I’ve always loved headless guitars, ever since Steinberger came out with their GL series. The scale length of the guitar is the same as a normal guitar, but the length …
Matsuda Archtop “Deconstruction”
Michihiro Matsuda is an amazing luthier with bold ideas. He is well known in the acoustic guitar community, apprenticing with the legendary Ervin Somogyi. His sense of geometry, design lines, …
Claas Guitars
Alexander Claas from Germany is making some very interesting modern guitars. Note the body where the upper horn is normally located. It is connected to the neck all the way …
SKB Guitar Case
I recently attended Vai Academy 2015 and this required you to bring a guitar. I’ve travelled with a guitar before, but that was a long time ago before all the …
Sankey “The Tyger”
An amazing 7-string, multi-scale electric guitar from Michael Sankey. Swamp Ash, chambered body with epoxy/fibre laminate and Cocobolo top Bolt-on East Indian Rosewood neck with African Blackwood stringers African Blackwood …
Trotter 6-String Bass
This is an amazing bass from J Willard Guitars. Note the neck-thru design that is embedded in the body. Jason also makes some cool guitars. Check it out.
Vai Academy 2015
I had the recent pleasure of attending the Vai Academy 2015 with Steve Vai and guest lecturers Eric Johnson and Sonny Landreth. In addition, there were workshops and talks by …
Teuffel Birdfish
The Teuffel Birdfish represents modern styling with an exo-skeleton (no-body) theme and construction, blending wood and metal. The body consists of two interchangeable tonebars which are screwed on both central elements “bird” …
Luca Stricagnoli – Sweet Child O’ Mine (Guitar)
Modern acoustic guitar was defined by Michael Hedges in the 1980s. Hedges redefined how an acoustic guitar could sound, and how it could be played. His percussive techniques and simultaneous …
tc electronic PolyTune Clip Tuner
I’ve owned a lot of tuners back in the day, and I still use a Korg tuner I bought many years ago as well as a variety of modern tuners. …