Wandre Meazzi Hollywood - vintage Italian guitar with built-in amp

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Most of us have seen the Wandre Davioli Bikini guitar which has an amp and speaker pod attached to the body of the guitar. The Wandre Meazzi Hollywood (as pictured above), however, is a more conservative looking affair (for a Wandre, that is) and much more practical for playing purposes too than its ungainly sibling.

Unusually for a Wandre it appears to have a wooden neck instead of aluminium with bolted-on headstock. The pickup and pickguard are classic 1960s Italiana, crafted from thick plastic. Actually, if I'm not very much mistaken, the whole of the guitar's top looks to be moulded plastic. I also really like the exaggerated hourglass shape of this guitar.

I expect this was a budget model when compared to the Bikini, but it looks a lot more compact and practical. You wouldn't feel quite so silly with the Meazzi Hollywood strapped on.

G L Wilson

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Partitur & Tablatur Lagu Natal

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Meteo Carcasi

Beliau dilahirkan di Florence th 1792 - meninggal di Paris 1853, Selain Sor - Aguado - Guiliani, Carcasi juga seorang Komposer & Guitarist handal pada zaman itu. Namanya dikenal oleh semua orang yang belajar Gitar karena komposisinya yang sederhana yang enak dimainkan oleh semua orang dan Methode yang dibuatnya menjadi standar untuk semua sekolah Gitar Klasik di penjuru dunia. Dengan umur yang masih anak-anak ia memulai belajar Piano tetapi akhir ia lebih menyukai Gitar, Carcasi sudah terkenal dan ia berkarier sebagai Komposer & Virtuoso Guitar. Ia bersama temannya Guitarist Antoine Meissonier mencoba mengembangkan diri di London dengan menjadi Guitarist & Pengajar disana, sebelum itu ia juga sangat terkenal sebagai Guitarist di Paris. Karyanya memiliki sytle yang khusus dengan melody-melody yang jernih dan memiliki tingkat kesulitan yang sedang. Dalam buku Methode Guitarnya Carcasi memberikan pelajaran-pelajaran penting yang tetap dipakai sampai saat ini antara lain : Teknik Harmonic/Harm, Latihan Jari kiri & kanan, Latihan Ornamentasi, Vibrasi, Tambour, Arpeggio ... dan lain-lain.

Banyak karya Meteo Carcasi yang dimainkan kembali oleh Guitarist Zaman sekarang dan termasuk kita semua yang senang dengan Gitar Klasik dan beberapa karyanya antara lain : Fifty Progressive Study Pieces yang berisi latihan untuk mengembangkan kemampuan dasar & teknik gitar, Etude/Study short pieces untuk pemula seperti "Maestoso" untuk latihan Sustained, "Allegreto" & "Slur Waltz" untuk latihan Slur, "Capriccio" untuk latihan Arpeggio dan lain-lain. Dari Latihan yang diberikan oleh Carcasi kelihatan bahwa komposer yang satu ini menyenangi musik berirama Tarian Waltz & Cendrung Riang. Bagi kita yang masih pemula dalam belajar Gitar Klasik, buku Carcasi dapat dijadikan supplemen untuk meningkat latihan jari kiri dan kanan.

Karyanya yang paling sangat terkenal dikoleksi dalam 25 Etude Op 60 yang merupakan aset berharga untuk kita semua.




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25 Study Op 60 - M. Carcasi
Sonatina - M. Carcasi
Variations on a French Air - M. Carcasi
5 Pieces - M. Carcasi

Mauro Guiliani

Mauro Guiliani dilahir di Bisceglie - Italia 27 Juli 1781 dan meninggal 8 Mei 1829 dengan nama lengkap Giuseppe Mauro Guiliani Pantaleo Sergio. Ia merupakan seorang Komposer & Virtuoso Gitar yang setara dengan Fernando Sor, dimana banyak orang dibelahan dunia ini mempelajari teknik gitar yang ditulisnya dan ia juga dianggap pelopor untuk kebangkitan gitar menuju Golden Age (Zaman Keemasan). Sewaktu kecil ia sudah mendapat pendidikan Cello & Biola, tetapi kemudian hari ia lebih menyukai Gitar dan sangat terampil dibandingkan dengan kebanyakan orang. Guiliani menikah dengan Maria del Guiseppe Monaco. Tahun 1807 ia mempublikasikan komposisi musik Gitarnya. Karier musiknya bermula di Winna - Austria, dimana ia mengadakan Tur Konser dan akhirnya membawa ia keliling Seluruh Eropa. Dalam waktu singkat namanya sudah terkenal sebagai Virtuoso Gitar dan mencapai sukses yang besar sebagai salah seorang selebiriti musik pada waktu itu. Dengan pamornya yang top, ia dapat berkenalan dengan Komposer terkenal seperti Beethoven & Rossini dan menjadi lebih terkenal lagi. Tahun 1819 ia mendapat masalah keuangan dan akhirnya pindah ke Roma dan menetap disana. Di Roma popularitasnya turun, walaupun begitu ia tetap menerbitkan komposisi Gitarnya dan tetap melakukan konser walaupun skala yang lebih kecil. Hasil karyanya tetap dipakai dan dimainkan orang sampai saat ini, termasuk "Le Rossiniane" yang menggunakan tema dari opera Rossini. Karya yang asyik untuk kita mainkan antara lain : Variations on thema of Handel, Rosianiana, Allegro Spirituoso, Grand Overture, Rondo, Sonata dan lainnya.






