M-Audio - ProSessions Producer Virtual Instruments » Heavy GuitarsTop Featuresproduced by Sonic Implantsworld-class performances and engineeringdesigned for extreme playability and realismincludes EXS24, HALion, Kontakt, MachFive and Reason formatsIf you’ve been looking for a rock guitar library that is truly realistic, your search is over. Produced by Sonic Implants, Heavy Guitars delivers a f
Jeff Ritzmann of Thunder Eagle Custom Guitars makes fantastic art guitars. His latest efforts are in the 'Steampunk' genre, and are making quite the splash across the art, gadget, and guitar cultures. Featured in Wired, Brass Goggles, and Gizmodo, The Nautilus is a fantastic blend of art and guitar technology.
Not only does it look great, it sounds great. Here's a video of The Nautilus i
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Alex Razayeski has a new CD that will be out soon, it is called "Single Digits", recorded when he was 9. This is the now 10 yr old Alex Raz practising Rik Emmet's song, Midsummer's Daydream
Midsummer's Daydream
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"The so-called Great Guitars was a touring trio of jazz masters: Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd, and Barney Kessel. Ellis jokingly called their title “modest,” but it was accurate, and it remained so when Martin Taylor, a naturalised Scotsman a generation younger, filled in after Kessel was incapacitated. Taylor's here, but the title's especially precise because it refers to
Leave it to Beverly Graham. She's so into nature, organics, and new-age spiritualism, it makes perfect sense that she'd have the least natural, most mechanical, highest-tech guitars we've ever seen.
First up is her matte black Ovation. She likes the matte black finish because it doesn't reflect the stage lighting into the audience. This way, she avoids lighting up random people in the audience with a bright flash, only seeing their grimacing faces!
Next up is her graphite Rain Song 12-string. This one has an amazing sound -- no doubt because it's perfectly engineered. The inlay is beautiful -- I particularly like the sharks!
Beautiful, wonderful, and perfectly matched instruments for a pure professional. Thanks for sharing these great instruments, Beverly.
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As usual, new band, new guitars. Tonight Sound Exchange brought in a nice Ibanez electric guitar and another lovely Taylor guitar.
George brought this nice custom Ibanez. Pictures speak louder than words.
Jason brought the Taylor guitar. It's a limited edition 414 CE. Sweet guitar -- Taylors always look so nice.
Guitars on Whidbey Island.
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26-04-2008:
Described as a "Triple MEGA solo on two guitars and one bass."... er... not sure If I want ot be the guy in the front...if you see what I mean... as the title says... well when three guitars are better than one...NOT this time...
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There are a few important things you need to consider when buying an acoustic beginner guitar.
You think you have a financial situation that allows you to afford a high quality guitar for your first guitar? If you think you can do it then you should definitely go for it. Very often, the tone of the [...]
Questa volta cito un produttore di chitarre, prendendo una chitarra a caso tra le varie prodotte, non pe le doti della stessa ma per un’iniziativa che merita di essere citata.
Laguna Guitars in collaborazione con American Forest ha dato il via ad un’iniziativa dal nome One Guitar, One Tree.
In cosa consiste?
In parole povere, si impegnano a [...]
Strike a Deep Chord: Blues Guitars for the Homeless (Audio CD)By Various Artists
Buy new: $12.9833 utilised and new from $1.49 Customer Rating: First tagged “blues” by David C. Stephens Customer tags: [...]
Infamous Rolling Stone Keith Richards has declared that he wants to display his humongous guitar collection in his own museum.
“I’ve probably got too many. I have 3,000 guitars and only one pair of hands. It’s an incredible collection of beautiful instruments but I only play about ten of them, and guitars have to be played. [...]
Bony pirate and immortal chemical pioneer Keith Richards has decided he’s got too many guitars, and he’s in the process of figuring out what to do with them. A couple of his ideas: open up a museum, or give them away. “I have 3,000 guitars and only one pair of hands," the suddenly very wise guitarist told reporters
Spin The Globe playlist18 April 2008Guitars were the theme this week, and we sampled a wide variety of styles from the precision of India's Debashish Bhattacharya to the loping blues of Etran Finatawa and the folksy sound of Bob Brozman's pals in Papua New Guinea. Congrats to Rich, who won himself a copy of Dengue Fever's Venus On Earth during the show. Spin The Globe airs (and streams live) 10am-noon Fridays on KAOS-fm.Artist - Song - Albumhour 1 Puerto Plata - Santiago w/ Frank Mendez - Mujer de Cabaret Debashish Bhattacharya - Prabha - Calcutta Slide-Guitar Sunil Ganguly - Ajhoon Na Aye (from Sanjh Aur Savera, 1970) - Bollywood Steel Guitar Souad Massi - Denya Wezman / That’s Life
Hello to all friends,PRS Guitars today appeal to a growing number of rock players, from Carlos Santana to Mike Einziger of Incubus and Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge.Now I'm working at Mahogany Music, Sec 9, Shah Alam. Please drop by to our music store. We're selling Takamine, Ovation, PRS, Jackson brands and many more! We are also offering music courses; electric, acoustic and classical guitar, drums, bass, piano etc...PRS Guitars"The guitar EVERYONE longs to own". PRS Guitars today appeal to a growing number of rock players, from Carlos Santana to Mike Einziger of Incubus and Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge. Paul Reed Smith first set up his PRS factory in 1985 in Annapolis, Maryland, and has devised guitars from the regular custom and Mc Carty models through outrageously decorated custom pr
Jewbilee & Midnight Hour played last night, and there were some neat guitars in the group.
