Taylor Guitars has been running a series of videos called Factory Fridays where they show a function of their guitar factory each Friday. They recently released episode 13 which features the making of a Taylor neck. In the past, they have featured side bending, bracing, finishing and more. The videos are a very interesting look into what it takes to make an acoustic guitar. … [Read more...]
Martin Guitars = Crap?
Brad Kozak, on novelidea.com, recently wrote about going to a music store and seeing a Martin guitar, complete with laminated back and sides, which is a departure from Martin's historically very high quality guitars. The NovelIdea blog is geared towards marketing and branding, so the post is targeted towards that audience. However, it's an interesting argument. For example, … [Read more...]
Peavey – New Products for 2006
Peavey has introduced several new guitar and bass products for 2006. They have introduced the Vortex Metal Guitar, the David Ellefson model bass guitar, the Windsor guitar amplifier, as well as several other new products. … [Read more...]
Rickenbacker – New Product for 2006
Rickenbacker has announced a new guitar for 2006, the Model 1996. This guitar is part of their vintage reissue line. … [Read more...]
ESP – New Products for 2006
ESP Guitars is introducing 16 new signature series guitars at this years NAMM Show. Included are the Dan Jacobs (Atreyu) model, the Travis Miguel (Atreyu) model, the Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom) model, the George Lynch model, the Jeff Hanneman (Slayer) model, the Michael Wilton (Queensryche) model, the Micheal Ammot (Arch Enemy) model, the Page Hamilton (Helmet) model, the … [Read more...]