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Sonata in C Op 15 - Mauro Guiliani
Theme and Variation Op 6 - Mauro Guiliani
Theme and Variation Op 20 - Mauro Guiliani
Variations on Theme Handel - Mauro Guiliani
Grand Overtune Op 61 - Mauro Guiliani
Allegro Spiritoso - Mauro Guiliani
12 Study Guitar Op 48 Vol 1
12 Study Guitar Op 48 Vol 2

Pelle's self-built oak guitar

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Guitarz reader, Pelle tells us about his self-built guitar:

My brother's friend lives out in the woods in Sweden, and after the Erwin storm in 2005, the 100 year old oak tree on his farm blew over. Anyway, he sawed the old tree down for firewood, but kept a few large planks. Since he knew of my interest in guitars and guitar building, he gave me a piece of it after it had dried about a year.

I've always loved the shape of Mosrite guitars, so I basically drew up the body shape. Since I'm a university student I haven't got a whole lot of money, so I basically looked in my box of old guitar pieces, and what I found was a Fender singlecoil, an Epiphone humbucker, and a Jackson J-style rail bass pickup.

Since I didn't put a single penny into this project I had nothing to lose with the bass pickup in a guitar, having no idea what it would sound like, especially with the oak body, since it's not the ideal wood to make guitars out of.

I knicked the BMW logo from an abandoned car, and the Heineken logo from the beer bottle I was drinking at the time mounting the tuners!

The sound? The singlecoil sounds quite bright and crisp, the HB is very warm and very loud. The bass pickup sounds (much to my surprise) incredible!, Nice warm tones, very jazzy-sounding!

I wish I could give you an audio example, but right now I'm not in possession of a worthy recording utility! sorry.

Oh, and the neck is like a baseball bat, when I have time I probably will reshape it.

Out of my collection of 25 guitars, this one ugly duckling is my main baby!

Pelle

Thanks for that! If any other readers have an interesting guitars they'd like to share with us (preferably unique instruments rather than off-the-shelf jobbies), then please email.

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Dionisio Aguado

Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849) lahir di Madrid - Spanyol, Ilmu Gitarnya diperolehnya dari Miguel Garcia. Tahun 1825 ia pindah ke Paris dan bertemu dengan Gitarist Besar Fernando Sor dan menjadi sahabat Sor. Mereka berdua tinggal bersama sehingga dikenal orang dengan sebutan "The Two Friends". Walaupun bersahabat dalam menguasai teknik dan methode gitar mereka berdua berbeda dan disinilah ia mengenalkan methode menggunakan kuku dijari kanan. Karya besarnya tidaklah kalah jika dibandingkan dengan Sor, "Escuela de Guitarra" diterbitkan tahu 1825 dan masih ada sampai saat ini. Karya lainnnya yang cukup terkenal dan sekarang dimainkan dengan luar biasa oleh "Julian Bream" yaitu Rondo in A Minor yang merupakan bagian dari Trois Rondos Brilliants Op. 2. Beberapa koleksi dari Aguado antara lain : des Estudios Para Guitarra pada tahun 1820, Escuela de guitarra pada tahun 1825 dan Methode berikutnya Complète pour La Guitare. Methode latihan juga meliputi pengembangan peregangan jari kiri agar dapat memainkan notasi-notasi yang lebih jauh. Ini karya Aguado yang terdapat di Museum Argueologico di Madrid :
* Op. 1 : Douze Valses
* Op. 2 : Trois Rondo Brillants
* Op. 3 : Huit Petites Pièces
* Op. 4 : Six Petites Pièces
* Op. 5 : Quatre Andantes et Quatre Valses
* Op. 6 : Nuevo Método de Guitarra
* Op. 7 : Valses Faciles
* Op. 8 : Contredanses et Valses Faciles
* Op. 9 : Contredanses non difficiles
* Op. 10 : Exercices Faciles et Très Utiles
* Op. 11 : Les Favorites - Huit Contredanses
* Op. 12 : Six Menuets & Six Valses
* Op. 13 : Morceaux Agréables non difficiles
* Op. 14 : Dix Petites Pièces non difficiles
* Op. 15 : Le Menuet Affandangado
* Op. 16 : Le Fandango Varié
Tahun 1838 ia kembali ke Madrid, dan pada tahun 1849 ia meninggal. Sampai saat ini Methode Gitar Aguado juga dipakai oleh sekolah musik di seluruh penjuru dunia.



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Tree Rondo Brilliante - Dionisio Aguado
Methode Guitar Aguado 1 - 2 - 3 :
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http://www.eythorsson.com/music/1067.pdf
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Rondo in Am (Intro) Dionisio Aguado
Rondo in Am (Dimante) Dionisio Aguado
Barcarolle Op 51 No. 1
La Romanesca
Grand Caprice Op 11
Marzuka Op 33
Valse

Esteban Bojorquez's The Vase

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An other metal guitar - this one made of brass! - and another guitar about which I don't have much more to say than: 'waow!'

All I know about it is that it was made by californian artist Esteban Bojorquez and that he made many other ones - mostly lap-steels - as original as this one.

