Jason Becker news !

Check out Part 1 & 2 of the interview I did with JASON BECKER on my MySpace blog: www.myspace.com/roncoolen. Jason is very open and honest and that made it a very interesting interview. The final part of the interview will follow shortly, so stay tuned for that.

Also, make sure you check the Memorabilia Auction on eBay regularly. Every week new items are added where you can bid on. Right now some great goodies are auctioned from Steve Vai, Eddie van Halen, Frankie Banali, Rustey Cooley, TNT, Tony Mills, Marcel Coenen, Shy, Joe Stump, Gus G & Phi Yaan-Zek: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/coolenron

Memorabilia Auction on eBay !

As you may know many rock stars have donated some of their memorabilia to our Charity so we can auction them on eBay. The money of all winning bids will be donated to Jason. I already received some great stuff from many rockers, and there's some great stuff on it's way. The first items are now in the eBay shop:

- A guitar pick from Gus G. of Firewind

- A guitar pick of Steve Vai

- A signed CD 'State of mind' by Lalle LarsonIt's great stuff, many thanks to the artists for donating it ! Check them out at the Memorabilia Shop on eBay. I will be adding much more over the next weeks so stay tuned !

Jason Becker Pedal tested by Rusty Cooley

For those of you who are still not subscribed to ProTones blog on the development of the JASON BECKER PERPETUAL BURN DISTORTION PEDAL, here is the latest news, quoted from Dennis of ProTone:

“Monday July 28th I spent much of the day with ubershredder Rusty Cooley testing the myriad of prototypes of Perpetual Burn pedals constructed in an attempt to nail Jason Becker's amp tone.

I've never really addressed the importance of having a player of Rusty's caliber test the pedal. It’s actually quite simple- most distortion pedals don’t hold up well to high speed picking. They tend to mush up, or blur and you lose the attack of each note. There are very few people on this planet that can do what Jason did, and very few that can do what Rusty does. So I figured if this design can hold up to Rusty's furious picking speed it could withstand anything.

The final prototype candidate, the design I was pretty sure would be 'the one'… was exactly that! It nailed everything we wanted and needed from it! The notes, even at hyper, speed jumped out the amp each one ringing as clearly as the next. Massive amounts of sustain, crushing Marshall-ish distortion… smooth and silky tube overdrive when you dial the gain back, totally un-pedal-like in every aspect.”

Check out the video that was shot during RUSTY COOLEY’S testing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M0eKCwnG8A

Jason Becker Perpetual Burn Distortion Pedal !

Hi guys, there is some very exciting news around Jason Becker, especially for the guitarplayers among us. Very recently ProTone Pedals announced they are in the process of creating a 'Jason Becker Perpetual Burn Distortion Pedal', that will capture the incendiary tones from his Perpetual Burn album. This thing will be an amazing piece of gear, a classic distortion circuit feeding into an analog emulation of the Marshall amp Jason used to record the shred guitar landmark.
Jason's dad, Gary, who is a phenomenal artist as you all know, has contributed some wonderful art work for the pedal, you can get some taste of it here. Rusty Cooley, one of the best shredders of this moment, will be involved in testing the prototypes. Check and subscribe to the 'Jason Becker Perpetual Burn pedal' - blog on the ProTone pages: http://blog.protonepedals.com/categories/Perpetual%20Burn%20Blog.aspx , to stay on top of the progress of this great piece of development !

Also check the following links:

- Pro Tone Pedals MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/protonepedals
- Rusty Cooley MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/rustycooley

Thanks for showing your interest and affection for Jason through our page ! Make sure you check back regularly on the Jason Becker Charity page, there is some great stuff on the way in the next couple of weeks !

Send Jason Becker a birthday card !

On July 22 Jason will celebrate his 39th birthday. Let us all show our love, care, support and appreciation for Jason by sending him a personal birthday card. Send Jason whatever message you want to share; Jason will appreciate very much to hear from each and everyone of us !
You can send the card to the following address:
Jason Becker
P.O. Box 70513
Point Richmond, CA 94807
USA

We would not be a good Charity if we would not take this opportunity to ask for a donation to Jason. So please, if you can put a dollar or two in the envelope, that would be very appreciated, since Jason really needs our financial support to make sure he gets the appropriate care.

Also, please spread this request as much as you can, post bulletins, send it to your friends, re-post it again, just do whatever you can so Jason will have a birthday he will never forget !

Jason Becker Interview !

Somewhere in the next weeks I will do an interview with Jason Becker which is a fantastic opportunity for us, especially knowing that Jason has hardly given any interviews the last years. If you have any question you'd like to be asked to Jason on your behalf, then please let me know so I can include them in the interview. You can submit your questions by e-mail to ron.coolen@wxs.nl !

2nd memorabilia item up for auction

The auction period for the Marco Minnemann stuff has expired; the goodies are won by Dutchie Francoise Vaal based in Nederhorst den Berg, who made a very generous donation to the Jason Becker Charity ! Francoise many thanks for your support and Marco's stuff will be in the mail shortly !

We have a new auction item that will be given to the person with the highest donation between now and July 5. Again it's great stuff: a SIGNED Steve Stevens CD "Memory Crash", including 3 of Steve's Guitar picks.

Steve Stevens is of course very well known as the guitarplaying sidekick of Billy Idol, and also his solocareer is highly impressive. Please check Steve's MySpace site at: http://www.myspace.com/stevestevensmemorycrash . Steve, many thanks for donating this great package ! So please don't wait and don8 to help Jason Becker !