Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Dec 7, 2009, 7:33 pm
I found this great story by Eric Dahl on the Guitar Center blog, so I thought I’d pass it on; I’m one of those people that is always in search of the next cool guitar so I frequent all of the Las...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Dec 1, 2009, 2:18 pm
Once frowned upon by just about everyone, video games are breeding a new generation of musicians. Most guitar teachers and competent players will tell you two things about the video games Guitar Hero ...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Nov 27, 2009, 6:34 am
Time for a little shameless self-promotion. We have set up our own store within Amazon, for all the guitar related stuff we can think of. The thinking behind it is that we hope to create a starting ...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Nov 25, 2009, 6:11 am
Not Paul Reed Smith! Paul Smith, the well known British clothing designer, has collaborated with Vintage Guitars in order to produce the Paul Smith acoustic guitar. It’s a 3/4-sized acoustic that ...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Nov 21, 2009, 7:50 am
This is interesting. The Blackbird Rider travel guitar is now available in a special Ferrari version. The body is a one piece carbon fibre monocoque, just like an F1 car and the design is unique to s...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Nov 20, 2009, 9:21 am
Gibson Guitars, long lauded by environmental groups as a pioneer in the use of sustainable wood products, is the first U.S. company to face prosecution under a new federal law banning trade in illegal...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Nov 13, 2009, 7:13 am
This is a great story, why don’t other string manufacturers follow D’addarios lead? Clinton, Iowa — Local music store, Tegeler Music, in cooperation with the D’Addario String Company and the ...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Nov 5, 2009, 8:53 am
I thought you may be interested to see this. A high end guitar collecting friend of mine has a guilty pleasure. Collecting Charvel Spectrums! His addiction has been satisfied for the time being, wi...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Nov 2, 2009, 10:06 am
I found this interesting video yesterday. I’d never considered doing this myself. but it’s given me a few ideas..
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Oct 23, 2009, 3:25 am
Taylor Swift now has her own signature model guitar to be built and distributed by Taylor Guitars, the renowned acoustic and electric guitar company founded in 1974. She joins Leo Kottke, Doyle Dykes...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Oct 22, 2009, 8:18 am
As guitarists, most of us would love to have the financial means to acquire a dream collection of our favourite instruments. Real world pressures usually get in the way though, and most of us restric...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Oct 21, 2009, 10:24 am
The Fender Electric XII was a purpose-built 12-string electric guitar, designed for folk rockers. Instead of using a Stratocaster-body style, it used one with a Jaguar/Jazzmaster body style. It was a...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Oct 21, 2009, 7:10 am
As I said in part one of the Westone Cutlass rebuild, I have decided, in agreement with the guys at Get Musical, to not paint this guitar, but to keep it natural looking. The original body finish was...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Oct 7, 2009, 4:58 am
California Auctioneers will be auctioning one of the rarest rock guitars in the world; The 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard. An amazing collection of over 70 Autographed guitars of the who’s who in ro...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Oct 4, 2009, 12:07 pm
A 1967 Fender Stratocaster guitar owned by Jimi Henrix with a controversial past is now for sale after its owners settled with the late rock star’s estate. The sunburst Strat is a right-handed one ...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Sep 27, 2009, 12:54 pm
The Fender DuoSonic guitar was first produced by in 1956. It was meant to be a student guitar. It featured a short, 22.5 inch, scale length that was considerably shorter than the 25.5 inch scale used...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Sep 15, 2009, 1:18 pm
// When I first started this site, one of the reasons was to get back into restoring, customising and fiddling with guitars. I have played around with guitars all my playing life (30 years th...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Sep 10, 2009, 7:07 am
Bill Wyman, the former bassist of the Rolling Stones, has claimed that Guitar Hero, Rock Band and other music games discourage children from learning real instruments. His criticism comes on the eve ...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Sep 9, 2009, 3:53 am
Ex Toto guitarist and all round session superstar Steve Lukather has listed a whole bunch of instruments and gear on Ebay through L.A. Vintage Gear. Included are a very cool looking Rickenbacker 6/12...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Sep 5, 2009, 7:33 am
I can’t believe that last update on this subject was December 31st 2008! Sorry for the massive time lag, in truth the guitar was finished months ago but I had been busy writing on so many other sub...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Sep 3, 2009, 5:07 am
// A year or so after Epiphone’s lovely but hugely expensive 1962 Wilshire reissue, they have now announced a much cheaper, but just as tempting 1966 model, in the nicely faded “worn” rang...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Sep 2, 2009, 6:05 am
// Gibson’s radical Hawk series was another shortlived attempt to modernise Gibson’s image in the 1990s. It lasted from 1993 to 1998 and the series comprised 5 models. In the mid 1980s Gibson...
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Flyssy posted an article on Guitar Collecting - Aug 24, 2009, 8:14 am
We have put together a free ebook for all our visitors as a thankyou for your support over the last few months. “25 Cool Signature Guitars” is almost 50 pages long and is available for free downl...
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