Really wonder how it sounds!

Guitar making is an endless creative quest for true believers!

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Fernando Sor

Fernando Sor terlahir dengan nama Baptis Josep Ferran Sorts i Muntades, dilahir di Barcelona Spanyol 14 Feb 1778 - Meninggal 10 Juli 1839. Ia adalah Komposer & Guitaris yang sangat terkenal dengan Komposisi Musik Gitarnya baik untuk pemula maupun untuk tingkat lanjut. Sor terlahir dari keluarga yang kaya dan ayahnya memiliki karier sebagai tentara kerajaan. Semula F Sor diharapkan untuk mewarisi karier orangtuanya, tetapi hal ini berubah karena ia lebih menyenangi musik opera. Waktu itu F Sor baru mengenal Guitar sebagai alat musik yang mudah masih dianggap rendahan pada masa itu jika dibandingkan dengan Alat musik lainnya di Orchestra. F Sor yang masih kecil pada waktu memiliki kemampuan untuk menulis sistem notasi musik sendiri mengingat pada waktu itu ia belum mendapat pendidikan musik. Karier musiknya tidaklah semulus yang diperkirakan orang seperti namanya yang sangat terkenal sampai saat ini. Setelah ia meninggalkan negara Spanyol ia mencoba kariernya sebagai Virtuoso Guitar & Komposer di Perancis, tetapi karyanya dianggap aneh dan tidak disukai orang. Kemudian ia mencoba lagi Ke Inggris dan iapun mulai terkenal dan juga mencoba menulis buku musik gitar untuk Balet & Opera. Tahun 1823 ia sudah sangat terkenal di London dan mulai mengembangkan musik gitarnya ke Rusia hingga 3 tahun tinggal di Moskow. Dimasa tuanya ia kembali ke Paris dan memutuskan hidupkan sebagai penulis buku Gitar dengan menyesuaikan kebutuhan masyarakat. Salah karya besarnya adalah "Methode La Guitara" yang diterbitkan di Paris tahun 1830. Beberapa karya besarnya yang disukai orang antara lain : Grand Solo op 14, "Theme and Variations on Mozart's the Magic Flute Opus 9", Sonata op 15 & 22, Introduction and variation over the "Malbroug aria". Op. 28, Minuet, Waltz dan Etude (Study). & 20 Study yang dipilih oleh Andres Segovia sebagai bahan latihan / Study Guitar dan masih banyak karya lainnya yang sampai saat ini dipergunakan oleh sekolah musik gitar di seluruh dunia.






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Etude in Bm No 22 Op 35
Etude No. 22 Op 31
Grand Solo Op 14
Variation on a Theme op 9
Sonata Op 22
Sonata Op 15
Sonata Op 25

KOMPOSER BESAR GUITAR ERA ZAMAN CLASSICAL (1750 - 1820/1840)

Sebelum masuk ke Zaman Classical, musik gitar mengalami masa vakum dimana pada saat itu musik lainnya lebih terkenal seperti Violin, Cello, Flute & Piano, dimana pada masa itu Alat-alat musik ini lebih banyak dipakai baik untuk Solo maupun Orchestra. Miguel Garcia adalah Komposer & Guitarist yang mulai mengaktifkan lagi musik Gitar ini setelah vakum dari era transisi Baroque ke era Classical. Ia juga menambah 2 (dua) senar Bas untuk gitar sehingga menjadi 7 Senar dan akhirnya dimodifikasi kembali menjadi 6 senar, dan menghasil murid yang luar biasa seperti Federico Moretti & Dionisio Aguado. Federico Moretti di lahirkan di Napoli, Italia tetapi bermukin di Spanyol, Tahun 1799 ia mempublikasikan buku gitar "Basics of the Six String Guitar" ini merupakan Pondasi awal dari lahirnya teknik gitar modern.Ia bekerja pada awal jaman kejayaan Gitar (Golden Age) dan menghasilkan Guitarist seperti Fernando Sor, Dionisio Aguado & Mouro Guiliani. Para Komposer & Guitarist yang populer pada Zaman Classical ini antara lain :

* Fernando Sor 1778-1839
* Dionisio Aguado 1784-1849
* Mauro Giuliani 1781-1829
* Matteo Carcassi 1792-1853
* Ferdinando Carulli 1770-1841
* Napoléon Coste 1806-1883
* Joseph Kuffner 1776-1856
* Filippo Gragnani 1767-1812
* Luigi Boccherini 1743-1805
* Anton Diabelli 1781-1858
* Fernando Ferandiere 1771-1816
* Francois de Fossa 1775-1849
* Luigi Legnani 1790-1877
* Antoine de Lhoyer 1768-1852
* Wenzeslaus Matiegka 1773-1830
* Johann Kaspar Mertz 1806-1856
* Francesco Molino 1768-1847
* Pietro (Pierre) Porro 1750 - 1831
* Fernando Sor 1778-1839
* Franz Werthmüller 1769 - 1841

Loïc Le Pape Steelwave & Steel Falcon

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Is it France's fate to provide guitars made of steel to baffled guitarists?

After the famous James Trussard , Loïc Le Pape now builds - or should I say forges? - shining monsters such as this Steelwave... When Trussard focuses on the same few standard models (like everybody else, actually), Le Pape proposes several classic guitars that really deserved to exist in steel version, a.o. the whole Gibson line with Explorer, Flying V, Firebird, SG, also different semi-hollow models like this Steel Falcon, or a beautifully engraved Rickenbacker 4001 (couldn't show everything here...)...