First up is Shirel's '61 Gibson, clearly a working guitar. Check out the mic placement. It's either a luthiers dream, or nightmare, depending on one's outlook. Still, the guitar sounds great, and the real attraction is Shirel's powerful voice.
Next we have two guitars from the guitarist for both bands. This one is a nice Sparrow guitar, with hand-painted pinstripes. What a beauty!
Below is the Fender Stratocaster he plays for Midnight Hour. It's a reproduction of the big-head 70's style strats.
Guitars on Whidbey Island.
PlayRecord are happy to tell you that you have an amazing chance to pick up an electric guitar bargain from PlayRecord.Net. We have just launched a huge sale that sees over 170 different electric guitars up for grabs at ridiculously low prices!
There is something for everyone ranging from electric guitar starter packs right through to [...]
Tempo addietro, avevo dedicato un post a questo produttore di “chitarre per ragazze” (così si definiscono), ora ne dedico uno nuovo che riguarda alcuni nuovi prodotti relativi a questa parte del 2008.
Viene prodotta in quattro modelli:
Atomic Pink
Diamond Sparkle
Rainbow Sparkle
Cosmic Purple
Queste le caratteristiche tecniche (fornite direttamente dal produttore):
CONSTRUCTION: Bolt-On
BODY: Mahogany w/Contour Top
NECK: Rock Maple
FINGERBOARD: Rosewood
FRET: 22 [...]
Our Saturday night musicians brought some cool instruments with them, so I'll continue my series on guitars that have played here. First up is a fantastic mandolin, brought in by Harvey. It's a Regal Custom Grand, a true antique, nearly 100 years old. It's quite lovely, with very rare styling and features, including a real tortise-shell pick guard, oval sound hole, lovely detailed edge binding, and unique fretboard.
Next up is Michaels Taylor guitar. I love the sides of this instrument, and in the future I'm going to take more photos of all the instruments, including the back and sides.
Kate also has a nice Taylor guitar. It was interesting to see the differences between hers and Michaels.
Thanks for bringing in such great instruments to share with us!
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Brian told me that Jimmy (Jimmy Foster - guess they're already buds) was supposed to send him some pictures of the wood that will be used in building his guitar. Whereas most folks will pull out their wallet to show you pics of their kids or wife, Brian will show you pics of the wood going into his Foster archtop. You gotta love this guy!!!Here is the third part in "Building an archtop guitar" series...
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Guitar care is a preoccupation among many acoustic guitar players - at least amateur ones. A lot of pros seem to take satisfaction from treating their guitars with a certain amount of careless disdain. On the other hand, there is a section of the guitar buying public that, in truth, are more collectors of guitars [...]
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The Bards of the Koad brought a selection of neat instruments. First up is a unique one, Michael Brown's Cittern. His cittern is a celtic version of an Irish double mandolin, based upon the Greek Bouzouki, but made in Mexico. It's a small, oval-body ten-string instrument, with a strong unique sound and flexible tuning. Michael uses the cittern for a few songs in the Bards of the Koad video we captured.
Daniel Randall's Olympia, by Tacoma, Acoustic Bass guitar. Similar in configuration to Will Jobsen's Tacoma guitar, Daniels bass does a fine job accompanying the Bards.
Karen Hay's beautiful old Ovation guitar, a family heirloom, named 'Rudy'. It's one of Ovations's first efforts, and truly special to her. The sound is incredible -- as one would expect from an Ovation.
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11-03-2008:
New Miniature Collectible Guitars they all look really cool!... want one? then visit guitar euroshop
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Here's a nice set of really, um, unusual guitars. Some of these are truly hideous! Note that these are only the top 10. There are more here and here.
Found at Spiral Pocus.
Never any ugly on Whidbey Island.
