About a month ago, I mentioned that novelist Jonathan Kellerman has recently published a book titled With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars, which is about his stellar guitar collection. I’ve since had a chance to read the book, and it is fantastic. The photos are gorgeous, and Mr. Kellerman includes detailed [...]

Back Door Slam had a big year in 2008. I was able to catch them early last year as they traveled through Nashville supporting James McMurtry. Later in the year, they were given the opening slot for the Kid Rock/Lynyrd Skynyrd tour. And, to round out the year, they toured with Gov’t Mule. I’m glad [...]

TheGearPage.net forums have a nice collection of photographs of the gear that the guitarists on the Experience Hendrix tour were using. For example, there are photos of Eric Johnson’s rig, Brad Whitford’s rig, Mato Nanji’s rig, Bernard Allison’s rig, Eric Gales’s rig, Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s rig, Jonny Lang’s rig, Buddy Guy’s rig, and there are [...]

I recently stumbled across this 2006 interview with David Grissom by Vintage Guitar magazine. Grissom is a highly regarded guitarist who has played with many people, including the Dixie Chicks, John Mellencamp, Joe Ely, Robben Ford, Buddy Guy, and many more. Here’s a snippet of the interview where Grissom is discussing getting his guitar tone:
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Editors note: This is a guest post written by Ava Corrothers, one of the administrators of the Jemsite guitar blog.
Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Joan Jett, Susanna Hoffs…so yesterday! Yes, these are the names of amazing female guitarists who some might consider modern day female rockers, but when I say modern, I mean MODERN-like in the [...]

I was browsing YouTube the other day and noticed this early performance of Eric Johnson playing Song for George. You may be familiar with the version that appears on Johnson’s album Ah Via Musicom. However, in early performances, he played the song on a Dobro, as shown in the following video. I like the Dobro [...]

Speaking of David Gilmour, I recently found a site called Gilmourish.com, which is a fan site written by Bjorn Riis and is devoted to all things David Gilmour. Bjorn claims that Glimourish is “the largest David Gilmour gear resource on the net” and I think he’s probably right. There is a ton of information about [...]

Last September, I posted about Phil Taylor’s book Pink Floyd: The Black Strat: A History of David Gilmour’s Black Fender Stratocaster about David Gilmour’s famous black Fender Stratocaster. Since that post, I have picked up a copy of the book, and it’s a very interesting look at Gilmour’s Strat through the years.
The guitar has gone [...]

I recently wrote a guest post titled “Resources for Beginners” for the Jemsite blog. Jemsite is a Web site devoted primarily to Ibanez guitars. However, the blog covers many guitar-related topics in addition to Ibanez guitars. My post includes some resources that I think are helpful for new and beginning guitarists. Check out my post [...]

The Derek Trucks Band are set to release their new album, Already Free, on January 13, 2009. I’ve been a fan of Trucks since first hearing about him and picking up his self-titled first album over 10 years ago. And, with each album, he and his band seem to expand into new directions while still [...]