Foo Fighters Sonic Highways Trailer
Having thoroughly enjoyed Dave Grohl’s similar project – “Sound City”, I’m really looking forward to this series. In this new series, Foo Fighters commemorate their 20th anniversary by documenting the eight-city recording odyssey that produced their latest, and eighth, studio album. Foo Fighters founder Dave Grohl directs the series, which taps into the musical heritage […]
Fender Vaporizer
“Our test subject, Is of the common variety player. Single male, age 45 to 65. He’s a self professed “expert” in tone. He is fanatical about gear, and refuses to like anything new.” Well, Fender seems to know their buyers well:)
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 […]
Silvertone Reissues the Jupiter & 1449
Summer NAMM started yesterday, and here’s the first thing that caught my eye. Although these reissues are not going to capture all the tones and charm of the originals, I think they are interesting guitars in their own right. I have a reissue of the Harmony version of this guitar. It’s rather different then the […]
Dave Grohl’s Film About Sound City Studios
Dave Grohl’s upcoming film about the legendary Sound City Studios looks to be pretty fascinating. The studio which opened in 1970, was responsible for countless hit records including albums by Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Nine Inch Nails, Johnny Cash…and the first album ever recorded there was Neil Young’s “After the Goldrush”. Sound City is also famous […]