Acabado la serie multicolor, subimos una recopilacion de grupos donde el mando de las guitarras y la voz cantante son feminas....yeaaaaaaaaah..trackist:WE DO PLAY GUITARS 1. Blood Red Shoes - It's Getting Boring By The Sea (2:56) 2. Dolly - je n´veux pas rester sage (4:43) 3. The Ettes - Dead And Gone (2:22) 4. Operator Please - Leave It Alone (3:35) 5. Magneta Lane - Wild Gardens (3:15) 6. Magnapop - Slowly, Slowly (3:35) 7. Dirty on Purpose - All New Friends (3:15) 8. HOWLING BELLS - Blessed Night (3:20) 9. IMPERIAL TEEN - Shim Sham (2:56) 10. JHCATFHOTA - Connecticut's For Fucking (3:21) 11. scheer - wish you were dead (3:16) 12. The Big Sleep - Bad Blood (4:02) 13. The Cucumbers - Illegal (3:19) 14. The Slips - This Time Is Not Your Own (4:29) 15. Wellmeant - No 1 (3:12) 16. Silversu
All I’m saying is that the first thing you see on Alicia’s Myspace Profile is a picture of her licking a guitar (it’s posted below). So now that that’s out of the way I want to share with you this girl’s ethnicity. Alicia is Vietnamese, German, Italian, French, Irish, Dutch, Spanish, and [...]
That’s right, it’s the big one… I can imagine I’m about to stir up a fair few thousand hornet’s nests. If there’s one thing that causes a fuss between metal guitarists and engineers alike, it’s EQ’ing your guitars for a nasty, chuggy, badass recording tone that will take the face off a ten-ton badger, but [...]
If you are a fan of metal music, classical music or even both, then today is your lucky day. I was surfing around and came across this video by a band called Apocalyptica doing a cover of Metallica’s “Fight Fire With Fire.”
Now this isn’t your everyday local cover band version either. These dudes put [...]
Bass Guitars Buying Guide by Smita AnuOnce you have planned to Buying a Bass Guitars. The first criteria is to buy something you will enjoy. And full enjoyment of your new Bass Guitars means considering your music, your lifestyle and, of course, your budget.The electric bass guitar (also called an electric bass or a bass) is an electrically-amplified fingered (or plucked) string instrument. The bass is similar in appearance to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and scale length, and, usually, four strings tuned an octave lower in pitch, in the bass rangeDiscover Basics of Bass Guitar------------------------------Bass guitars are simple instruments and many of them share common features.Bass guitar body There is no industry standard body shape or design for bass guitars. An electric bass guitar has a solid body, which houses magnetic pickups. Bass guitar pickups come in two varieties: single-coil and humbucker. Single-coil pickups produce a bright, clear sound,
In a strange move in the corporate world, but the right move for your consumers, Harmonix is acknowledging a flaw in the first wave of guitar controllers packaged with Rock Band and are offering replacements.
Evidently the strum bar (the “string” area) of some of the controllers was breaking rendering the guitar controller useless.
Harmonix has issued a statement saying that those who have a broken controller can contact them through their website (http://support.ea.com/rockband) for an immediate replacement.
It took weeks for Microsoft to address the X-Box 360 red ring of death issue. It sad that that is almost the norm now for most companies. Kudos to Harmonix for stepping up to the plate and dealing with the issue immediately.
Story on kotaku.com
Guitar Hero III wireless controller are going to be available early next year for all platforms. Rock Band has wireless controllers on the way in a similar time frame for both the 360 and PS3, but for some reason the 360 version costs an extra $20, so hopefully Guitar Hero guitars keep some better price parity.
Those looking forward to a Christmas of co-op fake guitar action will be disappointed to hear that standalone Guitar Hero 3 wireless guitars will not be in the shops until early next year.
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From Fender to Gibson and all the other million guitar makers, there has to be any model you like. Maybe not? Then you are one of those with a really strange taste and this is the post for you. Some of them can not even be played or, at least, are not comfortable enough to do it. With others, you have to be a genius to play. Anyways, all of them have some singularity which makes them special. Let’s enjoy this bizarre tour.
NEED A BAND!Well alright then.Is there more than one lead guitarist? Or is it a misspelling by using "guitars" instead of "guitarist"?I guess if you say "guitars" after a few beers, you can slur it just right into thinking it's "guitarist".Guitarssssssth.I'm a lead guitarssssssth.
Are you a guitarist who practices a lot, but is not able to make the proper sound from the strings? If this is the case then the problem might be that you are not strumming the strings properly.
Strumming the strings properly is the most important part of playing a string instrument. There are lots [...]
