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HERE’S MY LATEST TOOL OF THE TRADE
I love my latest toy! I’ve wanted one of these for a long time. First of all, I needed a banjo I could easily haul around for teaching. Secondly, I wanted something I could keep at hand without the worry of exposing a much more expensive banjo to the daily bumps and grinds of constant practice and handling. This Deering Goodtime is the answer for me. It not only plays like a much more expensive banjo, the sound is nothing less than incredible. It has the brightness and bounciness you want, but is just a little more subdued than it’s heavier brothers. I’m having a blast with it and it’s working out great for all my new banjo students.
ESP GUITARS CELEBRATES 35 YEARS
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News, Tips / Technique, guitar history on February 11th, 2010
ESP Guitars is celebrating 35 years with a new web site. Check it out here.
MY LATEST GUITAR
Posted by Rick in Gear, News, Tips / Technique on January 6th, 2010
I’ve been very busy, but, I want to share my new guitar with you all. I wanted a nice, economical electric guitar to use at the shop and in my studio for teaching. I found one and am very pleased with it. It handles great, sounds fantastic and it’s nice looking. It’s an ESP H 51 and you can see it here.
I have the electric blue, but, it also comes in red. I’m having a blast with it. Next up will be a Deering banjo. I’ll let you know when that one makes it home.
IT’S NOT A HAPPY DAY FOR GIBSON GUITARS
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News on November 18th, 2009
We will have to wait and see what becomes of this.
IT’S ALL HOW YOU LOOK AT IT
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News, Tips / Technique, Videos on October 22nd, 2009
I guess when you’re driving a round speaker, it doesn’t matter what shape the cabinet is really – but I’m just used to seeing big square / rectangular stacks and these triangles are a little different. – JPH
I agree with JP, after 30 plus years in the business looking at the same square boxes, it is a little hard to get used to, but, if it plays, it plays. Check out these 3rd Power Amplification Systems
REFLECTING ON LES PAUL
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News, Tips / Technique, Videos, guitar history on August 25th, 2009
This interview with Les Paul in 1992 is a treasure and should make every guitar player who walks into a music store humbled at the array of “toys” he provided us. He glided over his adversities with the same grace he played guitar and that is a gift to us all.
CHECKING OUT SOME BANJOS AT WILDWOOD MUSIC
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News, students on August 22nd, 2009
Yesterday, we took a short trip up to Coschocton, Ohio, to visit Wildwood Music. I wanted to check out some Deering banjos since I have played them before and was impressed. I was looking for something a little less expensive than my current banjo so I can use it for instruction at the shop.
We had a lot of fun browsing all the guitars, banjos and auto harps. Don and Marty were very gracious and had some great stories from their trip to Elkins, West Virginia. Missing Daybreak also has some good stories from their visit to Elkins. In fact, Something Blue was written there while the Cheat River was rising one night. Check out WildwoodMusic
ROOT BEER ANYONE?
Posted by Rick in Gear, Music / Artists, News, students on August 19th, 2009
Once again, one of my top researchers, JP, has found an interesting guitar for us to ponder. It makes me long for a frosty root beer and it is kind of pretty. Check it out here
DBZ Guitars, Darkside Collection (guest blogger, JPH)
Posted by Admin in Gear, Guest Blogger on August 7th, 2009
DBZ Guitars, the guitar manufacturing company formed by Dean Zelinsky, has officially launched their ‘Dark Side of Dean’ range. The darkside collection has quite a few shocking and awe-inspiring models including this gem below (my favorite ‘bird of prey’ series):
Hop over to the DBZ website (here) or go straight to the ‘Dark Side of Dean’ collection (here) to see all the wicked new axes.
LOUD SILENCE
Posted by Rick in Gear, News, Tips / Technique, Videos on July 23rd, 2009
JPH found another cool post for us. This item would be great for small spaces and where noise needs to be kept to a minimum. There’s a great video demo that explains it very well.
Go here to see what it’s all about.
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