These videos are from a PBS documentary about Roy Buchanan. In addition to providing a lot of background information about Buchanan, the documentary features some excellent live footage of Buchanan. … [Read more...]
NAMM 2012: Fender Voyager Concept
Fender CEO Larry Thomas invited The Music Zoo to a special room at NAMM known as Larry's Lab. Larry's Lab features prototypes and experimental guitars developed by Fender's R&D department. One model The Music Zoo saw was the Fender Voyager Concept guitar, which is one of the coolest new guitar shapes I've seen in a while. I'd love to see this guitar put into production. … [Read more...]
NAMM 2012: Gibson Kirk Hammett Flying V Prototype
Guitar retailer The Music Zoo have posted some highlights from their first day at the NAMM show. One of the highlights they posted is the prototype for an upcoming 150-piece guitar series from Gibson replicating Kirk Hammett's 1979 Flying V from his early days in Metallica; 50 of the pieces will be signed by Hammett. Very cool! … [Read more...]
NAMM 2012: Fender 50th Anniversary Jaguar
Fender is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Jaguar guitar by introducing the 50th Anniversary Jaguar: Fender is proud to celebrate five colorful decades of the Jaguar guitar by introducing the 50th Anniversary Jaguar model. The instrument takes players back to 1962, when Fender introduced an unusual new guitar that paired a sleekly modified Jazzmaster® body style and … [Read more...]
NAMM 2012: Martin Custom 00-45SC John Mayer Limited Edition Guitar
John Mayer and I seem to share an affinity for small-bodied acoustic guitars, as he has teamed up with Martin to create the Custom 00-45SC John Mayer Limited Edition Guitar: "There's something about a smaller-bodied acoustic guitar that has always appealed to me. In one glance it inspires me to write, travel, perform, and age along with it," said John Mayer. "Not very long ago … [Read more...]