Monthly Archives: May 2013
TC-Helicon Intros Harmony Singer
TC-Helicon’s Harmony Singer is a multi-effects unit that helps guitarists create guitar-controlled vocal harmony with adjustable Tone and Reverb. It can generate one or two...
Hot Tuna Slates Summer Tour
Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady have slated a summer tour with two versions of Hot Tuna – electric and acoustic – that will perform...
Gibson Offers 50th Anniversary Thunderbird
Gibson has introduced the 50th Anniversary Thunderbird Bass. Like the original on which it is based, it has “through-neck” construction that pairs a mahogany...
Hank’s Protos
There are guitars, there are great guitars, there are great historic guitars and there are great historic guitars bearing deep provenance. And then there...
Country Singer Blake Shelton to Host Tornado Benefit Concert
Blake Shelton has organized and will headline the telethon "Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert" on May 29 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in...
Walrus Audio Organizes Oklahoma Benefit Raffle
Brady Smith, proprietor of the Oklahoma-based Walrus Audio, has organized 19 fellow effects-pedal builders for a raffle to benefit the Red Cross of Oklahoma...
Uriah Heep’s Trevor Bolder Passes
Bassist Trevor Bolder, who played with Uriah Heep for decades, died May 21. He was 62 and had been battling cancer.
After playing on the local R&B scene in...
Levy’s Adds Hendrix Lyrics Straps
Levy's Leathers Jimi Hendrix lyrics guitar straps are inspired by the style of the legendary guitarist and use his images and handwritten song lyrics...
Ray Manzarek, Keyboardist and Co-Founder of The Doors, Passes
Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, passed away May 20, 2013. He was 74 and passed from cancer of the bile...
Tennant to Perform with Romero Collection Guitars
Classical guitarist Scott Tennant will stage a performance using seven guitars owned and played by the Romero family, June 1 in the showroom of...