Here we are again with a “100 list” but this time its for famous guitar riffs.

Brodie Cumming is a guitar instructor in California who decided he wanted to show you what you could possibly learn if you hire him as your teacher.

What’s impressive about this video is the fact that he did this in one take.

Here is the list in order in case you are interested. If you want to just watch the video and name all the songs without looking at the list, be my guest.
1 Stairway To Heaven Led Zeppelin
2 Smoke on the Water Deep Purple
3 Sweet Child O’ Mine Guns & Roses
4 Wanted Dead Or Alive Bon Jovi
5 Layla Eric Clapton
6 Black Magic Woman Santana
7 No More Mr. Nice Guy Alice Cooper
8 Beat It Michael Jackson
9 Crazy Train Ozzy Osbourne
10 Dr. Feelgood Motely Crue
11 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
12 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
13 Cowboys From Hell Pantera
14 Enter Sandman Metallica
15 Mister Sandman Chet Atkins
16 One Step Closer Linkin Park
17 Back In Black AC/DC
18 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix
19 Black Dog Led Zeppelin
20 Crazy On You Heart
21 Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin
22 Bulls On Parade Rage Against the Machine
23 Unchained Van Halen
24 Bad To The Bone George Thorogood
25 Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry
26 Surfing with the Alien Joe Satriani
27 Money For Nothing Dire Straits
28 Cult Of Personality Living Colour
29 Start Me Up Rolling Stones
30 Sunshine of your Love Cream
31 Runnin’ with the Devil Van Halen
32 Hells Bells AC/DC
33 Foxy Lady Jimi Hendrix
34 Frankenstein The Edgar Winter Group
35 Aqualung Jethro Tull
36 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly
37 Carry On Wayward Son Kansas
38 (Don’t Fear) The Reaper Blue Oyster Cult
39 Cemetary Gates Pantera
40 Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love Van Halen
41 Walk This Way Aerosmith
42 Tonight ‘m Gonna Rock You (Tonight) Spinal Tap
43 Life in the Fast Lane Eagles
44 Come As You Are Nirvana
45 Zero Smashing Pumpkins
46 Nothin’ But A Good Time Poison
47 Round n Round Ratt
48 It’s Not Love Dokken
49 Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo Rick Derringer
50 Norwegian Wood Beatles
51 Under The Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers
52 Kashmir Led Zeppelin
53 Train Kept A-Rolling The Yardbirds
54 Blackbird Beatles
55 Eye of the Tiger Survivor
56 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix
57 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
58 Ace Of Spades Motorhead
59 Breaking The Law Judas Priest
60 King of the Hill Theme Brian David Blush/Roger Meade Clyne
61 All Right Now Free
62 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz
63 When I Come Around Green Day
64 Trilogy Suite Op.5 Yngwie Malmsteen
65 Born To Run Bruce Springsteen
66 Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
67 Day Tripper Beatles
68 Panama Van Halen
69 Born To Be Wild Steppenwolf
70 More Than A Feeling Boston
71 Cat Scratch Fever Ted Nugent
72 Bark At The Moon Ozzy Osbourne
73 Hair Of The Dog Nazareth
74 No More Tears Ozzy Osbourne
75 Just A Girl No Doubt
76 Iron Man Black Sabbath
77 Sweet Emotion Aerosmith
78 Pride And Joy Stevie Ray Vaughn
79 Sharp Dressed Man ZZ Top
80 Machine Head Bush
81 Black Or White Michael Jackson
82 Sultans Of Swing Dire Straits
83 Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix
84 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin
85 10 Years Gone Led Zeppelin
86 Wild Thing The Troggs
87 Owner Of A Lonely Heart Yes
88 Magic Carpet Ride Steppenwolf
89 I Love Rock N ‘ Roll Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
90 Brown Sugar Rolling Stones
91 La Bamba Los Lobos
92 China Grove Doobie Brothers
93 You Really Got Me Van Halen
94 Wipe Out The Surfaris
95 House Of The Rising Sun The Animals
96 Dust In The Wind Kansas
97 Rhiannon Fleetwood Mac
98 Susie Q Creedence Clearwater Revival
99 Voodoo Child Jimi Hendrix
100 Eruption Van Halen

We are all familiar with how a guitar looks like. They’ve pretty much stayed the same since the dawn of time. So if you’re like me, you’d want a one of a kind guitar that stands out from the rest.

