Gibsons with Floyd Roses
Had a lot of fun writing this article about various Gibson models with Floyd Rose bridges. I’d love to give an Explorer Tremolo a happy home.
Jaden Rose Guitars at NAMM 2012
Just stumbled across this video on YouTube of the fine folks from England’s Jaden Rose Guitars capering at the NAMM Show (including some great shreddage by Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders). These guys make incredible guitars that are especially shred and djent-friendly. Six-strings, seven-strings, eight-strings, fixed bridge, Floyd Rose, extended scale, multi-scale, exotic woods, DiMarzio pickups, ridiculously comfortable necks… want!
NAMM Jackson Custom Shop Pablo Santana 7-string for sale
Remember the killer Jackson Custom Shop B-7 7-string built by Pablo Santana which I wrote about here? Well it’s now for sale at The Music Zoo.
The guitar features a transparent purple quilted maple top, mahogany body, neck-through mahogany neck, ebony fretboard, 25.5″ scale length, inlays by Ron Thorn, EMG 707 humbuckers, Floyd Rose tremolo and black/gold hardware.
You can buy this killer one-of-a-kind axe at the Music Zoo’s eBay store here.
A Guitarist Answers: What’s That Stick Thing You See On Guitars Sometimes?
This post is a public service announcement for non-guitarists. Especially those who design guitar-based toys or who design cartoon characters. It’s not intended for guitarists who already know this stuff, but they might get a kick out of it anyway, and may even want to refer non-guitarists to it the next time this question comes up.
One thing I’m often asked by non-guitarists is “What’s that stick thing you see on guitars sometimes?” They’re referring to this.
Eddie Van Halen’s Diver Down/1984 Kramer Frankie for sale
Got a big pile of money sitting around, clogging up your hallways, tripping you over, hogging the spare room? Well might I suggest you divert it into this little acquisition:
That right there is one of Eddie Van Halen’s early Kramers, used on the Diver Down tour and during the recording of 1984. Built in 1982 by Paul Unkert (check out his current work here), it’s modelled on Eddie’s Frankenstein guitar, but with a Kramer twist most evident in the body and headstock shapes. In terms of Frankie-like features it has the large rough humbucker rout, the unused neck pickup, a pickup selector switch wedged into the middle pickup cavity, only a partial pickguard, maple fretboard, and a Floyd Rose tremolo. Who knows what the bridge pickup is? Eddie used a lot of different stuff in those days, much of which was rewound either by himself or by pros.
Just think – there’s every chance that this could have been the guitar used to record “Panama” or “Drop Dead Legs” or the solos on “Jump” or “Hot For Teacher.”
This guitar was traded to a chap named Pete Novo in return for a piece of studio gear. The guitar’s provenance is explained in this Rig Talk post, along with a lot of great photos, and it was profiled in The Guitar Collection Book (which is where the above pic is from) if you’d like to know more. And if you’re interested in adding this to your collection, call Brad at King Guitar.
If you can’t afford the guitar just now, check out The Guitar Collection Book
Hi! I'm Peter Hodgson. I write for Gibson.com, Australian Guitar, Australian Musician, Mixdown Magazine (including my instructional column, 'Unleash Your Inner Rock God,' which has been running since 2007), guitarworld.com, Tone Deaf, Beat (including their weekly hard rock/metal column Crunch) and The Brag. And I'm Assistant Social Coordinator with Seymour Duncan.
I've been playing guitar since I was 8 years old, and I've been writing for magazines since I was 18. I've also worked as a guitar teacher (up to 50 students a week), a setup tech, a newspaper editor, and I've also dabbled in radio a little bit. I live in Melbourne, Australia, and my hobbies include drinking way too much coffee, and eating way too much Mexican food.
You can check out my guitar playing at Reverbnation or on YouTube, and feel free to email me at iheartguitarblog@gmail.com