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Thursday, October 9th, 2008Rasgueo Guitar Armrests | Feature Article | Update:After Market Rests
The Rasgueo Guitar Armrest was recently brought to my attention after I had written the article on after market rests [here]. The inventor, 6′ tall Paul Spielman found he was hunching over his classical guitar, experiencing discomfort and pain.
He designed the armrest to provide additional [...]
Tortoiseshell picks. Feature article. Reworked.
Friday, October 3rd, 2008The ins and outs of the laws involving tortoiseshell.
Data and original script from wikipedia and transatlantic bluegrass.com
Australian Tonewoods by Jack Spira.
Sunday, September 21st, 2008Australian tonewoods| Feature article | Guestpost by Jack Spira
T
o start with I should say there are many species of potentially useable tonewoods in Australia. Also, it takes time to make enough instruments with a particular species to get a reasonable idea of how it performs. I say this because I don’t want to give the [...]
Christie’s Auction
Saturday, September 13th, 2008Christie’s Auction | Commentary | “10 October 2008, New York, Rockefeller Plaza”
So the summer auction’s continue! Christie’s is holding a Fine Instrument auction in New York and amongst the violins are a scattering of vintage and modern Martin. There are 49 lots with an introduction by Graham Nash who states: “The proceeds from the following [...]
Conventional Wisdom. Guest Post.
Thursday, September 11th, 2008Conventional Wisdom| Guest Feature Article| Ed Rhoades
I’m very honoured to have Ed Rhoades write an article for us on his experience with guitars. Ed is a wonderful writer and his take on the wide choice of guitars and going shopping for guitars is more illuminating than any technical treatise on construction.
Y
ears ago, when I was [...]
Ragtime Annie Tab. Lesson.
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Ragtime Annie| Tab & lesson| Yiannis
Yiannis says: “Because i’m a huge David Grier fan,i sometimes try to emulate David’s style, to get into his mind on how he would play a tune. I’m using here double stops, floaters, chromatic runs to make it more challenging. Another influence on that tune was the great player Scott Fore. [...]
Wings on headstocks. Feature article
Saturday, August 9th, 2008Headstock Wings | 2008 | Feature Article
Headstock wings refer to strips of wood glued to the outer edges of the headstock. This has been discussed quite a bit on various forums due to the recent adoption of wings by CF Martin in their production guitars.
Why have wings?
One piece necks are carved from solid blocks of [...]
Top Ten Guitar Jokes.
Friday, August 8th, 2008All those interviews and photographs can get a little staight necked at times so I thought I’d throw in a little bit of humour with my top ten guitarist jokes and humour in no particular order… enjoy!
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A fingerstyle guitarist wins 15 million at the Lottery.
When a reporter asked “What are you going to do [...]
Guitar Armrests part 1: After Market Armests
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Guitar Armrests | Feature Article | Part 1: After Market Rests
Guitar Armrests are designed to provide a comfortable surface for your playing arm to rest on. At the same time, it also lifts the arm off the top of the guitar. This provides three things. Firstly increased comfort (vs. edge of the binding) and reduction [...]
Burkitt & Burkitt… too much Bling?
Sunday, July 13th, 2008Burkitt & Burkitt | Commentary | ” Too Much Bling “
Ever wonder what you get when you cross the two above images?
Well, no need to imagine anymore. Burkitt and Burkitt, an eclectic art firm has done it for your consideration. Originally starting off by covering vehicles with gold coins, they have moved into ‘Crystal [...]