Dealer of the Month – My Generation Guitars
This month, we’re heading east on the wildly popular and highly trafficked Long Island Expressway. Our destination – Syosset, New York, home to John DeSilva and owner of My Generation Guitars. He has a very unique collection of Guitars, Basses and Amps – you can check out his Gbase Store – MyGenerationGuitars – you’ll find everything from Dan Armstrong to Grestch.... [Read more]
Dealer of the Month – BLVD Music
March Dealer Spotlight Interview BLVD-Music – Boiling Springs, SC This month we’re heading south to South Carolina – the weather’s unseasonably chilly this year, but the people are as charming as can be. Just 2 miles north of Spartanburg – home of the recent Spartanburg Guitar Show (now called the South Carolina Guitar Show) is Boiling Springs, SC. Here you will find BLVD Music, a great... [Read more]
Affordable Gifts and Gadgets for 2009
Gbase 2009 – With the holidays just around the corner, we thought we’d provide this little primer on gifts and gadgets for the musician in your life, even if that musician happens to be you. There are lots of new toys and trinkets out there and we’ve hit upon a few of those, as well as the classics. Here’s wishing you a wonderful holiday season!! Let’s start with a few... [Read more]
The Les Paul Foundation – Live at the Charlotte Guitar Show
Charlotte, NC – The Charlotte Guitar Show was held August 29th and 30th and as usual the crowd was substantial and the guitars on-hand were amazing. But this year, there was a bittersweet display hosted. by Jerseys’ own, Frankie B. of The First Fret Guitar Shoppe and John DeSilva of My Generation Guitars. [Read more] Share| Read More →
A Guitar Tribute to Woodstock – 40 Years Ago
That’s right – 40 years ago this month, 500,000+ people drove, hitchhiked, walked, crawled or did whatever they had to, to get to Max Yazgur’s farm in upstate New York. It was more than a concert and it’s legend has grown in truly epic fashion over these past 40 years. The infamous concert movie, Woodstock, firmly ingrained images of Hendrix, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Country... [Read more]
Chicago Drum Show
St. Charles, IL – Okay, so you may be asking yourself, what is Gbase doing at an all Drum-based show. Welp, as I walk thru the show floor, as a guitarist of over 40 years, I asked myself that very question. Imagine if you will, being abducted from your home, being placed in a very ecomonical, commerical airline flight to Chicago and then driven to a small suburb outside Chicago. Yet when you... [Read more]
Gbase Hits the Road……Again!
Gbase hits the road this spring, with stops in some new exciting new territories for our staff. Our efforts this year will be introducing Gbase to brand new sets of eyes as well as meeting up with some new dealers. We’re currently speaking with numerous Drum and Percussion dealers in an effort to introduce Gbase to a new marketplace…..Drummers! Okay, okay, enough with the drummer jokes,... [Read more]
Dallas Guitar Show 2009
Gbase goes on the road again to the 32nd Annual Dallas International Guitar Festival. One of the biggest and best attended guitar shows of the year. This years’ show proved to hold its own despite the early Saturday morning tornado watches and a day full of rain! [Read more] Share| Read More →
Gbase Welcomes Spring 2009
As I type this, it is officially Spring as of about 30 minutes ago. There’s still a good bit of snow on the ground where I live but the air is warming and has that interesting organic smell – something like earthworms meet old grass. But i digress, soon we’ll be in shorts, hanging out on the village green, playing acoustic guitars and enjoying the warmth of the sweet summer sunshine.... [Read more]
South Carolina Guitar Show/Spartanburg 2009
Gbase goes to South Carolina! Here we are at the annual guitar show in Spartanburg, SC, spreading the word about Gbase. On a packed Saturday afternoon, we were able to meet and talk to a lot great people that braved through the heavy rain and make it into a guitar and gear paradise. We also got to see many of our longtime dealers and friends that make their way from all over the country to... [Read more]
