Blue
This song is available for download now from the MP3 page, so go get it there. :-) This is a song I had done real fast because of a crappy experience I had on Craigslist (tip: Don't ever try to hook up...
View Articlereverbnation review
Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I registered a ReverbNation account. It's here (for now) if you want to see it. Being the guitar guy I am, some of you may wonder why I didn't get an RN...
View ArticleRadio Free Menga: Episode 1
Official: Menga's Bullet Newsletter is dead because I don't feel like doing it anymore. Also Official: Menga's Bullet Newsletter has been replaced by Radio Free Menga; a weekly podcast where I get in...
View ArticleWhy does the Road Worn Stratocaster still exist?
I think it's safe to say that the trend of "relic" Strats is officially over, because whenever you mention "relic" these days, players get pretty disgusted by it, as in, "Oh, another one of those...
View Article4-gallon trash bags are a must for the studio - IF you can find them
Yeah, I know, this post is going to be a bit on the silly side. But believe me, after you read this you'll be a 4-gallon trash bag user. (Note to UK readers: Our gallon is smaller compared to yours....
View ArticleWhat does an "offset" guitar mean?
A guitar described as being "offset" refers to the guitar body and literally means the upper and lower halves of the body are offset from each other. With the Fender and Squier Jaguar for example, you...
View ArticleRadio Free Menga: Episode 2 (Electric Boogaloo)
Radio Free Menga: Episode 2 Electric Boogaloo is now available for your listening pleasure. Play it above or download the MP3 here. Stuff I talked about in RFM episode 2 (click any for more...
View Articlethe "facebook is dead" experiment
Confession: I've always considered FB to be a huge chore to use. And while I've never had that much love for Twitter either, I've always known Twitter was the easier of the two systems and is far more...
View ArticleClacky vs. non-clacky guitar picks
"Clacky pick" = the now-classic Fender 351 celluloid in heavy thickness ("351" refers to the shape), although it doesn't have to be made by Fender specifically as shown above. The picks in the photo by...
View ArticleI am a Squier snob
I'll probably talk about this more in this week's episode of Radio Free Menga, but I feel it's good to get this in written form. There are times when I butt heads with people online concerning guitar...
View Article"facebook is dead" experiment results
Last Sunday I decided to do an experiment by not posting to Facebook for an entire week to see if anyone would notice for a whole week. The results are in, and here's what happened. What I was looking...
View ArticleRadio Free Menga: Episode 3
(Correction: In the podcast I say the date is April 12. It's obviously for May 12. Oops.) :-) Radio Free Menga: Episode 3 is out now! Play it above or download the MP3 here. The topic in this episode...
View ArticleThe time we can't go back to (early 1990s metal)
Some stuff concerning music scenes and styles are timeless, while others get dated, stay dated and never return. One of those "never-return" eras is that oh-so brief period in the very-early 1990s...
View ArticleRadio Free Menga: Episode 4
Radio Free Menga: Episode 4 is out now! Play it above or download the MP3 here. The topic of this podcast is YouTube, and why as a musician you simply don't need it anymore. The song heard is something...
View Articleye olde dell inspiron mini 10v
Nerdy computer article time. Back in August 2009 I bought a refurb Dell Inspiron mini 10v. I still own it because heck, it still works fine. And in fact, I'm surprised they even hold over $100 value...
View ArticleRadio Free Menga: Episode 5
Radio Free Menga: Episode 5 is out now! Play it above or download the MP3 here. If the above player doesn't work, try this: http://menga.org/rfm5 Topic of this podcast: Love Me Two Times by The Doors...
View Article24 days later, and... yeah, i still hate facebook
It's been 24 days since I posted anything to Facebook, so today I decided to connect my Twitter account @richmenga to it so I could cross-post from Twitter to Facebook, figuring I might as well post...
View ArticleCheap guitar report for May 2013
Something I didn't even realize until just recently is after all this time, I own the two most popular guitar shapes in existence, that being the Stratocaster and the Les Paul shapes. That doesn't mean...
View ArticleRadio Free Menga: Episode 6
Radio Free Menga: Episode 6 is out now! Play it above or download the MP3 here. If the above player doesn't work, try this: http://menga.org/rfm6 Radio Free Menga is now on iTunes! Subscribe here:...
View ArticleHave you renounced your metal citizenship yet?
Metal music is cool and all that, but one thing that has always pissed me off about the metal community is how snobby many are. Anyone who's into metal music knows what I'm talking about. Metalheads...
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