The final word (until the next word) on Dave’s Sound Repair
I picked up my Les Paul at Dave's Sound Repair in Whippany on Jan. 11, but, due to a series of distractions (most of which were fun), I didn't actually plug it in and try it out until Jan. 28. I'm glad...
View ArticleGibson’s Learn & Master iPhone app should be standard
The tuner on the FREE Gibson Learn & Master iPhone app. The headline is supposed to be a pun (as in Les Paul Standard), but I don't think it's working. If I think of a better one, I'll change it....
View ArticleGibson CEO picks fight with lenders after alienating retailers and employees
Here's a random photo of my Les Paul's headstock. It has nothing to do with this blog entry. Enjoy! As I wrote in a recent post, I get e-mails coming at me from across the universe, nonstop. I took...
View ArticleOne of many guitars ruined in the Nashville floods
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View ArticleReview of Jeff Beck at Iridium Jazz Club, June 8, 2010
Jeff Beck at Iridium Jazz Club, June 8, 2010. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. I made the trek into NYC last night (Tuesday) to see Jeff Beck's Les Paul tribute show at Iridium Jazz Club on Broadway...
View ArticleThe rest of Jeff Beck’s June 8 Iridium set list
Brian Setzer arrives at Iridium, June 8. Photo by Cindy Moorhead, Vista High School, Class of '87! In my last blog post, I started writing a song-by-song account of Jeff Beck's set at Iridium Jazz Club...
View ArticleIt must be nice to be Tom Petty & Co.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in OK, so like I said in yesterday's awesome blog post, MOJO, the new album by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, came out Tuesday, June 15. Musically, it's all still...
View ArticleIs anyone out there familiar with Larrivee guitars?
The Larrivee LV-03R at Golden Age Fretted Instruments in Westfield, N.J. I think I want this. Some friends and I visited Golden Age Fretted Instruments in Westfield, N.J., Saturday afternoon. I tried...
View ArticleWhy Guitar Center needs a resident chiropractor
Meet Virgil the pine vole. The Winter NAMM show took place this past weekend in sunny Anaheim, Calif. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it there this year. So to give ourselves the NAMM experience, some...
View ArticleLet’s all register to bid on a 1960 Les Paul!
Do thy bidding! Someone out there -- besides PSE&G and Verizon -- thinks I'm rich. Waiting for me in yesterday's mail was an invitation to bid on pricey vintage guitars as part of an online auction...
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