Rose Augustine, developer of nylon guitar string, dies at 93
Rose Augustine, a classical guitar enthusiast who helped develop the first nylon guitar strings and ran a thriving business selling them, died April 21. Full story>>>
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5:01 AM | Labels: obituaries
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Brian Eastwood Guitars - Brian Eastwood is one of the UK's top luthiers with over 30 years experience. He also has a warped sense of humour when it comes to some of his guitar designs, such as the Bender Distortocaster seen here!
5:13 AM | Labels: Brian Eastwood, Luthiers, one-offs, Weird guitars
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I reckon I might go along to this next month: The London Guitar Show, Wembley Exhibition Centre, 10-11 May.
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Sotheby's are auctioning off what's left of John Entwistle's guitar collection plus his gold discs, drawings,etc, so if you fancy an Alembic Flying V bass or a smashed Warwick Buzzard bass then it's time to raid your piggy banks!
1:25 AM | Labels: bass, Flying V, Guitarist news, News item
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Further to my piece about sustain devices here's a little something I found about an bizarre little electronic device that bows the strings of the guitar, namely The Gizmo as developed by Godley and Creme.
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