as a musician – go see some rocking live music! As luck...

Steve Vai has always been an innovator and a showman, not to mention a great musician. Not just guitar player - musician. He was one of the pioneers of instrumental guitar rock, alongside his one-time mentor Joe Satriani, and he was also the first person to bring the 7-string electric guitar to the...

Apr 5, 2013

Brandon Reihana is an Ibanez endorsed guitarist who is perhaps best known for his contribution to the band Blindspott, as part of the line-up that produced the certified Platinum album End The Silence. He has toured and played alongside internationally acclaimed acts such as Metallica, Linkin...

Feb 25, 2013

Brandon Reihana is an Ibanez endorsed guitarist who is perhaps best known for his contribution to the band Blindspott, as part of the line-up that produced the certified Platinum album End The Silence. He has toured and played alongside internationally acclaimed acts such as Metallica, Linkin...

Jan 19, 2013

Brandon Reihana is an Ibanez endorsed guitarist who is perhaps best known for his contribution to the band Blindspott, as part of the line-up that produced the certified Platinum album End The Silence. He has toured and played alongside internationally acclaimed acts such as Metallica, Linkin...

Dec 10, 2012

Diary of a DIY Recording: The Grove EP If you haven’t checked it out yet, read the first post of the Diary of a DIY Recording series, written by Ben Sinclair. Ben works in the film and TV industry as a sound designer and mixer and has recently been composing music for commercials and TV...

Oct 4, 2012

Everyone please give a nice big warm welcome to Ben Sinclair, our latest columnist on Six-String Samurai! He’s previously done some talking for us about the Vox AC4 amp series, but now we’re on to bigger and better things! Here’s a short bio for now: Ben works in the film and TV...

Sep 19, 2012

Ahoy hoy! Ross from In Dread Response and Saving Grace here, Six-String Samurai have have been kind enough to let me contribute to this site, so first off, thank you guys! If you are here, you may have been at my Line 6 HD500 clinic. If so, thank you for coming! If you missed it or couldn’t be there,...