Downbeat Guitars is the latest download only release from Loopmasters featuring some incredibly useful and versatile downbeat and chillout Acoustic Guitar loops and samples from Rob Humphreys, a relatively undiscovered great new talent who lives in Brighton, Uk. Rob has put in some serious work on these loops as his first commission for Loopmasters and we are very proud to bring you the results!Rob has created a simply amazing set of inspirational Downbeat Guitar Samples for use across a broad range of music styles including Lounge, Chillout, Ambient, Indie, Dance and Cross Genre productions. If you have been inspired by the likes of Air, Zero-7, Morcheeba, Aim etc and are looking for a fresh collection of guitar inspiration for your productions, we think you will be blown away by the quality and originality of this acoustic guitar sample pack.The Pack includes 75 Acidised Wav guitar loops (many 4 bar versions) and 75 Rex Loops for use in Reason, Cubase, Logic etcAlso included are 5 Gu
Modern Guitars Magazine has posted a review of Mike Keneally's reissued hat. and Boil That Dust Speck albums, plus an interview with Keneally - both courtesy of contributor Mark J. Rabuffo. Review: Mike Keneally's hat. and Boil That Dust Speck...
Modern Guitars Magazine has an interview up with Robben Ford. Conducted by Brian D. Holland, the interview covers many subjects including Ford's latest release, Truth. Robben Ford interview for Modern Guitars Magazine
Modern Guitars Magazine has an interview up with record producer Mike Varney. The founder of Shrapnel Records (and it's fusion-oriented division Tone Center), Varney is a legendary figure in the guitar community. The lengthy interview was conducted by Tom Watson...
Come promesso qui, proseguono i post dedicati alle chitarre dai colori e magari anche dalle forme amate dalle musiciste (o anche dai musicisti).
Anche questa chitarra (modello Pandora) è prodotta da Luna Guitars.
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About.com has come up with a list of their favorite beginner acoustic guitars. There are some pretty good instruments in this list below. Definitely for the beginner with a notable exception being the Seagull. Check them out.
Seagull S6 - Slightly higher price. Can be considered an investment.
Yamaha Acoustic Guitar Natural - Solid instrument and a good value.
Takamine G Series G340 - Good bang for the buck.
Fender DG - Low craftsmanship
Epiphone DR-100 - Strictly a beginner guitar. No upside.
Washburn D10S - One of the best-selling guitars in the world.
Blueridge BR-40 - Focus on craftsmanship.
Ibanez AC100NT - Noted for bottom-end tone.
Taylor Baby Taylorl - Liked for its size for young guitarists or small handed players.
Martin LX1 - Another good one for small handed players.
Avete presente quelle tastierine per imparare a suonare grazie a dei piccoli led in corrispondenza di ogni tasto che si accendono indicando quale premere?
Ecco, hanno pensato di fare anche una chitarra così.
A Texas-i születésű Larry Coryell, a brazil Badi Assad és a New York államban született John Abercrombie ennek az akusztikus lemeznek a felvételeit egy New York Chelsea kerületében álló templomban rögzítették.A felvételek:1. Seu Jorge E Dona Ica2. New Lute (Prelude)3. New Lute (Interlude)4. Soundtrack - John Abercrombie, Larry Coryell5. After the Rain6. Descending Grace7. Metamorphosis8. No Flight Tonight - Badi Assad, Larry Coryell9. Ralph's Piano Waltz10. Suspended Circles - John Abercrombie, Badi Assad11. Exercise in Fourths - Badi Assad, Larry Coryell12. Autumn Breeze - Badi Assad13. TimelessTömörítés/Bitrate: 192 kb/sLetöltés/Download: [ Rapidshare ] [ Gigasize ]Jelszó/Password: levente
Tom Watson has interviewed guitarist Jeff Kollman for Modern Guitars Magazine. Among other topics, Kollman discusses Acid Test, the latest release from his heavy fusion band Cosmosquad. Jeff Kollman interview
Everything from a touch screen guitar to the obligatory gun-guitar.
I call shenangians on the Kaoss guitar, the lead singer of Muse Matthew Bellamy uses one (their last album, black holes and revelations is awesome btw), if you want to spend the dough, you can get it custom made from any number of guitar manufacturers. Matt was using one on the last tour.
Modern Guitars Magazine is giving away 5 full-boxed versions of the tab editing software Guitar Pro 5.1 on October 17th. Here's some info from the publisher eMedia: "Guitar Pro 5.1 is a complete workshop for guitarists at an affordable price....