Here are a collection of some of the craziest guitar designs I could find online:

The Alien Guitar

The Ultra Zone Guitar

Steel Guitar

Draco Guitar

Nemo Guitar

German Tornado Guitar

Egyptian Anubis Guitar

Frankenstein Guitar

The Ultimate Valentine Guitar

The White Glove Guitar

Changing the Strings on a 12 String Guitar can be a little more complicated than a changing strings on a 6 string acoustic.  This is because once you take the current strings off you may not remember where the strings actually are supposed to lay on the fret board.  This is true especially for beginners.  Below we will describe the process in bullet points to help you on your 12 String guitar string change.  One word of caution, when changing strings it’s a good idea to wear eye protection.  The ends of the strings are typically very thin, pointy, and sharp. The string ends tend to fly & whip around a bit when your changing the strings.  Also, be careful as the ends of the strings are very sharp and can cut your hands very easily.  Also, watch pets and little children when changing your strings as well.  Pets and small children could play with the strings and can get hurt.

1. Take a quick look at how your current 12 string is set up and strung.  You will want to mimic this when applying the new guitar strings to the 12 string guitar.
   
2. Remove the Old Strings - The easiest way to remove your strings is to first loosen the tuning pegs at the head of your guitar.  There is also a tool that can be bought at most guitar stores to help you turn tuners more quickly.  It looks like a plastic wrench with an indentation on the end that fits your tuning peg.  Once your tuning pegs are loosened you should remove the strings from the pegs.  It’s a good idea to use pliers when your removing the string from the peg hole.  This allows you to get a better grip on the string.
   

3. Removing the Pegs At the Bridge - At this point your are going to look at the bridge of your guitar.  You will see 12 Pegs that hold the strings onto the bridge of your guitar.  Now that you strings are loosened you should be able to remove these pegs. Note:  You may need pliers to remove all these pegs.  Most 12 strings are setup so that your higher octave strings are in the row closest to the sound hole on your acoustic.  The Lower octave strings are in the other row.  Just keep that in mind because you will need to remember this when putting the new strings on the guitar.
   

4. Removing the strings from the bridge - Now that you have removed the bridge pegs you should be able to pull out the ball end of the strings from the bridge.  If they will not fit through the peg hole you can reach your hand inside the sound hole on your guitar and try to get the strings out from inside the guitar as well. Some people prefer to cut their stings off with wire cutters to more easily remove the strings.  Please make sure you have loosened the strings before you use wire cutters as the string tension could cause the strings to fly around and possibly hurt you in the process.  Be very careful using wire cutters on your guitar stings
   
5. Gauge of Strings - Since a 12 string guitar can be a little more challenging than a six string to play, it may be a good idea to purchase some light gauge strings.  Most companies including Martin sell light gauge guitar strings and they tend to be a bit easier on the hands when playing the guitar.  The 11th and 12th E strings are usually packaged together, and the 9th and 10th A Stings are packaged together as well, and so on…  They do this so it’s not as confusing when your actually putting strings on the guitar.  And when you start to put the stings on to your guitar remember the Lighter gauge E string (.030 in. Light Gauge) goes above the heavier gauge E string (.054 in. Light Gauge).  This goes for the E, A, D, and G Strings as well.  The B and High E Strings have the same gauge for both of those stings.  So both B strings would be .016 in. gauge and the high E strings would both be .012 in. for light gauge strings
   
6. Bridge Piece - The Bridge piece may fall out when you take off all your old strings.  Make sure to replace it before adding the new strings.
   
7. Start with the E String (.030 in. Light Gauge) string and put the ball end of the sting into the 1st peg hole (or pull it through from the inside of guitar) on the bridge and put the peg in the hole as well.  You should pull the string taunt to make sure the string locks into the peg end.  The peg end will have a notch to fit the string into and make sure the peg doesn’t start to lift with string tension.  This will happen when it’s not locked in properly.
   
8. Place the String on the Nut Indentation - Take the string and make sure it fits into the proper indentation on the plastic or bone nut at the beginning of your headstock.
   
9. Wrap String Around Tuning Peg - Now start from the inside of the tuning peg and wrap the string around the tuning peg counter clockwise (It’s counter clockwise for the 1st six tuning pegs, the other six are clockwise).  Try to wrap it around the peg 2 or 3 times and then take the end of the string through the tiny hole on the peg over top of your string wrap.  This will keep your wrap tight.  Once you start to tighten you will see any slack start to tighten up. Use pliers to help with the process if necessary.  You will need some pliers to pull it taunt.  Start winding the tuner so that the string is getting more tension.  *Important you will repeat this process for the 1st six strings, but remember when you get to the six strings on the other side of the head stock you will wrap starting from the inside of the peg head Clockwise.  This is just since the these tuning pegs are on the other side of the headstock.
   
