by admin | Mar 29, 2024 | Blog
Following questions over what is actually live playing at Mötley Crüe’s shows. Departed guitarist Mick Mars now claims he barely played on the band’s last three studio albums. Mars is currently in a legal battle with his former bandmates Nikki Sixx, Tommy...
by admin | Mar 29, 2024 | Blog
It wasn’t too long ago that the legendary Paco De Lucia bought a new flamenco guitar from Pepe Romero Jr. Apparently when Paco was in Los Angeles to play at Disney Hall, Pepe Sr. showed him Pepe’s latest flamenco guitar (Pepe Jr. was out of town), and the long and...
by admin | Mar 28, 2024 | Blog
Ever wanted to improve your picking skills? Imagine if you didn’t have to. Guitar player Olav Kvern has built a robotic device that fits to an electric guitar and picks its strings for you.The idea started when Kvern was watching a Seattle guitarist he admired,...
by admin | Mar 28, 2024 | Blog
After 10 years of building spruce-topped guitars exclusively. Dominique Field has just completed his 230th guitar with a Canadian red cedar soundboard. The French builder’s last cedar guitar was #163 and made in 2004 for GSI – view Field’s #163 here. Dominique has...
by admin | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog
We have a new guitar coming soon from Baltimore-based luthier Ross Gutmeier. And we’re particularly interested to hear that after building double-top and otherwise ‘modern’ guitars for many years Ross is returning to a more traditional approach after spending some...
