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Happy Birthday Leo Fender!

Today, August 10, 2009 would have been Leo Fender's 100th birthday, so in honor of him, I present to you an awesome gallery of his life-long accomplishments.

The Fender Esquire (1949)

1950 Broadcaster


1954 Fender Stratocaster


1980 G&L F-100


G&L S-500


G&L ASAT


G&L Legacy (the last model Leo ever created)

This is the Most Gorgeous Guitar I Have Ever Seen

I stumbled upon this beauty while on the electric guitar forums over on Harmony Central. Its a Huber, and this is the first one I have ever seen. From the small amount of Google research I did, this is a Bolt-On model.

A little about the company:

Nik-Huber-Guitars was founded by Nik Huber in 1996. Since then, the company grew slowly but constantly. Today a team of 5 highly skilled specialists is building around 120 instruments a year. All hand-crafted.

Since the first attendance at the Frankfurt Musik Messe in 1997, Nik Huber Guitars gained a worldwide reputation as a serious manufacturer of high-class electric-guitars.

In 1999 the expanding company moved to a commercial park in its hometown, Rodgau - 20 km south of Frankfurt/Germany, and resides now in a fully, state-of-the-art equipped workshop.

Marshall Introduces New Class 5 1x10 Combo Amp

Looking for that perfect bedroom amp? Well Marshall Amplification seems to have created it. The Class-5 is an all tube, 1x10" amp that keeps things stripped down and simple. Including only four controls (volume, treble, mids and bass), the Class-5 allows you to get sparklng cleans and also tune in that distinct Marshall British natural, tube overdrive.

This amps specs get even more juicy:

A single EL84 powers a 10" Celestion G10F-15, which Celestion specifically designed for this amp. According to Marshall and Celestion, this speaker gives the Class-5 a surprising amount of low-end for a tiny amp while still retaining its clarity. The amp even includes a headphone jack and 16 Ohm output, allowing it to power a 4x12 if you so desire. It also has Joe Bonamassa's seal of approval ta boot!

Check out a video demo here.

Basone Guitars: A Color-Changing, Laser-Loaded Guitar

This special little guitar fro Basone has some pretty cool features. This specific model is unfortunately one-of-a-kind, but that doesn't mean we can't look at it.

This strange design features a chambered Honduran Mahogany body with a carved maple top and a stability arm that connects the body to the headstock. This unique feature is said to give the guitar more resonance, thus improving sustain. Prince rocked one of these in the 80s. The finish is also painted on with a special kind of paint that shifts from a light, icy blue to cyan to gold, depending on the lighting.

Now this is where the Talon gets interesting...

This guitar has a 20 milli-watt, military-grade laser bored into the headstock! That's not all, its also got LEDs in the fretboard inlays that all have their own stitches to turn them on and off.

Now, just imagine Prince with this throw-back to the 80s! I can see the new Purple Rain video now...

Anyways, Basone guitars are made in Vancouver, BC and their custom guitars start around $1800. Pricey, but cool. 

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This is pretty much just a test to see if this works. Basically, ScribeFire its just a plug-in for FireFox that allows me to blog to KuzTunes form whatever page I'm already on, and it's damn cool.

Guitar Hero Getting More "Real?"

Recently, a company called Open Chord has released an electric guitar that can also be plugged into your Xbox or Wii and be used as a Guitar Hero/Rockband controller. When I first heard of this, I thought, "Oh cool!" That was the last time a positive thought crossed my mind.

After watching their "demo" video, it makes no sense. You have to plug the guitar into an amp and then into the system, so when you play random notes and chords in accordance with the game, it sounds like crap. I wonder if they realize that songs require more than just the first 5 frets to play.


Don't get me wrong, I love me some Guitar Hero. I don't see anything wrong with the game. If anything, it is inspiring kids to listen to rock n' roll again and maybe even take up the real guitar.

I was chatting with the owner of Advance Music here in Burlington, VT one day about Guitar Hero. He told me that since the game was released, he had seen more and more kids coming in with their parents to pick up a starter pack because of the game. Now to me, that sounds awesome. Any way we can get kids to listen to real music again is fine in my book.

I digress...

My point here is lets keep the game and the real thing separate. Its call well and good to try new innovations and whatnot, but a real guitar doesn't belong in a video game. If you want to learn the guitar, pick yourself up a nice Squier starter pack and check out some YouTube guitar lessons. They're extremely helpful.