Star Wars Guitar
Thanks to Guitar World for posting this piece about guy who made a guitar with a Millennium Falcon shaped body. Bulky, but cool. Working lights and sounds and an R2-D2 headstock. This one is for all the adolescents and adultescents out there who dream of playing funky guitar in that bar in a land far, far away… And on the subject, this [...]
Continue ReadingLike or Fail? Van Halen » A Different Kind of Truth
Unless you have lived in a bubble, you’ve heard of Van Halen’s reunion. First it was the stealth reunion concert at small club Cafe Wha in New York City, which was the announcement that frontman, singer David Lee Roth was uniting with Eddie Van Halen once again. Then the single relase of Tattoo, and next the album, A Different [...]
Continue ReadingFender Factory Tour 1959
@GuitarPlayerNow, Twitter feed for Guitar Player magazine posted link to this awesome video on YouTube. It’s a factory tour of the Fender shop in 1959. Cool. No computer routers back then, all hand built guitars. As pointed out, every guitar made by hand in that shop then is worth a small fortune today.
Continue ReadingTuesday’s G.A.S. Day » Five unique new electric guitars
To salve my G.A.S. affliction, here are some great-looking new guitars to salivate over. Dennis Fano is a luthier who builds innovative retro AND modern guitars. His brand, Fano Guitars, is part of the Premier Builders Guild group of luthiers. I lust after the Fano Alt De Facto RB6. Fano Guitars has [...]
Continue ReadingI want my Steampunk guitar!
Coming up on an important date next month, wedding anniversary. I have my love’s present planned and in the works. Rocks, sparkling, etc. And I am hoping that I get a guitar. Maybe even a, wait for it, Steampunk guitar. Huh? That’s right, we’re talking playable art. Tony Cochran Guitars This innovative luthier and syndicated [...]
Continue ReadingGuitar Magazines Roundup February 2012
I know it is time to review February guitar mags when I buy the first few March titles on the newsstand. I’m starting to track seven titles: Guitar Player, Guitar & Bass, Guitarist, Guitar World, Guitar Techniques, Total Guitar, Premier Guitar. Month after month they crank out tons of editorial and gobs of glossy ads to salivate [...]
Continue ReadingMonday Music Musings from Around the Web » February 6, 2012
Go Giants! Oh, right, this is a music blog. Kudos to the bloggers at Guitar Noize, who consistently show us great guitars, often unique, and excellent coverage of news from NAMM and the world of guitar music. Today’s we have a one-of-a-kind 8-string guitar featured. It belongs to Misha Mansoor, of the group Periphery, part of the Djent [...]
Continue ReadingDavid Grissom’s Clinic on Tone @ PRS Experience 2011
More on the PRS Experience event at Rudy’s Music in Soho, NYC. In addition to seeing the great band with Davy Knowles and David Grissom play two fine blues tunes, we were treated to a 15-minute guitar clinic on tone from great artist and session player David Grissom. Grissom started by turning off his stompboxs. He was using a new PRS [...]
Continue ReadingDavy Knowles, David Grissom @ PRS Experience 2011, Rudy’s Music NYC
Last November, several months ago, I went to Rudy’s Music in Soho to check out the PRS Experience traveling show. They came to the store and took it over for the day. Paul Reed Smith, the designer who turbo charged the electric guitar with his boutique designs and luthier work in the ’70s, came with an entire team of PRS staffers [...]
Continue ReadingMonday Music Musings from Around the Web
Monday, Monday… Here are some blogs that had interesting posts the past few days. From Hypebot: Indie label launches new music subscription model. Interesting idea from Stones Throw Records, you pay $10 per month and get all their music, from all their signed artists. Details from the label here. From GuitarNoize: Gibson unveils metal [...]
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