Everything from the first steps of design to the final set-up of of solid-body, hollow-body and semi-acoustic electric guitars is covered step by step in this book. It contains a section about winding your own pickups and another on active guitar electronics. The last chapter is about visits to Steve Jarman Guitars (UK), Sadowsky Guitars (US) and PRS-Guitars (US)
Today is the anniversary of the passing of Stevie Ray Vaughan. A sad day indeed. As a tribute to the blues guitar icon, Modern Guitars Magazine has posted some previously unpublished photos (taken by Rick Landers) of SRV at the Beacon Theater, New York City on December 28, 1983.
Stevie Ray Vaughan photo gallery - December 28, 1983
By Michael Russell In the world of guitars, Yamaha isn't exactly the first company that you think of. Known more for keyboards, digital pianos and synthesizers, Yamaha still makes some decent guitars which are more than reasonably priced. We're going to go over some of the guitars that this 40 year old company makes.Yamaha started in 1966 long before the first synthesizer came out. But by the mid 80s they were making some of the best synthesizers on the market, including the classic Dx-7. But in spite of their reputation as a keyboard giant, the land of guitars was not very far away.Yamaha guitars are not the fanciest looking models around but they do have a decent sound. The AES series includes the AES 420 through 920 series numbers, with the exception of the 820 which doesn't exist. No explanation is given for the missing number.The Pacifica series, which has a somewhat sleeker look than the AES series, includes the PAC 012 through 812, again missing a couple of series numbers inc
By Michael Russell The year was 1966. Guitars had already been around for some time. People expected them to be more or less of a certain type and design. There weren't any real radical innovations in the manufacture of the guitar. And then came along a company by the name of Ovation. They weren't going to just make another guitar. They were going to come out with something completely different. So in 1966, when they broke out into the scene, they came out with their very unique round back guitar, thanks to a guy by the name of Charlie Kaman. The pro musicians of the time absolutely loved the guitar. The guitar purists were not quite as enthused. They just didn't get it.The odd part of how this guitar actually came to be had nothing to do with guitar manufacture at all. Kaman's knowledge of helicopters and more specifically, helicopter blades, game him a really good understanding of vibration and applied this principal to the making of his new guitar model.Kaman said that he didn'
By Michael Russell Alongside guitar names like Gibson and Fender, you can't mention the best of the best without adding the name of Rickenbacker. This company has been around since 1931, but it wasn't until 1956, on its 25th anniversary, when Rickenbacker began to make a name for itself in the world of guitars.That year, Rickenbacker introduced the Combo 400. Guitar collectors call it the guitar with the butterfly style body. But Rickenbacker didn't stop there. That same year they added a solid body electric bass guitar. The one thing about these guitars that made them different from any other guitar was that they had necks that extended from the head to the bass of the body. Today they call this neck through body construction. Rickenbacker was the first company to make guitars like this and soon came to be a trademark of the company.During the 1950s, Rickenbacker had many popular models. Probably the most popular were the hollow body six string Capri models. This guitar was first u
By Bill McRea Buying guitars online is a lot different than walking into a brick-and-mortar shop to pick a guitar. What are those differences and what advantages or disadvantages are inherent in buying guitars online?First, let me start with the disadvantages...A guitar you see online may be a lot smaller or bigger than what you think. This is particularly true if the picture does not give you anything with which to get the relative size of the guitar in question. However, this should not really be a problem for those who take the time to read through the description and specification of an advertised guitar.The second disadvantage is a rather tricky one. There is no way you can be sure of the feel of a guitar without playing it. There is also no way you can really determine how your guitar will sound without actually touching it. Yes, I know most online shops even add audio demos of their guitars.However, this still remains tricky because a guitar sound is seriously affected by the cl
Author: Jim Brown The guitars shopping part choices for strings, would expand into a wide range of choices that would include classical strings, acoustic strings, bass strings, and a basic list of guitar strings that stretched a country mile. Depending on the wear and tear that your particular playing style places on the strings, you could choose to stock up on a 5-pack of classical or bass nylon strings, or choose to buy them in bulk in sets of 12.If you were looking to replace your guitar bridges when you were considering guitars shopping part choices, then you could select bridge models like Floyd Rose Tremelo, Hardtail, Tune-O-matic or Telecaster. These replacement bridges would look quite elegant in gold, but the black coloring also looked very promising.For a bass bridge replacement, you could choose between a Mono Bridge, a combo styled with a Bridge and Tailpiece styling, or even leave your options open to selecting a 4 String Bridge, 5 String Bridge, or 6 String Bridge if you
#1. Washburn OE30 Oscar Schmidt $139.99
Topping the list of the ATOMIC Guide's most valuable cheap guitars, the OE30 is a semi hollowbody that's been discontinued by Washburn. MSRP priced at $349.90, you can get this howling thick-toned resonator for $139.99 online. The versatility of this cheap guitar is amazing. The Twin HH pickups makes it good for Rock, but it also makes for a great beginner or intermediate Jazz or Country guitar.
