Some people buy guitars that’ll get them attention. Oh, this will make people look at you. Don’t know how much of a Secret Star you want to be with this. A lot of work went into the decals on these instruments. A little less work went into lining up the pickups. Yup, that checks out.…
I was talking to a friend over beers when he snapped directions in the conversation. “Listen, if you’re going to get a custom build at some point, you need to check out Jillard.” Apparently, somebody had come through a recording session or jam with one and he couldn’t stop raving about the neck. We ran…
We made a quick trip to see Scott at Brass Coffee Sound not long ago. Among all the studio gear was this recent Gretsch Country Gentleman. A lot of players will immediately pull the pickups on these and put in TV Jones rather than the stock Filtertrons, which is generally a good move. On the…
Doner Designs stopped by out facebook page recently to share an awsome little project they’d been working on and a quick look over their site turned up some pretty amazing stuff, including this NASA guitar signed by James Lovell himself. Think you’re panicked when your onstage and forget the next riff? He commanded Apollo 13.…
You don’t really hear much about British company Palm Bay Guitars on the American side of the ocean. It’s a pity. The Tempest has certainly gotten out attention. I can’t imaging picking up one of these and not feeling driven to play absolutely as fast as possible. This just screams metal shredding.
Just about everything Emerald Guitars makes looks absolutely bat-guano crazy. In THE BEST way! I mean, if you were going to use a guitar to try and summon the spirit of Ronnie James Dio, it would have to be one of their dragon wrapped axes. Lets forgo that for the moment to look over this…