Not enough original models unfortunately, and too much of these outrageously relicked finishes, but most of these guitars are custom orders I guess, so Le Pape has to follow the trend, but I can imagine that his work will mature over time and the future promises even better guitars... Scary!

Steel guitars not only look cool, they're supposed to provide a terrific sound with ultimate rigidity and perfect sustain, resonance, and a very detailed sound... I hope that one day I can put my fingers on one of these!

Aaah, la France, ses camemberts, ses philosophes morts, ses guitares en acier...

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Sanox!

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A very short title indeed, since apart a few pics, I can find nothing about Sanox Sound Creator guitars on the Internet. When I google Sanox, the main information I can find is that our blogmaster here is the happy owner of a lucite Sanox and knows nothing about it - and that's more or less it...

Still, the two models here are quite noticeable - on basic Stratocaster and P-bass configurations, they show a proper combination of sobriety and creativity - I like them a lot I must say (though I'm more a humbucker guy).

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THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH!!!

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I couldn't believe my ears!

On the post about the Vox Starstream, you could see this scary photo of the Banana Splits (I was told that it's taken from a 70s children program, no wonder why the Brits ended up 30 years later having Tony Blair take them to war).

It reminded me of my favorite rock/children program (that I didn't see when I was a child, but later, as a support for diverse psychotropic investigations), Japanese anime Ai Shite Knight, so I searched YouTube to check if it was as bad as in my memory, and I found this video...

And what do you hear in the first seconds of the title song? The infamous riff Joe Satriani and Coldplay have been fighting about a few months ago!

So today we have the answer, Coldplay didn't copy Satriani, they both plagiarized this masterpiece of rock music, the title song of Ai Shite Knight (Japanese version)!

Merry Christmas

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Now, THIS ONE is the real "Dear Drooper" guitar!

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Isn't it?

It's a Vox Starstream V269 (check the photos on the eBay page - he's got the wrong model name in the text of the listing) and was made in 1967 by Eko in Italy. The guitar features two Ferro Sonic pick-ups, tremelo, built in E-tuner, distortion booster, treble and bass boost, Wah-Wah, and repeat, plus a padded cushion on the back.

The example pictured above is in NOS (new old stock) condition, having been discovered in its original case unopened in a warehouse in California.

The Buy It Now price is a staggering $9,995.00 (approximately £6,272.16), but then this is a vintage guitar in pristine "as new" condition.

Mind that kind of price makes the Kawai copies look all the more affordable.

Now, does anyone know what model Vox guitar it is that Fleagle plays?

G L Wilson

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Orfeus Violin Bass

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Last month we looked at an Art Deco finished Orfeus Hebros Bass and now I'd like to present for your viewing pleasure the Bulgarian take on the much imitated violin bass in the shape of this other Orfeus Bass.

Personally I am not usually a particular fan of violin-shaped guitar and basses, but this one I do find more appealing (aesthetically at least, I can't comment on what it might actually sound like). I like the pronounced lower bout, it lends the design an almost sci-fi element. No attempt to replicate a scroll-style headstock has been made, possibly just a stock neck was used, so we have a 4-in-a-line headstock style which further dilutes the violin aspect.

G L Wilson

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Martin Dixon Marquetry Strat

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Apologies for the quality of this photo. I have enhanced it because the original picture from the eBay auction page looked as if it was taken through a fog of pea soup.

This Strat-type guitar is a one-off featuring a top created using marquetry, which, if you don't know, is the craft of covering a structural carcass with pieces of veneer forming decorative patterns, designs or pictures (Wikipedia). It's similar to a mosaic, but in wood.

It was crafted by UK luthier Martin Dixon and you will see other marquetry guitars at his website. His guitar prices start at £950 ($1,425) so if this guitar appeals you could get a very good deal in this eBay auction.

G L Wilson

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Play that guitar, mouse man!

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I've been looking for this almost surreal clip ever since I first saw it on The Jack Docherty Show back in 1997. It's David Bowie performing "Scary Monsters" in a stripped down 4-piece band situation.

Kudos to Reeves Gabrels for being able to play the guitar in that mouse mask! As I remember it, the mouse costume had been featured in an un-related item earlier in the programme.

Anyone know what Parker Fly model it is that Gabrels is playing? Looks custom to me.

Watch the video here (embedding has been disabled so I can't link in the usual way).

G L Wilson

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Winston teardrop guitar

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This may not be a Vox original, but it's still quite a beauty. Made in Japan in the 1960s, this vintage Kawai teardrop copy carries the Winston brandname. This particular example has the rarer blonde finish as opposed to the more usual sunburst.

Apologies guys (or should I say "dudes"? I think there's an unwritten rule that guitarists have to address one another as "dude". But I digress...), I was meaning to show you this guitar before the eBay auction finished.

The guitar eventually sold for $537.77 (approximately £334.40) which is probably a fair price for such an instrument. I wonder how much a genuine Vox badged instrument (many of which were made by Eko in Italy) would fetch? Probably at least double that price. But would it be a better quality instrument? I doubt it.

The auction says the guitar is labelled as "Winston Brian Jones Original", but surely Brian Jones played a solid-bodied Vox teardrop finished in white. The only player who immediately springs to mind as someone who played a hollowbodied teardrop 6-string guitar was Drooper from The Banana Splits!

G L Wilson

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Maton BB1200 and Manson bass mandolin

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On the previous post I put a link to a video to show Homme's Maton but this video was erased so I replaced it with another one from the same concert but with the BelAire...

So here is the Maton, and even better you can see John paul-Jones playing a Manson bass mandolin (I didn't even know bass mandolins existed until 30 minutes ago... If you'd asked me, I would have thought of the ENORMOUS contrabass balalaika I saw last week played by a Russian street band, not of rock legend playing progressive stoner rock...).

Anyway, you can read a good article about Hugh Manson's guitars making here.

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60s Maton Big Ben Bass

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I discovered recently a cool guitar website - for some reason another one from Oz (it seems that down there to is the right place where to combine guitar passion and Internet).

Being Australian, Guitarnerd released a few interesting posts about vintage Maton Guitars, the historical Australian guitar company (I was actually trying to know more about the guitar Josh Homme played with Them Crooked Vultures on a cool concert on French TV (you'll remember that I presented here his other favorite guitar, the BelAire MotorAve)).

The last post of Guitarnerd from which I borrowed this picture is about he Big Ben bass, that is one of the coolest thing I ever saw! I won't copy this post, so the best is that you go there and read it by yourselves...

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1966 Murph "Squire" 12-string electric

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I can't say I've heard of the Murph brand of guitars before, but apparently they were made in San Fernando, California in the 1960s, and this example from 1966, a Murph 12-string "Squire" electric does look very very cool. Note the compact "Rickenbacker-style" 12-string headstock. Other than that, unfortunately, I'm not able to comment further on this guitar as I know nothing about it, but I thought you guys would like the see the pictures.

I guess that the Buy It Now price of US $1,500.00 (approximately £932.75) implies that this is a desirable guitar.

Post Script: Since posting the above I have found out via www.murphguitar.com that Murph Guitars founder Thomas ‘Pat’ Murphy passed away last month. I would like to express my condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

G L Wilson

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Stiehler Guitars "Thunder-Backer" bass

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Built by luthier Bob Stiehler, the "Thunder-Backer" features a custom solid mahogany one-piece non-reverse Thunderbird-style body married to a Rickenbacker-style maple neck with ebony fingerboard and pearl inlay. It certainly makes for a very attractive looking bass.

See more at Christian Guitar Works.

Thanks to Jason Land for suggesting we include this bass here on Guitarz.

G L Wilson

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Jay Wasco's Egotar

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I must admit that at first sight, it's difficult to take Jay Wasco's Egotar really serious - it looks like a punk noise prototype that is fun to build and fun to play, but you wouldn't expect from it high versatility and playability.

But then you look at the video down there and you realize that this guy knew what he was doing when he built it - and seriously knows what to do with it!

The Egotar includes an amazing innovation for slide guitar playing. This instrument is not new, and I'm surprise that this idea didn't take and that slide guitar players didn't jump on this system to expand their instruments (OK, when you play slide guitar you mostly want to sound old-timy bluesy but still...).

And there's much more where it comes from. Spend some time of Jay Wasco's site and you will discover some incredible instruments such as the fractal harp... Enjoy!

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1963 Höfner 173 Super Solid

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It's been for ever since we showed here a cool vintage German guitar, but it was worth waiting, because here comes a beautiful Höfner 173 Super Solid from 1963.

I don't have much to tell about it, so let's simply enjoy its leatherette finish, pearloid pick-guard, old-school trem, chrome lower horn, and the three pickups and their switches!

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Santiago de Murcia

Santiago de Murcia dilahirkan di Madrid 25 Juli 1673 & meninggal di Madrid - 25 April 1739. Dari koleksi buku musik yang ia tulis, de Murcia adalah seorang Master Gitar & Komposer. Penilitian hingga tahun 2008 diperoleh informasi bahwa beliau terlahir dari orangtua yang bernama Juan de Murcia & Magdalena Hernandez & ia menikah di tahun 1695 dengann Josefa Garcia. Dari manuscript musik Murcia diperoleh informasi bahwa ia adalah Guru Gitar untuk Ratu Maria Luisa dari Spanyol (Istri Raja Felipe V). Dalam perjalanan ke Italia ia bertemu dengan Komposer Arcangelo Corelli & Alessandro Scarlatti dan bekerja juga ke Meksiko dan ini mempengaruhi gaya musiknya. 2 (dua) koleksi musik warisan Murcia untuk Gitar adalah "Passacalles y obras" and "Codice Saldivar no. 4" memberikan warna musik yang berbeda untuk Gitar Baroque, karena koleksi ini mempunyai gaya yang berbeda dengan yang telah ada sebelumnya.

Anda simak dengan baik karya Santiago de Murcia ini dan coba bandingkankan gaya musiknya dengan Komposer Baroque yang sebelumnya:


Partitur Download :
Allegro - Murcia
Allegro - Murcia
Fandango - Murcia
Passacaglias - Murcia
Prelude - Murcia
Suite - Murcia

Aluminium-bodied J-Bass

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This aluminium-bodied J-Bass is a one-off featuring a body created by one of the guys who built the Fender Harley Davidson Strat bodies, circa 1993.

The body is slab-style rather than being contoured like regular Jazz Basses, and so the seller refers to it as a JT style - Jazz Bass shaped but with squared edges like a Tele bass or early 50s Fender Precision bass.

The bass features two concentric pots offering volume and tone for each pickup, as on the early Fender Jazz Bass.

The aluminium body is hollow and has the pickups sitting on top of a 1" solid aluminum tuning bar connecting the neck block to the bridge block.

(Before anyone points it out, I'm aware that this is the third bass post in a row. Let's have no complaints - no-one minds when we post six or seven guitar posts in sequence.)

G L Wilson

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A couple of very strange basses for you...

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I've received an email from Vladimir which included the two photographs I have reproduced in this post. He wants to know what is the identity of one of the basses and says that the other is an Apex bass.

Unfortunately for me, I don't know which is which. I recognise the picture of the strange green-bodied fretless bass (I think the now sadly defunct Bunny Bass website had it in their gallery of amusing basses a few years ago), but I couldn't tell you anything about either of these basses.

Anyone out there got any ideas?

G L Wilson


Additional - Vladimir writes again:

"Second bass it is Apex by Kamel Chenaouy, made in Nasshville, in 1979-1986.
In photo may bass it 12.12.83

Kamel Chenaouy is well known for his Apex guitars and other creations in the guitar world. He also has a forum where he advises budding luthiers on how to build one's own guitars. Its here: http://kamelchenaouy.forumactif.com/."

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Francesco Corbetta

Francesco Corbetta (tahun 1615 - 1681) dilahir di Pavia - Italy adalah seorang Virtuoso Guitar, Pengajar & Komposer. Ia bekerja sebagai musisi di Istana Raja Louis XIV di Paris kemudian mengembangan musik di Inggris. Ia adalah satu satu Virtuoso Guitar terbesar di Era Baroque. Corbetta menulis 5 buku untuk yang berisi Pelajaran bermain Gitar. Pada awalnya Komposisi Corbetta mengikuti gaya Italy, kemudian juga dipengaruhui oleh Tradisi Perancis. Sebagai seorang Guru musik yang sukses ia memiliki murid yang hebat dalam musik antara lain : Robert de Visee, Giovanni Battista Granata, dan Remy Médard, serta Ratu Anne dari Britania Raya, dan Raja Louis XIV dari Perancis. 5 (lima) karya Corbetta yang terkenal yaitu :
* Scherzi Armonici ( Bologna , 1639)
* Varii Capriccii per la Chitarra Spagnola ( Milan , 1643)
* Varii Scherzi di Sonate per la Chitara Spagnola, Libro Quarto ( Brussels , 1648)
* La Guitarre Royalle, dediée au Roy de la Grande Bretagne ( Paris , 1671)
* La Guitarre Royalle (1674)

Beberapa karya Corbetta yang masih sering dimainkan antara lain :
Passacaglia by Corbetta for Baroque Guitar


Chaconne in C Major by Corbetta for Baroque Guitar

Download Partitur :
Folies & Suite

Westone X900TPR Super Headless Bass

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In the 1980s Westone guitars and basses seemed to be everywhere. Built in the now legendary Matsumoko factory in Japan, these instruments offered high quality at an affordable price. Another factor in their favour was that they had their own original designs and were not merely copies of the same old Fender and Gibson models. I remember when I was looking for a bass guitar on a budget, I ended up buying a new Westone Thunder I-A fretless for £175. There was no way that I was going to buy a "copy", that would not have been cool. Even though I thought the Westone was ugly (and to be honest, I think a lot of their designs were) I could see that it was a well-made instrument.

It's nice to see that these old Westones have kept their value. If I'd kept my old Thunder I-A fretless, I could probably sell it now for over £200. Bearing that in mind, the above-pictured top of the line Westone X900TPR Super Headless Bass seems a mere snip at a Buy It Now price of £299. It is of through-neck construction, as were Westone's higher-end instruments, and features an active EQ. Unlike many Westones, this isn't ugly at all. The curves of the body are quite attractive, to my eyes at least. Note the interesting contouring with a lower-levelled area around the lower horn. This was probably designed to aid the slap and popping style of playing that was popular in the 1980s, but we won't let that detract from the beauty of this bass.

It's nice also to see a headless bass from this period with a full-size body instead of being another minimalist rectangular-shaped Steinberger rip-off.

G L Wilson

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Robert de Visée

Robert de Visée hidup tahun 1650-1725 Masehi, Komponis yang satu ini adalah seorang lutenist, guitarist & Violist, bahkan sebagai penyanyi. Asal usulnya kurang jelas referensinya, tetapi dari nama keluarganya itu berasal dari Portugal. Ia belajar musik dari Francesco Corbetta kemudian menjadi musisi Louis XIV dan kegiatan musiknya sering dilakukan dilakukan dalam istana. Tahun 1719 ia dijuluki "Guitar Master of the King". Visee menulis 2 (dua) buku untuk Gitar yang berisi 12 Suite yang isinya antara lain adalah Livre de guitare dédié au roi (Paris, 1682) dan Livre de Pièces pour la guitare (Paris 1686). Koleksi 12 Suite itu yaitu :