10. Guitar String Ends Can be Dangerous - Some folks use wire cutters and cut the useless ends of the strings off. This way they are not flying around etc.  It’s usually a good idea to leave about a half inch at the end, but it’s up to you.
    
11. Repeat this process for the other strings - Once your done wrapping all the strings it’s time to tune your guitar.  Keep in mind this is the 1st time these strings have had tension on them, so it may take a few tunings before you guitar stays in perfect tune. Try stretching the strings a little bit before you tune up, this can help keep them in tune as well.  Good luck changing the strings on your 12 String guitar.
    

Fender Europe’s new Taylor Division will be the exclusive distributor for Taylor guitars in Europe, Africa, and most of the Middle East, and is expected to commence distribution operations on July 1, 2008. Taylor Guitars and Fender  announced a strategic relationship between the two companies which will now work together to raise Taylor’s brand awareness throughout Europe.

“The world has become more and more flat, with cultural, currency and trade barriers becoming less and less. With the advent of the European Union, the adoption of a common currency and the free movement of goods across borders, a huge opportunity has been created to do more commerce at a higher level,” said Kurt Listug, co-founder and CEO of Taylor Guitars. “Fender has proven the concept of an American guitar and amp company successfully exporting their business model to Europe, and achieving much higher sales and brand awareness as a result.”

Listug said he approached Fender with the idea of distributing Taylor guitars in Europe, after learning how successful Fender had been with their overseas sales model. “Bill (Mendello) shared his experiences in creating Fender Europe with me a few years ago, and invited me to see their European operations first hand. I spent a week visiting their warehouse, sales offices, and even their Dusseldorf custom shop showroom. I was blown away by their incredible success in Europe, and the huge potential of their sales model for Taylor.”

“We are extremely pleased to be working closely with Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug, two admired industry leaders who have built Taylor into a premier guitar brand,” said Bill Mendello, Chairman and CEO of Fender Musical Instruments Corp. “By providing our expertise in sales, marketing, warehousing and logistics, we look forward to enhancing their success throughout the European market.”

Taylor evaluated creating its own European distribution arm versus partnering with Fender. “We considered doing it ourselves, but distribution is expensive and requires specialized expertise. Having the opportunity to work with Fender, leveraging their resources and experience into much higher European sales for Taylor, is the best decision.”

I’ve researched the best acoustic guitars and Taylor keeps coming up at the top. See this Taylor Guitar Review at Ultimate Guitar:

Features: The Taylor 110 came with a very nice looking gig bag that gets comments before I even take the guitar out of it. The 110 is a very back to basics guitar with no pickup or electronics on board, which is exactly what I was after. It has 20 frets, with a nice thin neck that your hand will not cramp up on after a few bar chords.

Sound: First thing people notice with this guitar is the volume. It is a very loud guitar. A sound as smooth as silk that makes your level of playing sound a whole lot better with out doing anything different. People take notice of this guitar even if they know nothing about them. I play a lot of ’70s rock and Folk style and it suits perfect. I am sure you could do much more with it. It makes you want to play better every day. I have played for 15 years and never before have I been so keen every morning to pick up an insturment. Action, Fit & Finish: It is an easy guitar to keep looking clean. I have owned mine for well over a year and have never cleaned it ever. It’s finish does not show finger prints at all. In fact when you put it beside my other 4 glossy guitars it makes them look cheap. Which is cool as it is my flagship guitar after all. It has no fancy decals, the fact it is so basic to look at but packs so much punch is part of the reason I love it. You know you spent your money on pure sound quality rather then some fancy paint finish on a second rate sounding guitar. It’s a very light guitar, partly due to the fact there is no internal braces as found on cheaper instruments. It is quite amazing to look inside the sound hole and see nothing on the back of the guitar at all other then it’s contour.

Reliability & Durability: I don’t play live anymore but I would be very happy to walk out on stage with a 10 under my arm. It’s never broke a string. It is sensitive to changes in temp though. I live in Australia and use air-con a lot so most days I have to re-tune it before playing after a temp change of 10C (50F) or more. It looks the same as the day I bought it. No signs of wear and tear like my other instruments have.

Impression: I would buy from Taylor again, all my mates are out to get one after seeing mine. Go try one out in a store for yourself. I tested it against Fender and other top name brands and this won out over all of them.