Note: If you're a parent looking for a great low cost guitar for your son or daughter, the OE30 may not have the design they'll like. Not many kids are playing hollowbodies these days.
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#2. B.C. Rich Bronze Series Warlock $179.99
The B.C. Rich Bronze Series Warlock looks like it was crafted in the 9th level of hell and it's a straight up Country killer. Worth at least twice it's price, this ax has only one purpose in this life: crunching, shredding, thrashing Heavy Metal.
Bronze Series Warlock in Action (Metallica Son
Girls Who Play Guitars by Maximo Park - Music Video and Lyrics
Maximo Park - Girls Who Play Guitars, Lyrics
You’ve been with me a year to the day
Three hundred and sixty five days watching me decay
We used to talk about girls who play guitars
We used to talk about plans in tiny bars
Girls, Guitar, Lyrics, Maximo [...]
The story goes that Ronald Ho was a University professor who took a long sabbatical many years ago. He moved to Port Townsend, WA, and became a luthier. He made some amazing guitars.
I first found out about Ronald Ho guitars from one of our musicians, Erik Christensen. Erik has a fabulous Ronald Ho guitar, you can see it in his pictures and videos here.
Erik asked me to research Ronald Ho guitars for him. I found just a few things. These pictures are of a Ronald Ho 12-string guitar for sale at Eric Schoenberg's guitars. Here's what he has to say:
1983 Ronald Ho HSJ-12 Cutaway, big, beautiful maple 12-string made by a highly respected luthier from Port Townsend, WA. Ron hasn't been building for many years; I met him in the mid-Eighties at the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, at which time he was producing very high quality guitars. Hot jazz fingerstylist, Jamie Findlay, has owned several of Ron's guitars, this 12-string having been one. The body is a 17" Jumbo shape wi
Alternate title for this post = The Monday Melee Say It With Lyrics Day, August 6, 2007.
So last Monday, I find out that Vic over at What is it with Dykes and Guitars, has thrown some creativity into the Monday Melee. I was pretty damn impressed. I said so. I was jealous. I flogged myself for not thinking of it myself. (Well not really, but now I’ll get hits from people who search “flogged myself” just like I continue to get hits from people who want to see soiled knickers, just because I wrote about Whitney Houston’s soiled knickers being up on the auction block.)
However.. this post is about Vic.
For those of you too lazy to click and go see for yourself, last week’s Melee over at Vic’s blog was done in photos. It was genious.
So then Vic asked if I was agreeable to a further display of creative genious and I of course, said that I was. I’ve seen people answer the Melee in a variety of ways and I think it’s great. I started it to
From Delta Blues to Modern Rock, Washburn Stringed Instruments Roll With the Times
(Chicago, IL. July 10, 2007) Washburn Guitars, a division of US Music Corporation is celebrating 125 years of stringed instrument innovations. From the 1880???s to today, Washburn has been producing stringed instruments for amateur and professional musicians combining design, innovation and technology [...]
From Delta Blues to Modern Rock, Washburn Stringed Instruments Roll With the Times
(Chicago, IL. July 10, 2007) Washburn Guitars, a division of US Music Corporation is celebrating 125 years of stringed instrument innovations. From the 1880’s to today, Washburn has been producing stringed...
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From Delta Blues to Modern Rock, Washburn Stringed Instruments Roll With the Times
(Chicago, IL. July 10, 2007) Washburn Guitars, a division of US Music Corporation is celebrating 125 years of stringed instrument innovations. From the 1880’s to today, Washburn has been producing stringed instruments for amateur and professional musicians combining design, innovation and technology [...]
IGN.com just did an article about Guitar Hero III. I am very excited about Guitar Hero III. I have both Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II. They are two of my favorite games. What other game lets me rock out playing Freebird with my friends. Activision has partnered with Gibson Guitars for Guitar Hero III. There will be new in game guitars as well as new guitar controllers. I have been thinking of getting a new guitar. I will wait until these are released.
If you have hung around here much in the past 3 years plus of our existence, you already know I am a big M. Ward fan, so any newsworthy items surround Matt usually wind up getting a mention here. And a pretty special, though under the radar piece of news now as Ward’s excellent album, Duet For Guitars #2 is getting a re-release tomorrow from Merge Records.
You may remember we alerted you to this news back here, and you can grab the previously out of print album at your local indie record shop tomorrow. If you don’t have a trustworthy shop nearby though, we recommend you head on over to Merge Records to purchase. The album was originally released by Co-Dependent Records in 1999, then re-released in 2000 by Matt’s friend Howe Gelb on his Ow-Om label.
