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It's not the Guitar
When I was little, maybe 6 or 7 and just learning how to play Guitar, I remember my brother (an awesome bass player) telling me something like "If you know... -
It's not the Guitar
When I was little, maybe 6 or 7 and just learning how to play Guitar, I remember my brother (an awesome bass player) telling me something like "If you know... -
It's not the Guitar
When I was little, maybe 6 or 7 and just learning how to play Guitar, I remember my brother (an awesome bass player) telling me something like "If you know... -
It's not the Guitar
When I was little, maybe 6 or 7 and just learning how to play Guitar, I remember my brother (an awesome bass player) telling me something like "If you know...
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What’s a Luthier?
Posted under LOOT A YEAR? on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 by admin
Pronounced (LOOTH A YEAR) Luth which means "lute" is of French origin. Specifically, a Luthier is a person who makes or repairs stringed instruments. YOU NEED TO know this word if you're ever going to consider building or having your very own "signature series" guitar designed and...
David Gilmour Strat
Posted under Guitars (and players) on Parade on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 by admin
and sometimes, it is the guitar. Some guitars are thrown together and others are "engineered" What do you get when you put an "engineered" guitar and a seasoned player together...?
"Bone-Felt Beauty!"
I chose Gilmour's Strat for no particular reason - other than Fender's obvious...
TVJONES, Inc.
Posted under American Guitar Engineering on Friday, 4 December 2009 by admin
In a world of Big Box Musical Instrument retail - cheaper manufacturing and thus; often cheaper "Boxed" sound, it becomes important to note that there is a bounty of independent manufacturers here in the United States that are masters at what they do. For example, the folks at TV Jones,...
Gibson – An American Classic Company
Posted under American Guitar Engineering on Monday, 23 November 2009 by admin
In the years after World War II, the electric guitar came of age and Gibson entered a golden of age of innovation. The P-90 pickup, introduced in 1946, gave guitarists new power and versatility. Under the aggressive leadership of company president Ted McCarty, Gibson debuted two new concepts in...
It is the Guitar
Posted under Growing Up Guitar on Monday, 23 November 2009 by admin
I can recall the time my brother had a BB King record (yes record) that he had just bought. He put in on the phonograph and out came this beautiful clean, clear, crisp, Blues - Jazz like solo. My brother turned it up really loud... I mean REALLY loud and I just sat their in the next room...
It’s not the Guitar
Posted under Growing Up Guitar on Thursday, 5 November 2009 by admin
When I was little, maybe 6 or 7 and just learning how to play Guitar, I remember my brother (an awesome bass player) telling me something like "If you know how to play Guitar, you can make a crappy guitar sound so great, no one will care." Obviously those words have stuck with me all these...
