Venerable news reporting agency The Onion has uncovered some depressing news for those of us who have shopped at Guitar Center in the past: Contradicting conventional wisdom that shopping at the musical instrument retail chain guarantees one a renowned and highly successful career in music, a new study released Monday revealed that a mere 88 percent of Guitar Center customers … [Read more...]
Michael Bloomfield – From His Head to His Heart to His Hands Box Set
This looks like an excellent release for fans of Michael Bloomfield: From His Head to His Heart to His Hands. The release includes 3 CDs and a DVD. From Amazon's description of the new release: From His Head to His Heart to His Hands, the 3 CD/1 DVD anthology features released and unreleased gems from solo sessions to live performances from The Fillmore East and Fillmore West, … [Read more...]
Reverb.com
Reverb.com is a fairly new entry in the guitar marketplace. It's a competitor to eBay that is focused solely on musical instruments. The site is founded by the owner of Chicago Music Exchange, so there's a history of running a guitar retail shop behind the site. I recently purchased a Gibson SG '61 Reissue from the site, and I was pleased with the experience. Communication … [Read more...]
David Grissom – How It Feels To Fly
David Grissom, one of my favorite current guitarists, has released a new album today titled How It Feels To Fly: The 4th solo release from renowned Austin, TX guitarist and songwriter David Grissom. The CD includes eight new studio tracks and four extended live tracks, with blistering covers of the Allman Brother's “Jessica" and ZZ Top's "Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings". The rest … [Read more...]
Gibson Les Paul Recording
This is an interesting reissue that I missed a few weeks ago. Gibson is bringing back a limited edition version of the Les Paul Recording guitar: A major part of Les Paul’s original vision for the solidbody electric guitar was to incorporate features crucial to studio musicians, and that dream was realized in the famed Les Paul Recording Model of the 1970s. The new Les Paul … [Read more...]