The Rock Station 99X » guitars http://therockstation99x.com The Rock Station Thu, 23 May 2013 03:11:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Les Paul Estate Auction Raises Nearly $5 Million http://therockstation99x.com/les-paul-estate-auction-raises-nearly-5-million/ http://therockstation99x.com/les-paul-estate-auction-raises-nearly-5-million/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:00:55 +0000 Dave Lifton http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=69507 Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills recently held the estate auction of guitarist and innovator Les Paul. The two-day auction brought in nearly $5 million for the Les Paul Foundation, a charity founded by the legend to support music education, engineering, innovation and medical research.

]]> http://therockstation99x.com/les-paul-estate-auction-raises-nearly-5-million/feed/ 0 Amy Sussman, Getty Images Freaky iPhone Video Captures Weirdest Guitar String Movements Ever http://therockstation99x.com/iphone-video-captures-freaky-guitar-string-movements/ http://therockstation99x.com/iphone-video-captures-freaky-guitar-string-movements/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:11:50 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=20635 This clip, recorded from the inside of an acoustic guitar captures the instrument’s strings wildly oscillating in a way that’s different from what you would see if you were watching the videographer strum his six-string live — instead of a subtle vibrating, the strings move in exaggerated waves, like lines on a heart monitor.

The oscillation is not an enhancement added in post-production. It’s a result of the iPhone’s “Rolling Shutter” effect, which films by scanning the frame as opposed to taking a series of snapshots.

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