Guitar Info

Canadian guitar legend Domenic Troiano dead at 59

Guitar festival backs planting of forests: A guitar festival has become the first event in Scotland to tackle climate change through tree planting.

Former Heathen bassist passes away

The Darkness replace bassist with roadie Richard Edwards

Transparent Kiddie Guitars

Glenn Branca and his double-bodied guitar! Well, here's an idea that's been waiting to happen for a very long time, but I don't think anyone has been daft enough to make it reality until now.

Calder Originals guitar case: could it really be airport baggage-handler proof?

Proud to be an American: Guitar-maker, 77, receives citizenship

The Neck Sock: just what every guitarist needs!

Passport Travel Guitars Added to Breedlove's Atlas Series

Guitar sculpture back safely; as pledged, no questions asked

The Teeny-Weeny Tweedy Twin! - A Real Fender Twin - Mini Size!

Your chance to meet bassist Marcus Miller! in London this July.

Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass now available as a Fretless

Darkness bass player leaves band: Frankie Poullain quits.

Line 6 Announces Bass PODxt Live: a cunning box of tricks from Line 6, for bassists.

New Alnico Humbucking Pickup from Swineshead: Designed to produce both humbucking and single coil sounds, the A.M.P. uses 12 individual alnico V rod magnets for truer single coil sounds than traditional coil-split humbuckers.

The Uke-Ellie: Here's the forthcoming bid for Ukulele World Domination from Risa Instruments!

Indie Guitars: I've seen some of these at my local music shop and at the recent London Guitar Show and I must say I was very impressed with the quality, especially for such afforadable instruments. Well worth checking out.

New book teaches you to mod pedals yourself: Indyguitarist has published a new book, available as hardcopy or electronic download, for those interested in modding their own pedals, with several dozen different pedals covered.

Johnson Introduces New Bluegrass Series Guitars: Designed with bluegrass players in mind, Johnson's latest guitars feature a solid Engelmann spruce top and choice of back/side woods.

Guitarist Eric Johnson to Bloom in June

Guitarist's guitarist: Leo Kottke

Cool Acoustics: Innovation in Guitar Design: here are those plastic guitars from Loughborough University (see previous post).

Plastic guitars strike a chord: Apparently, "A new type of guitar that sounds and plays like more pricey models, but is made almost entirely of plastic and so will be much cheaper, could have the top-end manufacturers fretting over their profit margins, thanks to British inventors."

Guitar Virtuoso Produces Innovative New Guitars: After 7 years of development, and the approval of four patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Byrd Super Avianti Balance Compensated Wing Guitars are now in production in the USA and available to the general public.

Chasing a world record at guitar festival: Kirkmichael Guitar Festival is aiming to enter the record books by having a guitar built from scratch in three days.

Fender introduces the Ensenada Series: two new American built acoustics.

Phase II Passive Soapbars Added to Basslines Family

Wendler Releases Nylon String electroCoustic Model

Here's my latest baby:

Screaming guitars take their place beside Music City fiddles

Building guitars strikes a chord for Blackford grad: Oh, dear, I wish they'd avoid these cliched headlines!

Vintage guitars not just for players

Randy Ellefson Endorsed By Alvarez Guitars

New Tweak Fuzz Stomp Box from Seymour Duncan

Clapton returns for Cream dates

If You LOVE Guitars, Check This Out!: Fender Europe's Messe 2005 Photo Gallery.

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