Regarding income Bonamassa is in a very different league than club musicians. The man is selling out 10 to 20 k people venues with tickets somewhere between 100 to 250€. Having his own label and machinery behind all that means huge money making.
As for Yngwie some tales tell that he is having...
I thought I would give my 2 cents. Much of this I've learned when I was teaching guitar, by my own experience and by chatting with a friend that's an orthopedic surgeon due to a problem I had in the wrist of my picking had.
First what one has to take into account is that the picking movement...
Interesting post. I have the same feeling regarding the vibrato. I like many players but for me Steve Morse is the guy with me most interesting approach to vibrato. He adapts the vibrato type to the song. That's a quite unique approach that I like a lot. His vibrato is amazing also. For some...
Ok, but as I understood you have emails where he acknowledges that he has sent you wrong guitars. Then the chances are good that you get this sorted out in the best way possible. It will take time though.
Thanks for chiming in guys. So I spotted one, black with ebony board, at 1.5 hour drive from my place. Went there yesterday and tried the thing. Was hoping to come home with a new date. I liked the sound, and the neck is crazy fast, not too thin, not too thick, nice in between. Some of you...
Am looking seriously at this guitar because I am thinking of buying a guitar with a strat body, fixed bridge, and preferably in mahogany. This one fits the bill, please tell me about it good folks. Is it heavy? worth the $? Cheers!
It is related with how our ears perceive different frequencies with changing loudness. The phenomenon is explained by the Fletcher Munson Curves and can be summarized as:
At low listening volumes – mid range frequencies sound more prominent, while the low and high frequency ranges seem to...
What a story. This sucks badly. I don't want to sound pessimistic but I'm not sure that the guitars you got were an innocent mistake. I say this based on something that happened to me a while ago.
Bought a pair of Lundgren pickups from a guy, when I received the package there was a Lundgren...
I made a Framus/Warwick factory tour some years ago and was very impressed. After that I could never understand their decisions to spare on what is already cheap - chassis and alike. Their build quality is top notch guitar and bass wise. Amp wise, while the electronics are good (in some cases...