http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:31:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Greco is one of the pioneers of the so-called "lawsuit guitar makers" that flourished in the 1970s. They have been making guitars since the early 1960's at the Fiji-genGakki plant. However, note that some Fender copies were made in the infamous Matsumoku plant prior to 1967. During this period, ... http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog/guitar-spotlight/greco-guitars-jewels-from-japan/ Mosrite was an American guitar manufacturing company, based in Bakersfield, California, from the late 1950s to the mid 1990s. Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and roll and country artists such as Kurt Cobain, Joe Maphis, Larry Collins, Buck Trent, The Ventures, the MC5, and ... http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog/guitar-spotlight/mosrite-guitars/ Many guitarists I talk to are confused, or often completely unaware, of how a guitar's scale length affects string tension. I wanted to write a short article to clear up the confusion. It is a fairly simple concept and is so critical to understanding the tradeoffs between string gauge, ... http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog/personal-guitar-history/understanding-guitar-scale-length/ Anyone who knows anything about Stevie Ray Vaughan knowns that his guitar of choice was a Fender Stratocaster. However, Stevie did not start his professional career by playing them. Stevie began his professional career with a band called Blackbird using two Gibson models, a 1954 Les Paul TV and ... http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog/famous-players/guitars-of-srv/ At the weekly blues jam last Monday, one of the regulars showed up with a really nice guitar I had never heard of, a beautiful black model with a rosewood fingerboard called a Westbury. The guitar's owner, Tom Veltri, owns quite a few nice guitars that he brings out ... http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog/electric-guitar-reviews/westbury-guitars/ In his first band, The Roosters, Eric played a double cutaway Kay through a Selmer Futurama III Amplifier. During his tenure with the Yardbirds, Eric played a Fender Telecaster through a Vox AC-30 amplifier. While in John Mayall’s Blues Breakers, Eric played a 1960 model Les Paul Standard through a 45-watt ... http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog/famous-players/eric-clapton-early-gear/ In part I of this review, I told you the story of how I zeroed in on the Jeff Beck Signature Stratocaster model. In this follow-up, I'll fill you in on the numerous features that make it stand out from the other models available. Beyond the gloriously thick, 50s style ... http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog/electric-guitar-reviews/jeff-beck-strat-review-part-2/ I was a humbucker guy the first 25 years I played guitar starting off on a used Les Paul Pro that I bought working down at the local grocery store. It wasn't until I picked up a copy of Jeff Beck's "Guitar Shop" in 1997 that the "Strat sound" ... http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog/electric-guitar-reviews/jeff-beck-signature-stratocaster-review/ I was poking around Wikipedia this afternoon and came across the entry for the famed Gibson Explorer. It made it's debut way back in 1958 when it was originally dubbed the "Futura". It offered a radical, "futuristic" body design, much like its sibling, the Flying V. Its initial ... http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog/guitar-spotlight/the-gibson-explorer-legacy/ Your first electric guitar is a bit like your first kiss - you'll never forget it and it becomes a benchmark for all that follow. When I was 15, I saved enough cash working at the neighborhood department store to purchase a brand new Gibson Les Paul Pro from ... http://www.electricguitarbay.com/blog/personal-guitar-history/my-first-electric-gibson-les-paul-pro/