Notes from the Director
Notes from the Director November 2011 Nothing like the smell of woodsmoke in the air to get your Autumnal emotions rolling. Halloween was a mere blink of the eye (geez I do miss the former regularity of the Frank Zappa Halloween Concerts – RIP Frank) and you know what that means. CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens and more, all across the country, have broken out Christmas decorations whilst we’re... [Read more]
Notes from the Director
Greetings GearHeads – we hope those of you in the Eastern half of the US have been enjoying the extra-snowy winter months. Some of you we’re guessing……..not so much! However, we really shouldn’t exclude anyone from this wintery greeting, as 49 of the 50 US states got hit some some amount of snow, including Texas one-day before the Super Bowl. We received lots of email... [Read more]
Tips and Tone – Winter Set-up
Tips and Tone You’ve Lost that Unplugged Feelin’ By John LeVan Has Your Guitar Lost It’s Magic? So, this past Christmas, you got the guitar of your dreams, but for some reason, it doesn’t play as well as it did when you first got it. Sound familiar? Over the past several weeks, this is exactly what I’m hearing from my customers. My shop is full of great guitars that have been... [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]
Notes from the Director
I hope this email finds many of you away on vacation enjoying some well needed battery recharging! July and August are the two most popular months for a little R&R. I know that I’m looking forward to a late August trip away to someplace quiet with guitar in tow. [Read more] Share| Read More →
Notes from the Director
Greetings all - we hope this edition of the Gearhead Gazette finds you well and enjoying spring 2010. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Nashville Music Community and it’s residents. The images that we’ve seen here as well as news from players we know in Nashville are tragic to say the least. [Read more] Share| 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]
Time for Dweezilla!!
10 Questions with Dweezil Zappa and the coming of Dweezilla!! Dweezil Zappa For all you Dweezil fans out there, this is a great chance for you to get an up close opportunity to work on your musical skills with like-minded players. This is boot camp! Not your swimming, canoeing, roasting marshmallows singing “We are the CIT’s so pity us” type of camp (obscure Meatballs reference but... [Read more]
Directors Diatribe
Directors Diatribe – March 2010 I really don’t want to vent here but it’s winter in Vermont and for some reason everyone on the Eastern shoreboard has more more snow than we do! I suppose there are worse things to be upset about and I know I shouldn’t be envious. I suppose it would be more appropriate to have G.A.S. envy than snow envy but that’s what Gbase is for, right?... [Read more]
Gbase Contest – Foot to the Floor
Break out of those Winter doldrums by putting your foot to the floor with our Winter Giveaway. In cooperation with our good friends over at Visual Sound, three lucky Gearheads will “walk” away with one of these amazing pedals. Visual Sound has a full line of pedals that pack more tone per ounce than any other pedal on the market- be sure to check out their full line at Visual Sound. Gbase... [Read more]