Some standouts for me from the album include Beautiful Car, Scene from #12, Fishing Boat Song and It Won’t Happen Twice.
M. Ward - It Won’t Happen Twice
And check out this video of Matt backstage in Chicago
By Lee Griffith
Back in the late 70’s, when I started to learn how to play lead
bluegrass and fiddle tunes on an acoustic guitar, every bluegrass
player I knew would settle for nothing less than a Dreadnought. The
Dreadnought is a style of guitar created in 1916 in a collaboration
between the guitar manufacturer, the C.F. Martin Co. and the Oliver
Ditson Co., a retailer.
The body of the Dreadnought was larger and
deeper than most guitars. The name was coined from the huge British
battleship, “HMS Dreadnought.” Dreadnoughts were known for their
bass response and projection. They produced greater volume than the
smaller guitars of the day and appealed to singers who wanted the
accompaniment of a guitar. Though poorly received at first, this
style of guitar became Martin’s best seller in the 1930’s. Of
course the rest of the industry followed, and today the Dreadnought
is one of the most popular styles of acoustic guitar on the market
and is produced by many
Mike Oldfield 1999-es albumát a művész eredeti hangszerére, a gitárra alapozta. Olyannyira, hogy Oldfield a lemez minden hangját, még a dobnak tűnőt is gitárral állította elő.Az albumról többet itt.A számok:1. Muse2. Cochise3. Embers4. Summit Day5. Out of Sight6. B. Blues7. Four Winds8. Enigmatism9. Out of Mind10. From the AshesTömörítés/Bitrate: 320 kb/sLetöltés/DownloadJelszó/Password: levente
Hello again, im here now to talk about guitars. I have 2 of them, a cheapo $100 Squire Strat, and a Epiphone Korina Flying V. The V is pretty cool id have to say. I enjoy playing. I have had the guitars for a few years now, but i dabble between playing guitar and drumming, so im not too good. Ill keep getting better though, going to a rock camp this summer, which should be fun. I would like everyones opinions on guitars and any tips you would like to give me could go in the comment section. I appreciate anything.Thats the Epiphone Korina Flying V :) Fun to play.Thank you for subscribing to my blog!
PaperGuitar.com has some lovely, highly detailed papercraft gutairs for download, from a great selection of Gibsons to a really Rickenbacker. You can view and download them all here. The perfect desk accessory for the guitar enthusiast! Is there anything that hasn't been made into a paper model?
Guitars come in all shapes, sizes, and game consoles? That’s right, you’ll find a selection of geeky guitars after the break. Folding Guitar The DeVillain Guitar Company has designed a guitar that can easily be folded up and placed in a backpack when not in use. If you’ve got $3,370 to spare, then check out the product page. As you collapse the guitar neck using its folding mechanism made of aircraft-grade aluminum, the strings roll up into the guitar. Then when it’s time to lay down a few tunes at your destination, this baby goes from backpack to unfolded guitar in 20 seconds [Source 1 - 2] NES Guitar NESPaul has created the world’s first functional NES guitar using his original system from when he was 10-years old. How much would you pay for one of these babies? This god of a man sacrificed his NES, the best system evar, to make a freakin’ awesome guitar. Unlike the Halo fanboy who made the rocket launcher, this awesome project is actually functional
Comparing 6 String And 12 String Guitars by Gray Rollins -
6-string or 12-string Acoustic guitar, which should you get? Both have pros and cons, and both are excellent instruments, depending on what you’re looking to accomplish on guitar and how much you are willing to spend. In this article, we’ll go over both guitars, which will hopefully help you make an educated decision on which to purchase.
The Main Difference Between Both Guitars:
The major difference, of course, is the number of strings. On a 6-string Acoustic guitar in standard tuning, there is one low e, one a, one d, one g, one b and one high e string, in that order. A 12-string acoustic has two low e, two a, two d, two g, two b, and two high e strings, all in that order. 12-string guitars have the ability to be tuned in two different tunings, while 6-string guitars don’t. On the other hand, 12-string guitars also have a lot more tension on their necks, and as a result, their necks tend to warp after only a few years
Comparing 6 String And 12 String Guitars by Gray Rollins -
6-string or 12-string Acoustic guitar, which should you get? Both have pros and cons, and both are excellent instruments, depending on what you’re looking to accomplish on guitar and how much you are willing to spend. In this article, we’ll go over both guitars, which will hopefully help you make an educated decision on which to purchase.
