Friday, January 22, 2016

Iron Maiden's Mascot, "Eddie", Is Inspiring a New Mobile Game!

“Eddie”, the famous mascot of the Heavy Metal Band “Iron Maiden”, has been on all of their records, singles, and extended plays. Being featured in a new and strange location, Eddie's been a huge part of Iron Maiden throughout the band's career. Now an upcoming video game will finally explain how the mascot got to all those locations and situations!

Iron Maiden and Roadhouse Interactive are bringing us a mobile role playing game for summer 2016 which is directed towards iOS and Android. Coming in a variety of forms based on the album covers, you get to control Eddie. Each level of the game is inspired by Iron Maiden records and inspires Eddie's abilities for that level. And of course, many of the band's classic songs are included in the game's soundtrack, along with unreleased live recordings!


For more information on the upcoming game, visit the game's site at IronMaidenLegacy.com

Friday, January 15, 2016

Types of Guitars

gui·tar - (ɡəˈtär/) noun
a stringed musical instrument with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a plectrum.

There are so many different types of guitars, such as Renaissance and Baroque, Classical, Extended-Range Classical, Flamenco, Flat-top, Archtop, Selmer-Maccaferri, Resonator, Resophonic or Dobro, and so many more. A few of the most popular guitars include Acoustic, Bass, and Electric.

Acoustic Guitar
By transmitting string vibrations into the air (instead of relying on electronic amplification), an acoustic guitar produces sound acoustically. The sounds waves produced from the strings resonate through the body of the guitar, making the main source of sound the strings. This is accomplished through plucking or strumming the strings.


Electric Guitar
By using a pickup, an electric guitar converts it's strings' vibrations into electrical impulses. Since the signal created by an electric guitar is not strong enough to drive a loudspeaker, it is amplified before being send to a loudspeaker. Designs vary in the shape and size of the body of electric guitars from solid-body or hollow-body, to the seven-string or the twelve-string electric guitars.


Bass Guitar
A bass guitar is usually played by plucking, picking, or popping the strings, usually with a thumb or a pick. Similar in appearance to an electric guitar, the bass typically has a longer neck and scale length and four (sometimes six) strings. A bass is tuned to correspond to pitches one octave lower than the four lowest pitched strings of a guitar. Many types of music, such as rock, country, and metal, use a bass guitar to establish the beat.

And our skins at SkinYourSkunk.com can be trimmed to fit ANY style, shape, or type of guitar!

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Graphic Menu Navigation System

Maybe you've noticed the new "hamburger" icon at the top of SkinYourSkunk.com lately?

It's right next to our "home" button, above our logo, on the top left.

Well, have you clicked on it? If you do, here's what happens:



It's a collection on various graphic designs we offer as skins. With all the skin categories we offer, we thought you'd like to see them together and decide which best suites your personality. If you click into a category in the graphic menu navigation system, it'll take you directly to that categories options. So basically, it's an easier way to navigate to the skins you like!

Try it out today! SkinYourSkunk.com