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If you missed the first installment on Fender Guitars, check out The Making of Fender Guitars Part 1.
In January 1965, owing to poor health, Leo Fender sold the Fender Guitar Company to Columbia Broadcasting System or CBS for 13 million dollars.
The sale caused grave concern among players and collectors as many thought that with the [...]
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Think guitar and you think of Fender. The name that has been synonymous with electric guitars for over fifty years, Fender Guitars have been instrumental in bringing about the rock revolution of the 50s and 60s.
The Fender electric guitar was born out of the need to eliminate feedback. In the 1930s, manufacturers had experimented with [...]
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Phoenix must surely be the middle name of John Frusciante, because like the mythological creature, the lead guitarist of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers has risen from the ashes of self-destruction and reinvented himself to rule the world as one of the great guitarists of all time.
Having experienced both colossal highs and gut-wrenching lows [...]
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In our last post on great guitarists, we spoke about some of the cool attributes of Bob Dylan, today we are covering a guy who is best known as the long haired, top hat wearing, cigarette smoking lead guitarist for 80’s supergroup, Guns N Roses – Slash.
Saul Hudson was born in 1965 in London and [...]
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Bob Dylan learned to play the guitar & harmonica as a very young child and has since undoubtedly became one of the greatest guitarists/singer/songwriters of his time, not to mention, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
He records and plays his music in a particular type of way that others may [...]
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