Guitar Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Now THIS is what you call “hard rock.” It’s a guitar made out of concrete.

Why? To see what it would sound like, of course. It’s gotta be heavy, though. (Via Tom and Guitar World)

Why? Don’t ask. Just watch. The story at Exclaim!

A custom built left-handed Mustang guitar once owned and played by Kurt Cobain is going up for auction. Created for

Rewind to June 1992. The Smashing Pumpkins had recently issued their debut album, Gish, and were on tour in Detroit.

Guitar maker ESP has just launched a line of guitars based on everyone’s favourite atomic-angry Japanese mega-lizard. Created with the

Monday is always a slog, so a jolt to the system is sometimes welcomed. Here are two situations involving guitars.

Do you thrash the daylights out of any guitar you see? There’s a show looking for you. Shredders of Metal

When Chris Cornell played live, he often pulled out a Gibson SG, one of his favourite guitars. In Chris’ memory,

What is the guitar really all about? Let’s ask maestro Andrés Segovia. (Via Walter) https://youtu.be/2V0kbcZKbG8

On this day in 1965, the Beatles played to 60,000 people at Shea Stadium in New York. This is considered

Jack White knows his way around a variety of musical instruments. Here (via Walter) is a look at two dozen

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver