May I Introduce to You Limited Edition Print Yellow Submarine, the Beatles 1968 animated film was able to have mass appeal while being wonderfully progressive. It’s the ingredient behind most of the Beatles work and a major reason for it’s staying power. Josh Agle, SHAG, …
The Who Hits 50 Collection Over the past 50 years, The Who have given rock ‘n’ roll a lot. Feedback, instrument destruction, the most stoic of bassists and the rock opera. They can also be credited with having an eye for and popularising POP art. …
The Gibson Firebird 7
Cars have inspired plenty of rock ‘n’ roll songs. If you’ve ever put on a Bruce Springsteen album you’ve heard several of them. But the auto industry’s influence on rock ‘n’ roll doesn’t stop at allusions to route 66. In 1963, Gibson enlisted automotive designer Ray Dietrich to help create a new line of guitars that would become the Gibson Firebird.
At the time Gibson was losing the cool battle to Fender as many of their hollow body guitars were seen as old fashioned. This makes the choice of Ray Dietrich all the more head scratching. He was 66 and retired when Gibson approached him. Sure Dietrich had had an illustious career having been a player during the golden age of American automotive design. Dietrich Inc. was behind many custom luxury automobiles of the day creating designs for Lincoln, Ford, Packard and Studebaker. Still not the grooviest of choices for a guitar manufacturer looking to connected with young musicians. The result however was cooler than a convertible, although not immediately embraced. Continue reading CONCEIVED IN THE BACKSEAT
Jack: The WiFi Guitar Cable So you just watched your favourite rock god strut down the catwalk without a care or a cord in the world. And you’ve thought to yourself, if only I had a catwalk and a wireless jack. Well Scotland’s Ingenious Audio …
The Vinyl Clock: Dots The Vinyl Eaters makes clocks form old vinyl records. Now just so no audiophile purists, or Neil Young, don’t get their panties in a bunch, the company is quick to point out that the records they use are no longer playable. …
David Chase’s Not Fade Away
If you’re looking for some rock ‘n’ roll viewing over the holiday stretch, Netflix has loads of great documentaries and a few cool dramas. But if you’re like us, you may often get lost in the search engine abyss and find yourself settling for something called Pitch Perfect, which isn’t.
Well buried beyond the most viewed you’ll find, David Chase’s Not Fade Away. Truth be told, it’s not perfect either, but if your friends ask you what you’ve seen recently, you won’t have to lie. We can also say with confidence that fans of David Chase’s Sapronos will find lots to like about this rock ‘n’ roll drama set in 1960’s New Jersey. Continue reading Rated R’n’R
Hipgnosis Portraits When CDs replaced vinyl in the 80s, the biggest shame was the loss of the 12-inch cover art. The CD reduced the format to a piddley 5-inches and streaming —well, not much to look at there. Hipgnosis was a design collective consisting of …
New Clash Red Banner T Head over to theClash.com and you’ll find some sweet new Ts. The above repurposes the cover of London Calling. The double album was voted one of the best of the 80s by Rolling Stone magazine. When Joe Strummer heard …
Epiphone Pro-1 Ultra Acoustic
A while back we wrote about Epiphone’s 30 under 300 x-mas promotion. We featured the SG Special. Part of the offering are 15 acoustics for under $300 or pretty close. The Pro-1 Ultra above has a listing of $329 on the company’s web site.
The Ultra is part of the new Pro-1 series which includes 4 models. This electro acoustic cut-away with Shadow Performer preamp and NanoFlex pickup system is the most expensive of the lot. But still it won’t kill you. All Pro-1 series guitars are loaded with new easy-to-play features. There’s an EZ-profile Neck, JumboPRO Frets, a shorter scale length, PRO-Ease strings and believe it or not the list goes on.
Now we’ve always adhered to the It’s long way to the top. (If you want to rock ‘n’ roll) school of thought, but if the ease of the Pro 1 series gets more guitars in kids hands then we’re down. Continue reading LAST MINUTE AXE IDEAS
When Art Rocked: San Francisco Music Posters From 1966 to 1971, San Francisco was an amazing scene. When Art Rocked is an exhibition, currently running at the San Francisco Airport, celebrating the psychedelic concert posters that were part of the awesomeness. When we talk about …
In the advertising world, the billboard is often referred to as the three seconds message. It’s the amount of time drivers can give attention to an ad. Any more and they may end up a crash test dummy, reminiscing about their last kiss, careening down …
The Marshall Action Speaker
Some brands just have more rock ‘n’ roll swagger than others. Marshall walks the walk with big loud footsteps. And now you can get some of that swag for your mobiles and tablets. The Marshall Action Speaker connects to your mobile through a headphone jack or wireless. And it will make any mantel place 90% tougher once installed.
That Marshall crunch is supplied with an active stereo loudspeaker and bass reflex system.
The specifics are a 4-inch woofer, 2 x 3/4-inch dome tweeters with a frequency range of 50-20.000Hz and a crossover frequency of 4200Hz.
It’ll run you around $300.
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Bob Dylan SJ-200 Autographed Collector’s Edition Gibson has released not one but two signature Bob Dylan acoustic guitars. The guitars are said to have been made with a direct collaboration with Dylan himself. We’ll start with the SJ-200 Autographed Collector’s Edition. Featured above, it …
Townshend T-Shirt Liam Gallagher’s clothing store Pretty Green has some of the coolest Ts we know. The White Guitar Collection created by Jamie Hewlett are some of the best, plus they’re for a good cause raising funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Hewlett recently created the …
(GRETSCH)RED Electromatic Center-Block Bono Signature
This isn’t the first signature Gretsch with Bono’s name on it, but it’s the reddest. The (GRETSCH)RED Electromatic Center-Block Bono Signature bears the (RED) logo. (Product)red co-founded by Bono in 2006, partners with companies to create products. The sale of (products)RED see a portion of their profits go to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria. Since it’s inception (RED) has generated 275 million dollars and changed the lives of over 55 million people worldwide. Continue reading THE REDDEST GRETSCH EVER