John Trueman : Guitarist from Down Under

Treat your ears right. Listen to this track.

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:54:33 +1000

Treat your ears right. Listen to this track.

mmmm loving the guitar textures on this track!

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:25:59 +1000

mmmm loving the guitar textures on this track!

love johnnys guitar sounds in this song - lots of ambient verb,...

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:06:52 +1000

love johnnys guitar sounds in this song - lots of ambient verb, delay, pitchshifting

Great song (John M Perkins), great band!

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:53:58 +1000

Great song (John M Perkins), great band!

A Saturday morning (on the spot) chord sequence I came up with....

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 10:13:00 +1000

A Saturday morning (on the spot) chord sequence I came up with. I Just hit record and see what happened. You should try it some time!! Enjoy your weekend everyone.

Here is a quick demo of the Port City Pearl...

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:59:54 +1000

Here is a quick demo of the Port City Pearl Amp http://www.portcityamps.com/pearl.html pedals used TC Nova Repeator and Tonefreak Abunai 2. Playing is a bit messy as I had my 2 year old daughter wanting my attention! Sorry Olivia! The amp is great for guys who use alot of pedals (like me)

I love Baritone style playing and this beautiful demo from Pete...

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:43:15 +1000

I love Baritone style playing and this beautiful demo from Pete Thorn sounds fantastic.

Check out a little info on BARITONE from Wiki:

The baritone guitar is a variation on the standard guitar, with a longer scale length that allows it to be tuned to a lower range. It first appeared in the classical music realm. The Danelectro Company was the first to introduce the electric baritone guitar in the late 1950s, and the instrument began to appear in surf music, as well as background music for many movie soundtracks, especially spaghetti westerns. In more recent history, the baritone guitar has found use within rock and metal. Some Baritone guitars may also have the capacity to be used as a bass guitar if strung correctly.

A standard guitar’s standard tuning (from lowest string to highest) is E A D G B E. Baritone guitars are usually tuned a perfect fifth lower (A D G C E A), aperfect fourth lower (B E A D F♯ B), or a major third lower (C F B♭ E♭ G C). Gretsch, Fender, Gibson (EB-6), PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Jerry Jones, Burns London and many other companies have produced baritone guitars since the 1960s, although always in small numbers due to low popularity.^[1]

Finger Picking vs Guitar Picks

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:20:01 +1000

Finger Picking vs Guitar Picks

28th Dec 2010 - John Trueman - Small Chord Progression.mov (via...

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:50:43 +1000

28th Dec 2010 - John Trueman - Small Chord Progression.mov (via JPTRUEMAN)

A little chord progression I came up with. Enjoy

RIGS: Kings of Leon Tour (via ryangarris) Check out the Kings of...

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:52:48 +1000

RIGS: Kings of Leon Tour (via ryangarris)

Check out the Kings of Leons gear! Love the new album too

An old pedalboard of mine from nzguitars.com meeting

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:08:19 +1000

An old pedalboard of mine from nzguitars.com meeting

Good book - The Four Hour Work Week

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:50:00 +1000

I dont read books very often. I’ve read only three books my whole life! I have never read a book so quickly with such interest until I read the Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris. www.fourhourworkweek.com is the website and Tim has a great blog www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog which is titled ‘Experiments in Lifestyle Design’.

My personal highlights in the book are regarding outsourcing, e-mail management and automation. These principals/ideas can be applied to people working in corporate companies, small business owners or stay at home mums. I have applied these principals to my 9-5 job and a couple of my websites: www.guitarpedals.co.nz & www.propedalboard.com

If you are interested in discussing this book and how to apply its principals please drop me an email or you can comment here.

You can purchase the 4HWW here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307353133

Trying to find a laundromat in Brisbane - the impossible mission!

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:35:18 +1000

You wouldn’t believe the trouble we had finding a laundromat in Brisbane today! In the end we found a coin operated laundromat in Logan Central but it was way too busy so we ended up using a friends!

It has been so wet in Brisbane lately (our new home) but I kind of like the rain in the afternoons and evenings for sleeping especially! We’ve had no need for a dryer but thinking of getting one now due to the wet weather etc.

Bring on the sunshine again Brissie! But keep the cooler nights for sleeping!