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How To Buy A Vintage Guitar – Expert Shares Secrets Guitars are hot, guitars are sexy – and guitars can be worth big bucks. “People have paid up to a million dollars for guitars owned by the likes of Eric Clapton and Jerry Garcia,” says Tom Beaujour, editor-in-chief of Guitar Aficionado magazine. “The most valuable production electric guitar is the 1958/59 Gibson Explorer, of which... [Read more]
Cool Gear – Pickers Wallet
Mojave Picker's Wallet As a 9th level wallet reductionist I’m always looking out for ways to get more “function” out of less “form”. Right now that “form” is a blue rubber band, but when I finally get on Survivor I’m really going to try to avoid using coastal woods on my strings, so this bit of leather from Whipping Post might just be my Wallet 3.0: Via... [Read more]
2011 NAMM in Review
Many thanks to our good friends over at Guitar.com for taking it to the trenches during the most recent 2011 Winter NAMM show. Here you’ll find a few of the many hundreds of exhibitions that were to be perused on the show floor in lovely downtown Anaheim, California. If you’ve never been to the NAMM show, it’s like Christmas morning for a musician – 4-days straight. It’s... [Read more]
Spring Reverb Tanks
SPRING REVERB TANKS EXPLAINED & COMPARED by Kurt Prange A listener standing some distance from a sound source will perceive sound that is actually a combination of direct sound and indirect sound that has been reflected from the boundaries of the listening area. The reflections are referred to as reverberation. Reverb can enhance the perceived sound from a source by adding depth, color and... [Read more]
Tips and Tone – Mandolin Madness
Tips and Tone Mandolin Madness by John LeVan Recently, I had a client say to me,” I like my FlatIron® mandolin, but I wish it had more volume and clarity, how can I improve it?” The other issues my client had with his mandolin were the condition of the frets (it was in desperate need a re-fret) and fretboard extension over the body. It was in the way of his strumming pattern. Since this area... [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]
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]
Check out the new Woodstock.com
Woodstock.com is The Woodstock Festivals, All Live Music, Sustainable Living & You Rooted in the live music, community and sustainable living aspects of the original Woodstock Festival, Woodstock.com is an all inclusive online community of fans and artists that celebrates the Woodstock Festivals and all Live Music Events [Read more] Share| Read More →
Dealer of the Month – More Music
This month, we’d like to focus our spotlight on a Santa Cruz, CA- based dealer, More Music. Although, they’re relatively new to the world of Gbase, they’ve been steeped in the California Music scene for 15+ years. You’ll find trained professionals at this store with years of road experience as well as a highly skilled repair staff. [Read more] Share| Read More →
ChordMaster and ScaleWizard from Planet Waves
Farmingdale, NY – The last chord library you’ll ever need, plain and simple. Chordmaster is the quintessential hand-held guitar chord library, brought to you by Planet Waves, part of the D’Addario family of world-renowned musical instrument accessory brands. Planet Waves’ Chordmaster puts a comprehensive library of more than 7,800 guitar chords in the palm of your hand. Featuring... [Read more]
