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BB King's Lucille Comes Home

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Guitar Hero Games Foster Interest In The Real Thing

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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The New Guitar Collecting Amazon Store

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Paul Smith And Vintage Collaborate on Designer Guitar

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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First Chanel, now the Ferrari Guitar

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Gibson Guitars may face prosecution under revised Lacey Act

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Iowa music store will restring guitars for food

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Charvel Spectrum Epidemic!

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Relic your guitar parts

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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New Taylor Swift Signature Guitar

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Guitar Collecting for the Financially Challenged

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Collectable Guitars pt 36 – Fender Electric XII

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Westone Cutlass Rebuild pt 2 – The Body and the Scratchplate

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard is up for Auction

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Hendrix 1967 Stratocaster For Sale

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Collectable Guitars pt 35 – Fender Duosonic

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Westone Cutlass Rebuild pt 1 – The Background

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Bill Wyman criticises 'Guitar Hero' style video games

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Steve Lukather sells his surplus gear on Ebay

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Westone Thunder 1-T Rebuild pt 6…Finally finished!

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Epiphone 1966 "worn" Wilshire

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Collectable Guitars pt 34 – Gibson Nighthawk

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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Free Guitar Collecting Ebook!

Flyssy posted an article on - 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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