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FEDS Want To Seize Musicians Guitars? This Crazy Lacy Act Lunacy Just won’t Stop- aka ” Lunacy Act”
May 18, 2012
Lawmakers are scrambling to save the summer concert season from federal agents poised to seize the instruments of rock and country stars because the wood used to make them may have been illegally harvested–and without their knowledge. “I don’t want the musicians from Nashville who are flying to Canada to perform this summer to worry [...]
G-Alert: Dublin Guitar Store Broken Into- Thousands of High-End Guitars (New and Vintage) Stolen
May 13, 2012
Jimi’s Music Store in Dublin, Ireland was broken into recently, the thieves made out with vintage strats and Gibsons and a few Orange amplifiers. Here is the link to their catalog of missing inventory, please keep an eye out in all of Europe, as it is likely that they will leave Ireland.
Gibson Guitar founder Orville Gibson’s life and legacy explored in program at Kalamazoo Valley Museum
May 10, 2012
ALAMAZOO, MI — The man who made Kalamazoo famous for its stringed instruments remains an enigma. But it’s certain that Orville H. Gibson wasn’t just an eccentric perfectionist carving mandolins in his shop. Thomas Dietz, curator of research at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum, has found more details to flesh-out Gibson in the last few years. [...]
Juliens Auctions announces items included in the up-comming Les Paul memorabilia auction for the Les Paul Foundation
May 9, 2012
Les Paul Auction Logo Add to Outlook Calendar Julien’s Auctions is proud to present Property From The Estate of Les Paul. Les Paul not only revolutionized the sound of the electric guitar, but also the technology behind modern day sound recording. Les Paul pioneered innovative techniques with sound-on-sound recording and commissioned the first 8-track tape [...]
Shelby Lynne Tour Items Stolen- Here is a List and pictures
April 30, 2012
Dear Friends, After weeks of Shelby’s tour gear shipment being missing, it upsets us to report that it is now considered stolen. Every one of Shelby Lynne’s guitars and other items used on this last run did not return to her. The cartage company never received her items after her show in Virginia. Below is [...]
John Lennon tokyo museum
April 13, 2012
Lennon Honored With Signature Gibsons And Epis In Tokyo Museum Gibson and Epiphone have brought together all of their John Lennon signature models for a special guitar exhibit in the John Lennon Museum in Tokyo. Opening on Oct. 19, the exhibit will run for one year and will feature replicas of the multiple [...]
Great- Very detailed abstract article on Tonewoods, Future of Tonewoods, FSC TONEwoods, UK Native Tonewoods, Forest species threats, endangered tonewood species NOTE: FOR SOME REASON IT READS BEST IN FIREFOX!
April 12, 2012
An Environment in Tone-woods 1 2009 An Environment in Tone-woods by Ray Beattie- See contact informationand Bio at end of the piece. NOTE FOR SOME REASON IT READS BEST IN FIREFOX! Posted with permission. From source, to supplier, to certification, to maker, this Masters project provides a look into threatened species used in acoustic [...]
Les Paul Custom Maple- Limited Edition Alpine White & Ebony
April 6, 2012
Les Paul Custom Maple Putting a cool spin on the original “tuxedo” esthetics of the Les Paul Custom, Gibson’s Custom Shop introduces the limited edition Les Paul Custom Maple. This guitar offers all of the sonic weight and playing feel of the traditional Les Paul Custom with an eye-catching look that really pops on stage. [...]
Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at age 88
March 29, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88. Scruggs’ son Gary said his father died of natural causes Wednesday morning at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital. Earl Scruggs was an innovator [...]
Notable Guitars Played by Jimmy Page
March 20, 2012
Jimmy Page Gear – Led Zeppelin Guitars From Wikipedia & Achilles Last Stand 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard (No. 1) Purchased from Joe Walsh in April 1969 for £500. Used on-stage since April 1969 (Fillmore shows) and in-studio from Led Zeppelin II on Might be a 1958 model, but the jackplate and the white [...]
Andy Powers New Head Luthier at Taylor Guitars Talks His Background, Technical Insights, Building Philosophies- AxVault exclusive
March 5, 2012
So in some cases, the designs may pull from the old traditions namely, an X-braced top. That is just a great design. At a basic level, we look to what made those old guitars good, and pursue those same goals”, Andy finalized.
Well so all this talk made me think about how our demands on our instruments has changed over the time since the advent of the steel string guitar. We now have large halls and better amplification and many different demands on out instruments. I asked Andy how Taylor was looking at these changes
George Harrison’s Guitars for Ipad
February 28, 2012
George Harrison’s Beloved Guitars, Gently Weeping on Your iPad By DAVE ITZKOFF Published: February 22, 2012 bly regard the guitars owned and played by George Harrison, in his Beatles career and as a solo artist, as sacred relics that may still contain fragments of their former master’s spirit. Enlarge This Image David ZonshineDhani Harrison, [...]
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