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Harmony Guitars - One of America's Largest Guitar Manufacturers.
1949 Harmony Patrician The first guitar I ever owned was a late 1940's archtop Harmony Patrician. Though the neck said "Steel Reinforce", the heavy Black Diamond strings on that guitar caused the neck...
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Charlie Daniels - His Life And His Guitars
Charlie DanielsCharlie Daniels, one of the most beloved Country Rock musicians of our time, passed away recently. He was 83 years old.According to his son, on July 6th, Charlie suffered a hemorrhagic...
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Trini Lopez - May 13, 1937 to August 11th, 2020 - His Life and Gibson Guitars
Trini Lopez (recent)Singer, guitarist, and actor Trini Lopez passed away on August 11, 2020 at the age of 83 from complications of Covid-19.Trinidad Lopez III as a childHe was born Trinidad López III...
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Julian Bream, Classical Guitarist And Lutest Passed Away August 14th, 2020
Julian Bream - recentOne of the most distinguished classical guitarists of our day, Julian Bream passed away on August 14th of this year. His career spread over half a century. He was not just a master...
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Some Of The Weird Amplifiers That I Have Had The Pleasure To Have Known
 I'm the kid with the StratocasterI started playing guitar when I was 13 years old. Shortly afterward I began hanging out at the local music stores to take lessons and check out the new guitars and...
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Harley Benton And The Hard Luck Kings. Who Are These Guys?
 Harley Benton and The Hard Luck KingsJust about every time I get on any social media platform I am deluged with advertisements for guitars offered by Harley Benton and The Hard Luck Kings. Who are...
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Eddie Van Halen
 Eddie Van HalenEdward Lodewijk Van Halen was born January 26, 1955 and passed away on October 6, 2020. In my life time I can recall only two guitar players that changed Rock guitar technique forever....
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Fender's Two Lucite Guitars And A Little Information On Luthier Roger Rossmeisl
 It seems like I’ve alway liked the Beach Boys. It’s too bad that they no longer seem to like each other. When I was a younger guy, I’d pick apart their harmony attempting to duplicate their vocals on...
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The New Fender Swinger Guitar
New Fender SwingerTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of Fender’s Swinger model, Fender Japan is reissuing two versions of this rare instrument. The announcement was made in November of...
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Spencer Davis - His Life. His Guitars
 Spencer DavisSpencer Davis passed away of a heart attack on October 19 of this year. He gained fame in 1966 as the leader of The Spencer Davis Group. The Spencer Davis GroupThis band was formed in...
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Fender's Two Lucite Guitars And A Little Information On Luthier Roger Rossmeisl
 It seems like I’ve alway liked the Beach Boys. It’s too bad that they no longer seem to like each other. When I was a younger guy, I’d pick apart their harmony attempting to duplicate their vocals on...
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Newman Guitars - The History Of Ted Newman Jones
 Ted Newman JonesGuitar luthier Ted Newman Jones III was born on October 8, 1949 in Dyersburg, Tennessee. In his teen years, like many of us, he became interested in rock music and playing guitar. He...
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J.J. Cale's Guitars And His Life
 J.J. CaleA good friend just pointed out to me this unique guitar that J.J. Cale had played, and essentially rebuilt himself. For those of you unfamiliar with J.J. Cale (John Weldon "J. J." Cale) was...
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The 1960's Christmas Wish Book
 The Beatles on Ed Sullivan 1964The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in February of 1964. Although I was just a kid, I’d been listening to rock music for several years before on the local...
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Tony Rice June 8th 1951 to December 25th 2020 - A Guitar Legend.
 Tony Rice 1951 - 2020Tony Rice passed away suddenly on Christmas morning this year at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina. He was pouring a cup of coffee, and then in the blink of an eye he was...
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Affordable Guitars For Beginning Players
 Much of what I’ve learned about guitars I have picked up from going to music stores and checking out the instruments, and talking with sales staff. I started when I was very young.Dodd's Music (with...
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Hilton Valentine - Guitarist For The Animals - Dead On January 29th
 It's an Am kid, not Bm, you little showoff!So everyone get out a guitar. Tune it up to standard tuning. If you are ready let us begin. The song is in 6/8 time and the guitar part is played in an...
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Henry Goldrich, Owner Of Manny's Music, Passes Away at 88
 Manny's MusicWhen I was 16 years old our high school band took a trip to New York City. We were scheduled to visit famous landmarks in the city, but my friends and I had only one landmark in mind to...
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All The Vocal Groups From Television, Cartoons, Radio, Movies, And Film - THE...
 This is not my church choir but they look quite niceI was always fascinated with music since my childhood. This was especially true with vocal music long before I learned to play guitar. I joined the...
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Miss Carol Kaye - The Most Heard Bass Guitar Player That Most Of Us Never...
 1960's ArtistsFor those of us who grew up listening to the music of the 1960’s and ‘70’s there are a few consistencies that we may not be aware of. The Wrecking Crew Los Angeles One of those was the...
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