While the tone of a string has a lot to do with its type – such as flatwound or roundwound – it also has a bit to do with its weight, and therefore, its diameter, which we know as its gauge. For the most part, we tend to describe a string’s gauge by the measurement of its diameter in thousandths...
The Fender Custom Shop is pleased to announce the release of the Michael Landau Signature 1963 Relic Stratocaster guitar. As part of the Fender Custom Shop Artist Collection, this Signature Model joins the likes of other great artist models from Jeff Beck, Dick Dale, Eric Clapton and more. Based on Landau’s 1963 Stratocaster, this Signature Model’s features include a hand-selected...
Eric Clapton Stratocaster @ $1,599.99 One of the top benefits of being the most popular instrument known to modern music is the plethora of customization options available. Don’t like the stock pickups on your Stratocaster? Feeling like the neck on your Jazz Bass is a bit too thick? Essentially, with a bit of skill and know-how (or enough money to...
Musician Ray Manzarek, who is best remembered as keyboardist and founding member of the Doors, died on Monday at the RoMed Clinic inRosenheim,Germany, after succumbing to complications due to bile duct cancer according to the band’s Facebook page. He was 74. According to the post, he was surrounded by his wife Dorothy Manzarek along with his brothers, Rick and James...
Live DVD hits stores later this month. Although Judas Priest had a bit of a snag which slightly delayed the release of their new live DVD, “Epitaph” – due out later this month by the way – the band has done a great job of keeping fans in the loop, and not just regarding their DVD either. In a recent...