Bluegrass Today is teaming up with Word Of Mouth Press to give away five copies of the long-awaited Tony Rice biography, Still Inside, personally autographed and inscribed by the Rice Man himself. The book, written by Tim Stafford and Caroline Wright,
guitar
-
-
Guardian to introduce new value-priced case
Guardian has a new model to add to their extensive line of instrument cases. The Value Hardshell Cases are designed to offer a 3-ply, cross-grained wooden case for a much lower price than have been the norm for plywood cases. These
-
Shop video from Bourgeois Guitar
Dana Bourgeois has posted a video in which he describes how he selects tops to use in his guitars. It was filmed at his shop in Lewiston, Maine located in an old mill that pre-dates the US Civil War. Bourgeois chooses
-
Limited signed copies of Still Inside available now
Word Of Mouth Press, publishers of the long-awaited Tony Rice biography Still Inside, have announced that the book is now available for sale, including a limited number of autographed copies. This is more than just an authorized biography. It includes the
-
CA Guitars closes up shop
Composite Acoustics, commonly known as CA Guitars, has closed its doors. The Louisiana-based company that manufactured steel-string acoustic guitars made from a carbon fiber material had found adherents among both hobby and professional pickers worldwide, including Blue Highway guitarist Tim Stafford.
-
Stolen Instrument Alert: lefty quartet
We have been made aware of the theft of a number of left-handed instruments that may show up within the bluegrass community. In what may have come as an unpleasant surprise to the thief, all of the instruments taken were left-handed
-
Free guitar tuner app from Gibson
Gibson Guitars has released a free iPhone app that, while visually targeted at electric guitarists, contains a number of valuable features for any six stringer. Called appropriately enough, The Gibson Guitar App, it features a number of different tuners. There is
-
Gryphon founder interviewed in Collectors Weekly
Richard Johnston, co-founder of the venerable Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, CA, was recently interviewed by The Collectors Weekly web site. Johnston has earned a reputation as a luthier, and particularly as an historian and appraiser of vintage acoustic instruments.
-
Matt Wingate to Claire Lynch
Claire Lynch has announced that Matt Wingate is her new guitar player. He steps into the void left when Claire's long-time guitar man Jim Hurst stepped aside, leaving young Mr. Wingate with some extra large shoes to fill. But based on
-
Still Inside – The Tony Rice Story
The bluegrass and acoustic guitar world has been buzzing this past two years, awaiting the publication of Still Inside - The Tony Rice Story. This authorized biography of the legendary guitarist and vocalist, written by Tim Stafford and Caroline Wright, has