Last fall, Paul Reed Smith sat down with Carlos Santana, Derek Trucks, and Warren Haynes to have a candid conversation about tone, finding your voice, and being a musician. Recently, Smith invited Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, Ricky Skaggs, and Cody Kilby to his home studio to continue the conversation with PRS’s leading acoustic endorsers.
If you Google the question “Is there a 14-string guitar?”, you are apt to get confused. Wiki.answers.com states emphatically, “there are no instruments that have 14 strings”.
GraphicGuitars Sculptures are a collection of three-dimensional designs dedicated to the mystic of the guitar. Artist Paul Chase has been creating fine art paintings and prints of the guitar for 10 years.
Earshot Media tells us, “The 15th year of Punk Rock Bowling is upon us and man, oh man, is this going to be a good one!”
And just this past week, a fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, ravaged the club that was reported to be filled to double its capacity and leaving 233 bodies in its wake.
Highlighting the evening was the Les Paul Award presentation to renowned recording artist and composer The Who’s Pete Townshend. The Les Paul Award was presented by film producer and humorist Martin Lewis and Jeff Salmon, representing The Les Paul Foundation.
Motorhead, the Grammy award winning rock band will unveil the overwhelmingly loud and fast style of rock-n-roll with the official U.S. launch of Motorheadphones at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas.
Guitar Mash, a multi-platform initiative to bring players of varying backgrounds together, shows the many sides of the ubiquitous instrument. By kicking off with a big, open jam, the star-studded project will get guitarists of all levels, ages, and backgrounds actively participating. From metal shredders to acoustic aficionados, from novices to pros, Guitar Mash aims to unite players online and off, including via Facebook and Twitter (@GuitarMashNYC).
Last night, I made my way to the National Guitar Museum’s traveling exhibit newly stationed at The Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, and scheduled to be open to the public from Saturday, October 13 to January 1, 2013.
Experience PRS 2012, the Maryland manufacturer’s sixth annual open house event, saw an impressive roster of A-list artists plus a few special guests, exciting new model releases, and record attendance.
