News: guitar rig contest

News:
18-09-2008:
Entries will be judged by the YouTube community and a jury of professional musicians, among them Brett Garsed, Gustavo Guerra, Stephen Carpenter (Deftones), Barry Burns (Mogwai) and Dweezil Zappa. We’re giving out great prizes, such as a Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar and a quad-core laptop by Fujitsu-Siemens.

There’s already a couple of cool entries, so be sure to check them out:
http://www.youtube.com/guitarrigcontest


You don’t even need to own GUITAR RIG to participate: There’s a fully functional demo version of the software that runs for 30 minutes.

Full terms and conditions

Prizes:

THE AUDIENCE AWARDS
The Audience Awards will be determined by the average rating each video achieves on YouTube. Even if you're not participating with your own submission, you can watch and rate all the entries on the GUITAR RIG HERO channel.

1st Prize:
GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD EBONY

Worth $3800, this is an instrument that could take your tone to the next level. An original Les Paul is a many guitar player's dream - and you can make that dream come true with this fine axe from Gibson®, USA. Made famous by countless guitar legends, the Les Paul excels in sound and manufacturing quality - it is a classic among classics!

2nd Prize:
GIBSON SG SPECIAL WORN CHERRY

The SG has earned a place in rock'n'roll's hall of fame as the archetypal rock guitar. From The Who to Placebo, the "fastest neck in the world" has been the tool for many influential musicians since 1961.

3rd Prize:
LACIE RUGGED + NI VOUCHER $559/499€

The LaCie Rugged 120GB external harddrive is a rock-solid storage solution perfectly suited for on-the-road use. And with a voucher for the NI online-store worth $ 559 / 499 € you can choose from a wide range of first-class hardware and software.

4th to 10th Prize:
LACIE RUGGED 120GB + NI VOUCHER $119/99€




11th to 20th Prize:
NATIVE WEAR "BERLIN ROCKS"

A T-Shirt from the stylish "Artist Collection".
THE JURY AWARD
The Jury Award is decided upon by an artist panel of high-profile GUITAR RIG users, and complements the voting of the public. It has its own main prize that is in a class of its own:

FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO NOTEBOOK
+ GUITAR RIG SESSION

Brand-new quad-core technology powered by Intel®. This top-of-the-line notebook from the Fujitsu-Siemens "Amilo" series will hit the market in October - be among the first to own this extremely powerful mobile music machine. To complete this setup, we include a GUITAR RIG SESSION bundle.