February 2012
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Carbon Fiber Guitars- Are They The Future?
February 7, 2012
By Patrick Keegan The basic construction of an acoustic guitar has not evolved much since the instrument originated. Sure, there was the jump to steel strings and truss rods and different types of bracing, but, other than that, the acoustic guitar has not changed much since it came about. Just about every acoustic guitar has [...]
Yamaha Guitars *Axvault Exclusive*
August 16, 2011
Yamaha Guitars By Patrick Keegan *Axvault Exclusive* When you think Yamaha acoustic guitars usually you don’t think high-end or innovative, In fact the words ‘cheap’ and ‘for beginners’ might come to mind. This should not be the case. When Axvault walked into their booth at N.A.M.M. we weren’t expecting much. We thought we would see [...]
About Guitars
March 18, 2011
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number but sometimes more, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with either nylon [...]
Clapton’s 1948 Gibson Hollow Body $82,960.00 at Auction
March 10, 2011
NEW YORK (AFP) – Rock legend Eric Clapton parted with 70 of his guitars in a charity auction that drew hundreds of fans and aficionados, and broke sale estimates.
Clapton’s 1948 Gibson hollow body guitar on Wednesday brought in $83,000, making it the most expensive item in the auction. Its estimated value stood at $30,000.
Martin D-18 on Antiques Roadshow, June 27, 2009
March 8, 2011
This is a Martin. The serial number dates it as a 1937. This guitar comes from what they call the golden era of guitar making at the Martin guitar company, which at that time was in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and still is in Nazareth, Pennsylvania
NAMM Take it to 11
January 4, 2011
NAMM and PAMA To Host ‘Music and Sound Intellectual Property Task Force Meeting’ at the 2011 NAMM Show Music Product Manufacturers CEOs and Senior Executives Encouraged to Learn About Intellectual Property Rights and Anti-Counterfeiting Actions NAMM and PAMA To Host ‘Music and Sound Intellectual Property Task Force Meeting’ at the 2011 NAMM Show thumbnail CARLSBAD, [...]
Dating Guild Guitars
January 3, 2011
The following series of charts contain the most accurate information Guild has available for discerning the date of manufacture of Guild guitars by serial number. Through the years, (as well as through several different owners of the Guild Guitar company), some historical documentation has unfortunately been lost or destroyed. While there are some holes in [...]
Guild Guitar Models
December 8, 2010
A25 A50 ASHBORY BASS B30 B30/B30E B301A-B302A B301-B302 B30E B401-B402 B401-B402 B4E B4EHG B50 B500CE BB BLUESBIRD BLUES BIRD BM01/BM01(ST) BRIAN MAY BRIAN MAY SIGNATURE BRIAN MAY SPECIAL BRIAN MAY STANDARD CE100 CE100/CE100(HG) CROSSROADS(CR01) D100 D100/D100C D100C D12 D15 D16 D17 D212 D225 D25 D25C D26 D30 D30BLD D312 D35 D35 D4 D40 D40C D4-12 [...]
Fender Guitar Colors
December 8, 2010
2-Color Sunburst 3-Color Sunburst Aged Cherry Sunburst Antique Burst Bing Cherry Transparent Black Black Blizzard Pearl Blue Blue Paisley Flames Blue Transparent Brown Brown Sunburst Brown Sunburst Burst Candy Apple Red Candy Cola Candy Green Candy Tangerine Charcoal Frost Metallic Chartreuse Sparkle Cherry Sunburst Chrome Red Chrome Silver Cobalt Blue Transparent Crimson Red Transparent Dakota [...]
Gibson Discontinued Guitar Models 1999-
December 8, 2010
SG Gothic, X-plorer Gothic, Gothic V) 2001 Paul Standard 2002 Les Paul Special 2007 Guitars of the Week Ace Frehley Signature Les Paul All American II Blues Hawk Chet Atkins CE/CEC originally manufactured by Gibson Montana Chet Atkins SST Chet Atkins Studio CE/CEC Classic Premium Plus Custom Plus Firebird VII – Vintage Sunburst, Blue Mist [...]
Past Gibson Guitar Models
December 8, 2010
The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of acoustic and electric guitars. Gibson also owns and makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer, Valley Arts, Tobias, Steinberger, and Kalamazoo. In addition to guitars, the company makes pianos through its Baldwin unit, Slingerland drums, as well as many accessory items.
Company founder Orville Gibson made mandolins in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the late 1890s. He invented archtop guitars by using the same type of carved, arched tops found on violins. By the 1930s, the company was also making flattop acoustic guitars, as well as one of the first commercially available hollow-body electric guitars, which were used and popularized by Charlie Christian. In the early 1950s, Gibson introduced its first solid-body electric guitar and its most popular guitar to date—the Les Paul. After being purchased by the Norlin corporation in the late 1960s Gibson’s quality and fortunes took a steep decline until early 1986, when the company was rescued by its present owners. Gibson Guitar is a privately held corporation (company stock is not publicly traded on a stock exchange), owned by chief executive officer Henry Juszkiewicz and president David H. (Dave) Berryman.
Gibson has enjoyed a double digit growth rate since the acquisition in 1986, growing sales revenues and market share. It is now the number one company in the electric guitar market, and continues to expand both market share and revenues. It is one of a handful of musical instrument companies that has invested in a proprietary global distribution system selling directly to dealers in most major countries.[citation needed] Gibson is the largest manufacturer of guitars in the United States.
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