* Suite № 1 in A Minor
(Prélude Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue Passacaille Gavotte Bourrée)
* Suite № 2 in A Major
(Allemande Courante Sarabande Allemande Courante Sarabande)
* Suite № 3 in D Minor
(Prélude Allemande Courante Courante Sarabande Gigue Passacaille Gavotte Menuet Rondeau Bourrée)
* Suite № 4 in G Minor
(Prélude Allemande Courante Double de la Courante Sarabande Gigue Menuet Gavotte)
* Suite № 5 in G Major
(Sarabande & Gigue)
* Suite № 6 in C Minor
(Prélude Courante Sarabande Rondeau Gavotte)
* Suite № 7 in C Major
(Prélude Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue Gavotte Menuet)
* Suite № 8 in G Major
(Prélude Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue Chacone Gavotte Menuet Bourrée)
* Suite № 9 in D Minor
(Prélude Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue Gavotte Bourrée Menuet Passacaille)
* Suite № 10 in G Minor
(Prélude Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue Menuet Chacone Gavotte Bourrée Menuet)
* Suite № 11 in B Minor
(Prélude Allemande Sarabande Gigue Passacaille)
* Suite № 12 in E Minor
(Sarabande Menuet Passacaille)

Pada masa Baroque ini Ornamentasi musik sudah banyak dikenalkan oleh komposer Gitar, perhatikan Komposisi yang ditulis oleh Sanz & Visee banyak menggunakan Trill, Vibra, Slur, Mordent dll.



Download Partitur :
Suite in D Minor
Chaconne - de Visee
Allemande - Suite in D Minor
Bourree - Suite in D Minor
Gigue - Suite in D Minor
Prelude - de Visee

ESP S-type guitar with custom graphics

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The graphics on this Japanese-made custom shop ESP-400 Strat-a-like look to have been inspired by the likes of Eric Clapton's "Crash" Stratocasters. It's a shame that this guy has to sell this guitar, as it must be quite personal to him, featuring as it does a picture of a dog he used to own. But we've all had to part with items we didn't want to; I know I have.

G L Wilson

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Robin Fleetwood

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Here's a small company guitar, the Fleetwood by Robin Guitars. It's an obvious variation on Gibson's Firebird, with a 70s Yamaha lower horn and a post-Moderne headstock.

I can't tell if I love it or I hate it - change my mind each time I look at it... Probably without the transparent cherry finish and the pickguard, it would have a chance to be more than a variation and could be considered not only in relation to the original model... Anyway, rooting in vintage is the new way to create guitars, so that's an interesting try...

Though probably a complete failure when I really think of it!

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Embarrassing Dean Budweiser Guitar

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Can you imagine the shame of having to play this thing made by Dean Guitars?

Not only does it look absolutely awful, but I'd be so embarrassed that people might think I'd advocate drinking such an appalling and tasteless brand of "beer".

G L Wilson

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Gaspar Sanz

Gaspar Sanz (tahun 1640-1710) adalah seorang Komposer Spanyol yang dilahirkan di Calanda. Komposer yang satu ini musiknya sangat berpengaruh pada komposer lainnya hingga abad ke 20, penulisan musik sangat menentukan untuk perkembangan Suite Espanola hingga zaman sekarang. Beberapa karyanya yang sangat terkenal dan masih dimainkan oleh Gitaris seluruh dunia hingga saat ini (termasuk kita) antara lain : Canarios, Pavana, Gallarda, Passacaglia, Pujero, Espanoletas & Suite Espanola lainnya.









Download Partitur :
Canarios - Sanz
Five Dances - Sanz
Pavana - Sanz
Preludio - Sanz
Passacaglia - Sanz
Suite in A Mayor - Sanz
Various Works Sanz
Gallarda - Sanz
Pavana - Sanz (Pujol)
Passacalle - Sanz (Pujol)
Rujero - Sanz
Canarios - Sanz Arr. Delcamp
Espanoleta - Sanz Arr. Delcamp

Komposer Besar Zaman Barogue

Era Baroque berkhisar tahun 1600-1750 yang merupakan masa peralihan dari Era Renaissance ke Era Classical. Pada era ini menjadi cikal bakal perkembangan Gitar Klasik dan menjadi lebih modern bila dibandingkan dengan Era Renaissance. Model Gitarnya lebih kecil dan lebih ringan dan memiliki senar terbuat dari usus dan memiliki 5 Senar dan frekuensi nada masing-masing senar sudah mulai standar yang dikemudian hari dipakai untuk Gitar Modern. Para Komposer/Komponis & Repertoir (Gitaris) yang sangat terkenal pada Era Baroque ini antara lain :

* Gaspar Sanz (tahun 1640-1710)
* Robert de Visée (tahun 1658-1725)
* Francisco Guerau (tahun 1649-1717/1722)
* Francesco Corbetta (tahun 1615-1681)
* Santiago de Murcia (tahun 1682-1740)

HandyTab - The Pocket Music Stand

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Christmas will soon be upon us and if you are unsure what to buy the guitarist in your life, or alternatively don't know what to ask for for yourself, you could do a lot worse than to get one of these little gizmos. The HandyTab looks to be quite a cool little accessory. C'mon, we've all tried playing guitar whilst following music or lyrics on scraps of paper lying on the floor and perched on top of an awkward surface. Having the music on a flexible gooseneck attached to the guitar head looks like the perfect solution. It's a simple idea, but then the best ideas often are!

