Monthly Archives: December 2009
Veleno Original
1974 Veleno Original, serial number 90. Photo: Michael Wright.
Electric guitars have their roots in resonator guitars made with metal bodies and aluminum resonator plates...
Murry Hammond – I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I’m On My Way
As a solo artist, Murry Hammond is a blend of Leonard Cohen and Jimmie Rogers. The acoustic-based songs on this album aren't as lively...
Martin 000-30
When a guitar maker introduces an innovative new feature at the same time an appealing, existing feature is being discontinued, the result can be...
Jesse Ed Davis
Photo: Neil Zlozower.
The term "musician's musician" gets bandied about a lot, but in the case of the late Jesse Ed Davis, "guitar hero's guitar...
Brent Rowan
Photo: Rusty Russell
Brent Rowan is a 29-year veteran of the recording industry who has worked with legendary country artists including George Jones, Glen Campbell,...
Gretsch Astro Jet
"Meet George Jetson! And his boy Elroy!"
The year was supposed to be 2062 AD, but it was really 1962 when the catchy theme song...
Gibson F-5 1923
1923 Gibson F-5.
Gibson F-5 mandolins signed by Lloyd Loar from mid 1922 to 1924 are considered the Holy Grail by most American mandolin players....
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley. Photo: F. Scott Schafer.
Rock-and-roll pioneer Bo Diddley died of heart failure June 2 at his home in Florida. He was 79 years...
J. Howard Foote Parlor guitar
Ca. 1875 J. Howard Foote Parlor guitar, SN 654. Photo: Michael Wright.
P.T. Barnum probably didn't coin the classic modern truism "There's a sucker born...
Paul Reed Smith #11
The eleventh instrument made by Paul Reed Smith, from 1977. Photo by Whitney Lane.
Rick Kennell, bassist for '70s prog-rockers Happy the Man, was one...