The Main Difference Between Both Guitars:
The major difference, of course, is the number of strings. On a 6-string Acoustic guitar in standard tuning, there is one low e, one a, one d, one g, one b and one high e string, in that order. A 12-string acoustic has two low e, two a, two d, two g, two b, and two high e strings, all in that order. 12-string guitars have the ability to be tuned in two different tunings, while 6-string guitars don’t. On the other hand, 12-string guitars also have a lot more tension on their necks, and as a result, their necks tend to warp after only a few years
Por fín tenemos el track 7 con línea de bajo interpretada por Jose Gil y guitarra eléctrica procesada por la distorsión de un Zoom 505-II. Esta vez un tema cien por cien rock, esperamos que os guste.Chilled Guitars. Track 7. Habana 2007
Epiphone had its true beginnings in Greece where Anastasios Stathopoulos started out by making traditional stringed instruments such as violins, lutes, mandolins, and a Greek instrument called the lioutos. The family then moved to Smyrna in Asia Minor but later fled to New York due to persecution.
After moving to New York, Anastasios son, Epi Stathopoulos, inherited the family instrument making business. During the early years of Epi s running of the business, the company was called the House of Stathopoulos. But, Epi changed it from that to Epiphone. He filed for the change in advance, but it did not become official until 1928. The new company was named for Epi, the owner, and phonos, the Greek word for sound. At this point, it was called the Epiphone Banjo Company.
Epiphone launched their first guitars in 1931. They had a full line of what is known as the archtop style of guitar which are popular with jazz and blues players. After their launch they become one of the biggest guitar
News:04-04-2007:Eruption, Star Spangled banner nine years oldTake 5 nine years oldBackground:Alex Raz has been playing the guitar since he was 4 years old. Alex’s father, Steve Raz, has been a professional guitarist/teacher for over 20 years in the Cleveland Music Scene. Alex picked up the guitar and from the first day and picked it up straight away. Steve says "his form is absolutely perfect, his picking hand is incredible." In April, 2005 an event took place that really inspired Alex. His Dad sent a demo of "The Star Spangled Banner" to the Cleveland Cavaliers and was invited to play on a nationally televised game.Alex can play songs such as Van Halen’s “Eruption”, one of the greatest guitar solo’s on record, also Alex loves Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Brian Setzer, and Slash. Alex can just be shown the parts, he picks them right up and remembers them, without a pen and music paper. He is learning Bach’s “Bouree” and in the process of Jazz instruction as well. In Fe
Press release Source: PRS Guitars Paul Reed Smith Guitars is again the recipient of a Musikmesse International Press Award (mipa). The PRS Singlecut model was the winner of the “Best Electric Guitar of the Year” category. Comprised of a voting panel of editors and journalists from more than 100 publications worldwide, mipa presents manufacturers with awards considered by many in the industry to be the "Grammy” of the musical instrument/pro audio industry, and PRS Guitars has won this award for the past three consecutive years. The awards were presented to the winners at the annual mipa-Party/Awards-Ceremony held on March 29, 2007, in Frankfurt, Germany. mipa has honored esteemed musical instrument and equipment manufacturers for eight years and included more than forty different categories in 2007. PRS has been nominated as one of three contenders in the electric guitar category every year since the mipa award was created in 2000 and has received the “Best Electric Guitar of t
Gibson Guitars, the musicians who use them...Part 1 From N to ZSource: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis is an alphabetized list of musicians who have made notable use of Gibson Guitar models in live performances or studio recordings. Because of the great popularity of these models, musicians are listed here only if their use of these instruments was especially significant — that is, they are musicians with long careers who have a history of faithful Gibson use, or the particular instrument they used was unique or of historical importance, or their use of the Gibson model contributed significantly to the popularization of that particular instrument.Michael Nesmith (The Monkees) - used a Les Paul Black Beauty.Mike Ness (Social Distortion) - uses a 1975 Les Paul Gold Top Deluxe with pickupsGrant Nicholas (Feeder)- uses a Cherry Red Gibson SG.Jimmy Nolen (The J.B.'s) - used various Gibson models.John Norum (Europe) - uses a Les Paul.Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) - used a variety o
Gibson Guitars, the musicians who use them...Part 1 From A to MSource: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis is an alphabetized list of musicians who have made notable use of Gibson Guitar models in live performances or studio recordings. Because of the great popularity of these models, musicians are listed here only if their use of these instruments was especially significant — that is, they are musicians with long careers who have a history of faithful Gibson use, or the particular instrument they used was unique or of historical importance, or their use of the Gibson model contributed significantly to the popularization of that particular instrument.Duane Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)- used a 1957 Les Paul Goldtop with PAF pickups, a 1959 cherry sunburst Les Paul, a 1958 tobacco sunburst Les Paul and a 1968 cherry SG.Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) - Uses several vintage 1950's Les Paul Junior models, SG's, ES 335's, and a J-45. He also used a Les Paul Standard for rec