Buy it now from: http://www.handytab.co.uk/

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Zachary's walnut Moderne

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It's always a piece of fun to connect to Zachary Guitars website - for those who don't know it, I recommend a little visit but not without warning you that it is a borderline experience... The hubris of Alex Csiky (Zachary Guitars's maker) makes difficult to be sure that his guitars are as good as he claims, but his anti-guitar establishment ranting is quite unique and often convincing...

This time again I was not disappointed since I discovered Zachary's last guitar, its second version of the legendary Gibson Moderne, a little marvel made of beautiful walnut wood, that appears on the following video to be a very nice player. It is a smart move on a model that deserves to be more than mere an urban legend or an expensive cult fetish.

I have no problem advertising here Zachary's new guitar, since it is very unlikely that Alex would accept any of you readers as a customer - for sure he wouldn't sell me a guitar, never been interested in playing a maximum of notes in a minimum of time...

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Jolana Basso IX

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Hailing from Czechoslovakia in the early 1970s the Jolana Basso IX (this example for sale on eBay right now) is known as a cheaply-made poorly balanced instrument. It's a short-scale bass, so add this to its already none too impressive pedigree and I think it's unlikely that you're going to get a good sound out of it. It's main attraction its craziness, and is probably one for the collectors of weird and wacky guitars such as those coming out of Eastern Europe and Russia.

The poorly-cut plate carrying the volume and tone controls on this example is not original. To see how this bass should look and to read more about it, see Cheesy Guitars (plus more about the Jolana brand).

Seeing as this bass is not entirely original and is only really of value to collectors I think that the seller is being rather optimistic with the listed Buy It Now price of US $808.00 (approximately £497.17).

G L Wilson

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Paul Kinny's stereo acoustic guitar

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A quite unusual guitar is this stereo acoustic guitar by Paul Kinny.

Hard to tell just from looking at it, if this acoustic experimentation is serious or worth the work, but in my opinion it deserves a positive a priori. I like how innovation for electric guitars feedbacks into acoustic ones - and in general how new technologies provide new concepts relevant in any field.

So I can understand that if you think stereo is good for a solid body electric guitar, why not try it for an acoustic one? The shape is supposed to split low and high frequencies and send them to the two holes - and due to the position of these holes, the effect is mostly aimed at the player - or if you record it with two mikes (it is actually a studio guitar).

And if you have a look at Paul Kinny's website, you can see that the guy is never tired of experimenting and proposes other unique instruments that I know will interest some readers of this blog, such as the Mandolinish...

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Shock! Horror! Vintage Italian guitar without all the excess!

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I was going to ask whether you thought that the design for this 1960s Eko solidbody was the inspiration for the Charvel/Jackson Surfcaster (see previous post) but on reflection both were probably inspired by the offset-bodied Fender Jazzmaster and Jaguar guitars.

This guitar is remarkably restrained for a 1960s-era Italian guitar. It has just a single pickup instead of the usual four, and where is all the pearloid and glitter?

The volume and tone are rollers mounted on a panel on the bass-side of the strings. I think I'd find it very weird not having the volume (I rarely touch tone controls) in the usual place on the lower bout. This guitar almost looks as if something is missing.

G L Wilson

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Refreshingly honest seller on eBay

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I wish all eBay sellers were as honest in their opinions about the items they are selling as this guy. However, he'd never get a job in marketing with this approach.

His listing reads:

Crappy junk New Surfcaster Guitar, I hate this thing

Yes, I still have this piece of garbage. It's still new even though it's a few years old because it sucks too bad to play. So it just sits and acts ugly. Why won't someone relieve me of my burden? I hate this thing. This piece of junk was made by Jackson around '04 I think. Why they made it is anyone's guess. I'd love to interview the guy that made the decision at Jackson though. It is called a "Jackson Surfcaster" but it is just an ugly slab of wood masquerading as a Surf. It doesn't have the soundhole, neck shape, inlays, heft, sound or looks of the original surfs or the later nicer Jackson Surfs that were all made in Japan. This was made in India. While they do a lot of great things in India, making guitars, evidently, is not one of them. Jackson ruined the most beautiful guitar in the world with this monstrosity. I bought it thinking all Surfs must be great. Not So! Only the Charvels and early Jackson's made in Japan are great. This thing is bland sounding and bland looking. No tremolo or cool C tailpiece. Just lazy strings through the body. This one is an ugly metallic red. It has a small neck, but it's round, not flat like classic surfs. I don't have anything good to say about it. This thing is so ugly that even though I get 12 pictures for the price of 10 with ebay, it's not worth any more pictures. There is no other angle to try to get it to look good. If you buy it, you're going to hate it, but please, please, do buy it so I can get it out of my house. Free shipping to entice you. No returns. Once you buy it you're stuck. You're it. And I promise you my handling time will be less than a day. I'll have it out of here and on it's way to you in 20 minutes.

Thanks for looking, and happy bidding.

Good luck to him! Perhaps if he lowered the price a little someone would buy it to smash it up. (Actually, no, don't do that. It's the most appalling cliché.) It really is a bad copy of a "proper" Surfcaster, that much is apparent from the photo.

G L Wilson

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