Kaki King’s Current Touring Guitars
Kaki King is an amazing guitarist. As equally talented a songwriter as technical player, her latest album “Glow”shows her style maturing and gaining more depth and variety. She is currently touring to support the album, and the guitars she’s using are as equally interesting as the music. Kaki is obviously really into guitars and experimenting […]
Turn It UP!
“Turn It Up!” is an indie film about guitars and the guitarists who obsessively love them. The film is by Robert Radler and Doug Forbes who have been working on this project over the last five years. It’s obviously a labor of love and looks really interesting. Hosted by actor Kevin Bacon, TURN IT UP! includes interviews […]
Fretlight Review
You may be first wondering what a “FretLight” guitar actually is. Most likely you’ve seen or heard of the concept, as it’s been around now for over 20 years. This is the guitar with the LEDs embedded into the fretboard that light up and show you how to play…well, just about anything you want to […]
J.Backlund Retronix Kickstarter Project
John Backlund’s guitar designs are pretty distinctive. One quote describes them as the guitars robots would play while driving their flying cars. They have an over-the-top-retro-futuristic design that is truly unique. A good example is their flagship model, the JBD-400 and the Zebra wood JBD-100 below it. These guitars have always been handmade by J.Backlunds master luthier – […]
Drilling a Guitar for String-Through Ferrules
I’m currently putting together a DuoSonic from parts and got to the point where I had to drill the holes in the body for the string-through ferrules. I remembered there was some kind of trick to make sure they all lined up nicely. If you just drill straight on through with an 1/8″ drill bit, […]