Lichty Guitars, the shop of luthier Jay Lichty, have donated a guitar for raffle to benefit the Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) in North Carolina, where Lichty Guitars is located. The guitar is a handmade acoustic OM-style guitar built with African Bubinga and Spruce woods. It is valued at $3500 and raffle tickets are only $10. Only 350 tickets will be sold, so your chances of … [Read more...]
Remembering Stevie
This Friday, August 27, marks 20 years since Stevie Ray Vaughan's tragic death. Fender has posted a nice retrospective about SRV with quotes about Stevie from his family and friends, including this quote from Double Trouble drummer Chris "Whipper" Layton: "I didn't meet him that night, but the first time I heard him play was at a place called Soap Creek Saloon in Austin, … [Read more...]
Free Joe Bonamassa Download
I'm excited to welcome Joe Bonamassa as a new sponsor of Guitar Lifestyle. They are offering Guitar Lifestyle readers a free download of "Blue and Evil" from Joe's Black Rock album. To receive the free download, all you have to do is click here or click the ad in the sidebar and then select "Free MP3 Music". … [Read more...]
Nashville Amp Expo on August 21-22
The second annual Nashville Amp Expo is coming up on August 21-22. I couldn't make last year's show, but I heard that it was a lot of fun. A long list of exhibitors have signed up to show off their goods for this year's show. I'm glad to see these types of shows starting to gain popularity. This looks like a great opportunity to hear a lot of musical equipment that isn't … [Read more...]
Blue Noize Contest
Jon at Guitar Noize is launching another excellent contest, this time a blues solo competition he's calling Blue Noize. There are some great prizes to be had, including a PRS 25th Anniversay SE Custom guitar, a Big Muff Pi pedal, a Suhr Riot pedal, a POG2 pedal, Dunlop Max Grip picks, and BMF leather straps. If you think you've got the chops, check out the rules of the contest … [Read more...]