Technical news site TechCrunch has recently posted about JamJunky, a social songwriting site. JamJunky enables you to upload your songs so that other people can comment on them and help you improve the songs. Apparently, you can limit who can access the songs, so that you can only let your friends comment on them, or you can let anyone comment on them. CenterNetworks has also … [Read more...]

I was notified recently (thanks Matt!) that the comments issue that I mentioned previously had not been fixed as I had thought. I believe that I have now fixed the issue, as I was able to leave a comment on a post. However, if you discover that comments are still not working, you can contact me at josh(at)theguitarblog.com. I apologize if you've tried to leave a comment and … [Read more...]

I don't know what it is about rosewood fretboards, but a guitar with a rosewood fretboard feels entirely different (and better) to me than a guitar with a maple fretboard. I've always liked the looks of rosewood fretboards better, and I've always owned guitars with rosewood fretboards, but it was only recently that I realized that there was more to it than simply looks. The … [Read more...]

I was recently informed that there was an issue with the commenting system on the Web site and people were unable to leave comments. I apologize if you've tried to leave a comment in the past and you weren't able to. I believe that I have fixed the issue, but there's still a bit of an issue with the caching functionality, which I'm working on. At any rate, you should now be … [Read more...]

According to Gibson.com, a Tennessee man has legally married his ES-335. I'm sure that this is either a publicity stunt for Gibson or for Cory Moore, the man who supposedly married his guitar, but it's a funny story, nonetheless. A choice quote from the press release: Not surprisingly, this is Moore's first marriage. He has no children. Moore laughed when asked if there could … [Read more...]