Gibson Government Series II Guitars
A couple years ago Gibson was raided for supposedly importing illegal woods for it’s guitars. There was a lot of theories about why this happened, and it certainly seemed like Gibson was singled out for more political, then ecological reasons. Well, the wood that was confiscated in those raids has been returned after Gibson paid […]
Kaki King: The Neck is a Bridge to the Body.
Seems like all the interesting guitar stuff is happening on Kickstarter these days. Kaki King, an amazing guitarist who I saw live last year, is funding a muldimedia show called “The Neck is a Bridge to the Body”. The show will use Kaki’s guitar as the primary projection screen to explore music, the guitar, and […]
Flat Guitars
Flat Guitars is an illustration project by David Navarro, chronicling all the guitars he’d like to have in his own collection. Each illustration is based on a specific guitar, that was owned by a well known guitarist, and is done in a clean, vector style. Guitars from Johnny Cash to Zack Wylde are covered, and […]
Different Way to Make a Headstock Logo
This is just one of the dozens of videos, Chris Monck, maker of Highline Guitars, has posted documenting his building process. Instead of the usual waterslide, Chris came up with this alternate process that he says makes the logo easier to bury under the clearcoa,t as the edges can easily be feathered. Chris uses many […]
Guitar Kits USA Kickstarter
GuitarKitsUSA.com started out 10 years ago making replacement bodies for some of the vintage “Res-O-Glass” Guitars made in Chicago. They’ve slowly added body styles and colors over the years, as well as some of the other parts needed to build a complete guitar. Now they are taking the next logical step, and putting together complete […]