This is a collection of links I’ve found interesting over the past week or so.

Costello Jazzmaster Guitar Proto Sold on eBay – An Elvis Costello Signature Series Jazzmaster is forthcoming, and the prototype was recently auctioned off on eBay, with proceeds going to charity (via Electric Guitar Review)

Gibson Robot Guitar – Gibson’s new Robot guitar will be available on 12.7.07. Features include automatic tuning to standard tuning or several alternate tunings. As others have noted, it’s a silly name with an ugly paint job, but the features look pretty cool

Ask Steve – Steve Morse guitar Q&A posted on the Deep Purple Web site (via Rich Murray)

Guitar Phrasing Basics Video Clip – An old video featuring Scott Henderson discussing guitar phrasing

Berklee Music Blogs – A blog by the Berklee College of Music featuring Berklee faculty, music industry professionals and music educators

Sleevage – A blog dedicated to album covers (via Dan Cederholm)

The Rise of the Musical Middle Class Parts I-III – A series on a class of musicians who make a living making music, but aren’t household names (via TDS)

Country’s Declaration of Independents – Newsweek article about how many country artists are signing to independent labels rather than the major labels

KnowTheMusicBiz.com – A new Web community about the music business. Looks pretty interesting (via Taylor)