While the massive guitar superpowers engage in a high-profile battle for world domination, it’s easy to overlook the fact that there are hundreds of smaller manufactures making their own equally important contributions to the world […]
Only in the world of “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory” would the guitar-world have such craziness and drama, right? Wrong! We are all too familiar with the recent debacle the past few days–the ongoing internet […]
Modulus Genesis 3 Electric Guitar Thumbs up to Modulus. The California company is among the most eco-friendly of guitar-makers, crafting its instruments from ecologically sustainable, properly harvested exotic softwoods. While some softwoods have excellent tonal […]
9.28.09–Update: Gibson removes Hendrix Strat content from official website Gear-Vault was first to break the story: Gibson to create Strats for Jimi Hendrix’s new Signature Model? However, the question remains the same, “did Gibson screw […]
We have blistered our fingers, cried into our empty whiskey jars and played for lost love. Yes, we have lived the blues, and all thanks to those wonderful Starlicks people, whose batch of instructional guitar […]
Brian Setzer wanted a Gretsch 6120 from the moment he saw a photo of Eddie Cochran, the rockabilly great best known for “Summertime Blues.” I had no idea what it was called but I know […]
Zakk Wylde–guitarist of Ozzy Osbourn and Black Label Society–has his own line of Bullseye guitars with Gibson USA. Similar to the other Zakk Wylde Gibson Les Paul and the Epiphone Les Paul, the Gibson Flying […]
This mongrel duo is a mixture of sweetness and range. The Brownsville Choirboy is a well-behaved instrument that puts hollowbody jangle within most musicians’ budgets. Its bound body is charitably outfitted with three “toaster-top” pickups and a five-way selector, from which you can order up oodles of focused jangle, ranging from tight bit to silky jazz. The bolt-on maple neck has a pleasing profile and a plateless heel for upper-fret comfort, all of which is graciously aided by an adjustable bridge and truss rod […]
Rock star, Richard Patrick of Filter confesses, “I’ve never felt more spoiled.” What is this rocker talking about? His Fender Custom Shop guitars, of course. Both Patrick and Filter lead guitarist Geno Lenardo are currently […]
If you’ve never come across a Baritone guitar, you could be forgiven for being confused by them. Just where do these long-necked axes with six fat-ass strings fit in? The actually live somewhere between a […]
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