I agree with you, if 1/3 of the Blackguards in Nacho's book were 9.5" radius, how can that be categorized as strictly "modern", that doesn't make any sense.
Yes Tele’s stay in tune and they’re very versatile etc. etc..But there’s one thing that I don’t believe gets mentioned often, I find they are great guitars for song writing. something about the Tele I just here riffs and
melodies when I play it.
Like the 3 year legal battle he waged against Hamilton Watches for using the Hamilton brand name, which he lost. They've been using it since 1892. Is that an example of being a gentlemen off the track?
Where exactly do you find these declining sales numbers? I have never been able to find exact Fender guitar sales numbers. I’ve recently heard the Fender is having record high sales numbers, (due to the pandemic possibly), but I’ve never been able to find the actual numbers of guitars sold.
I agree, an incredible amount of guitarist, producers, and engineers, need to have their hearing checked. (be grateful that you don’t). I prefer the g12m-65 creamback, however I’m not sure if it’s overrated or not, having been used on not nearly as many albums as the clearly overrated V30 (that...
How about we just call it what it actually is? Birch plywood, or Birch/Pine. Fender has never used particle board or "wood fibres like MDF", in their re-issue's.
Skinny? You must be kidding, my ‘03 is far from skinny, with a slightly rolled edge. I’m sure you’ve read “ The Blackguard” and have actually measured the neck, the word I would choose would be “accurate” for a ‘52, far from skinny. I also own an American Original and I agree that the neck is...
I always thought it was my fingers, not the string that touched the fretboard and it was my fingers that put the grooves in the board, never the string.
I love Miles Davis, Kinda of Blue certainly is legendary, but my favorite is, Someday my Prince will come, the one with his wife's picture on the cover. Hank Mobley, Paul Chambers, (two of my absolute favorite's), play on it. He blows just one note on the horn and you know who it is, there is...