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Preview of NAMM 2012
December 13, 2011
NAMM announcements are as guarded as ever, but here’s a brief run-through of some of the expected announcements from the show. When you take it all into consideration, the figures associated with the annual NAMM show are nothing short of staggering. The continued attendance of 90,000 visitors and more than 1,400 exhibitors to an event [...]
Do the Right String: 10 Tips for Choosing Guitar Strings
December 8, 2011
Ted Drozdowski- Gibson Lifestyle | 11.29.2011 To paraphrase the title of an old jazz song, “It ain’t got that ‘zing’ without the right strings.” Choosing the right strings for your instrument and your style of playing might not seem like the biggest deal. After all, the Delta bluesmen of the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s often [...]
Harmony Guitars
November 26, 2011
By Patrick Keegan Let’s get into the TARDIS and go back in time. You step out of the blue box and realize that you’re in the 1960’s. The people down at the sock-hop are baffled by your mobile phone and are just now being introduced to some snappy new bands; The Beatles, The Rolling [...]
November 22, 2011
About Gibson Serial Numbers Like a fingerprint or a social security number, the series of digits inked or impressed on the back of a Gibson headstock can go a long way toward identifying a guitar. But, with more than 75 years of shipping records in the Gibson books, and dozens of variations on [...]
Are Cheap Trick Guitars Natural History-Burpee Museum of Natural History Thinks So
November 18, 2011
Burpee Museum of Natural History Executive Director Alan Brown told a tourism round table this week that he is negotiating to bring Rick Nielsen’s collection of guitars to the museum next year. Brown said the plan is still in formative stages. But he hopes by Memorial Day Weekend 2012 to bring the Cheap Trick star’s collection [...]
Smoke Fairies- Axvault Exclusive
November 7, 2011
By Patrick Keegan Albums- Since 2008 the duo of Katharine Blamire and Jessica Davies has been using their slide-ridden riffs and outrageous harmonies to invade the music players of people with good taste. Their first album, Ghosts, is fantastic. From the heavy slide guitar on “Frozen Heart” to the searing vocals on “Living With [...]
Springsteen to Showcase Guitars From “Born To Run” And Others
November 2, 2011
If you were not able to take a trip to Cleveland to see the special exhibit: “From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen,” you’ll have another chance. This great exhibition will be on display at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia from Feb. 17 to Sept. 3, 2012. I [...]
Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 model is the finest guitar model PRS has ever built.
November 1, 2011
he Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 model is the finest guitar model PRS has ever built. It is the same guitar that Paul Smith brought to the trade show in 1985. It is the core of the PRS guitar line. PRS Custom 24 means that there are 24 frets on the guitar. The PRS Custom [...]
Fender D”Aquisto Models Some Interesting Facts
October 30, 2011
In 1984 CBS decided they had enough of the musical instrument business and they sold the company. Fortunately for all of us (lovers of Fender guitars that is) they sold the company to a group from in house (Fender employee’s). This group of investors was headed by then president of Fender guitars, William Schultz. Another [...]
Cigar Box Guitars, A Passion For Some
October 28, 2011
It begins as just a cigar box and a five-quarter stick of maple. With 12 hours work, four strings and skilled fingers, it’s music. As a luthier, Roger Wendover has spent more than a quarter century building and repairing guitars with hand-curved wood and intricate inlays. But in the past year he’s found a niche [...]
Interview With Luthier Jay Lichty – part of our ongoing series profiling custom Luthiers
October 24, 2011
An Interview with acclaimed North Carolina based Luthier Jay Lichty. When I found out that world renowned guitarist Jeff Atchison is playing Lichty guitars for his US tour, I really had to find out about this Luthier. I had heard of his acoustic guitars already, but I had to find out more from him personally. [...]
Axvault.com’s Interview with Founding Members of the YardBirds, Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty
October 23, 2011
Axvault.coms Interview with two of the founding members of The Yardbirds I met with Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty, two of the original founding members of the Yardbirds. Popularly famous for songs “For Your Love”, “Over Under Sideways Down” and “Heart Full of Soul”. I met with them before their show on Friday September [...]
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