Archive for July, 2008
The Classic Vibe series of electric guitars and basses from Squier is mildly new, coming out in the last few months. As you might suspect, its guitars are recreations of older, “classic” Fenders.
From left to right: the 50’s Duo-Sonic, 50’s Telecaster, and 60’s Stratocaster
They all cost around $300 new and feature yellowed white plastic controls [...]
[This is an update to James Brown’s Old Stuff Up for Auction]
The 350-or-so items from James Brown’s estate were sold yesterday for a sum of around $800,000, a bit short of the 2 million Christie’s estimated. Items of interest: his medical bracelet bought by Paul Schaffer for $32,500, Hammond organ for $10,000, and his pink [...]
According to Rolling Stone,
“A guitar famously lit on fire by Jimi Hendrix while performing onstage in London in 1967 is going to auction. Experts are predicting the guitar may fetch as much as $1 million.”
The story goes that he lit it on fire, got burnt (go figure), and on his way to the hospital, told [...]
Up to 30 festival attendees suffered permanent eye damage after being blinded by lasers at an outdoor rave party in Kirzhach, Russia, on July 5th.
“Heavy rain had forced organisers of the event, which took place on July 5 in the town 50 miles outside Moscow, to put up tents for the all-night dance party.
The lasers, [...]
[Update: James Brown’s Old Stuff Sold at Auction]
According to the New York Times,
“The personal possessions of the soul singer James Brown, the self-proclaimed “Godfather of Soul,” will be auctioned on Thursday as scheduled after an appeals court judge declined on Monday to block the sale.”
Like a lot of non-poor people who pass on, James Brown’s [...]
I’m not sure if this is big news or not, but the internet certainly thinks so.
Axl Rose, of Guns n’ Roses fame, will debut a brand new song from the supposedly upcoming “Chinese Democracy” album to Rock Band 2, the sequel to the game where you pretend to be a musician with your friends. The [...]
The late, great Jaco Pastorius’ famous bass, the so-called “Bass of Doom,” has been found in New York after being missing since 1986.
If you’ve ever seen one of the Fender signature Jaco models, the Bass of Doom is the instrument those were based on. It was actually smashed by Jaco himself in the mid 1980’s [...]
There’s been a stir in the blogoshpere recently about the RIAA (that’s the Recording Industry Association of America, for those without Wikipedia) supposedly pressuring large computer manufacturers into disabling and limiting the stereo inputs of sound cards, in a superficial attempt to stop any kind of decent analog-to-digital piracy. Dells with SigmaTel chips have reportedly [...]
Lately I’ve been looking into getting an effects processor for my acoustics and researching which ones might be good to get.
Click the image for a high-resolution version.
I stumbled upon a review from Premier Guitar about the TC Electronic G-Natural. It seems pretty solid.
“In short, any hardcore acoustic act would love this pedal. It gives you [...]
Hope everyone had a good, relaxing 4th of July. Mine was all right.
While we’re still in the mood, blogger Ig posted his take on the Bill of Rights late last week. He calls it the Guitar Player’s Bill of Rights.
Favorite:
Right 3: You have the right to enjoy playing guitar.
Let’s face it. Too many guitar players [...]
