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Featured Member Guitars Sunday 31st Jan

Gibson ES 335 1983

Gibson ES 335 1983

From the detail:  Neil Lieberman

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/363 (you need to be logged in to view these)

Alpha A Model 682 1980

Alpha A Model 682 1980

From the detail:  Had action lowered

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/359 (you need to be logged in to view these)

Cort Jade 6 NAT 2008

Cort Jade 6 NAT 2008

From the detail:  Jade style, solid european spruce top

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/450 (you need to be logged in to view these)

keith

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Posted in dbTwang Members, Guitars on January 31st, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Final day of Greatest Living Guitarist Poll – is Brian Setzer untouchable?

With just under 26 hours to go (closing tomorrow evening at 8pm GMT) it is beginning to looking like Brian Setzer cannot be stopped. Back in the listings is John Mayer who picked up a good number of the recent votes.

UPDATE – oophs, also back in the listings is Dave Gilmour

The poll is here, the current position is:

1st: Brian Setzer - 339 votes

2nd: Joe Bonamassa – 197

3rd: Eric Clapton – 170

4th: Tommy Emanuel – 127

5th:   Jeff Beck – 125

6th: Jimmy Page – 114

7th: Eddie Van Halen – 82

8th: BB King – 77

9th: John Mayer – 74

10th: Steve Vai – 72

11th: Dave Gilmour – 67

13th:  Joe Satriani – 66

13th: Carlos Santana – 66

keith

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Posted in dbTwang, Guitarists on January 30th, 2010 | No Comments »

Featured Member Guitars Saturday 30th Jan

Parker Fly deluxe 1996

Parker Fly deluxe 1996

From the comments:  That is an awesome Parker!!!

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/575 (you need to be logged in to view these)

Charvel Fusion Custom Pro 1988

Charvel Fusion Custom Pro 1988

From the details:  Original “Toothpaste” type logo on headstock removed.

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/647 (you need to be logged in to view these)

Fender Telecaster

Fender Telecaster

From the details:  This Guitar has been heavily modified. which include replacing the pick ups with early Joe Bardens, also changing the bridge to a stainless Joe Barden model with notch cut and compensated saddles.

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/482 (you need to be logged in to view these)

keith

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Posted in dbTwang Members, Guitars on January 30th, 2010 | No Comments »

Inishowen International Guitar Festival – 5th to 7th Feb

If any of the following names mean anything to you then you should consider reworking next weekend and heading to Inishowen:

Jennifer Batten, Beppe Gambetta, Gareth Pearson, Wi Den Herder, Clive Carroll, Henry McCullough, Jimmy Smyth, Grainne Duffy, The Deans…..and many more.

The site is here: http://www.iguitar.ie and it has full details of a weekend of music, merriment and workshops.

This is the schedule:

keith

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Posted in Guitarists on January 29th, 2010 | No Comments »

3 days of voting left and Brian Setzer maintains his lead

With the Greatest Living Guitarist poll closing on Sunday evening at 8pm GMT there is not much time for fans of Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton and Tommy Emmanuel to catch up. But nothing is impossible :-)

Current Position:

1st: Brian Setzer - 314 votes

2nd: Joe Bonamassa – 194

3rd: Eric Clapton – 161

4th: Tommy Emanuel – 125

5th:   Jeff Beck – 123

6th: Jimmy Page – 110

7th: Eddie Van Halen – 80

8th: BB King – 74

9th: Steve Vai – 67

10th:  Joe Satriani – 64

11th: Carlos Santana – 63

(could not leave Carlos S out of the listing over one vote!)

Early next week we will be posting a listing of Metal Guitarists which you will have a chance to respond to and add to for a week before we open our next poll – Your Favorite Metal Guitarist.

keith

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Posted in dbTwang, Guitarists on January 29th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Featured guitars – Friday 29th Jan

Harmony Double Cutaway H 75 1965

Harmony Double Cutaway H 75 1965

From the riff box:  Top of the line Harmony similar to Silvertone 1429 played by Dan Aurbach of Black Keys

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/673 (you need to be logged in to view these)

Gibson SG Standard 1972

Gibson SG Standard 1972

From the comments:  yes it sounds great, though my brother broke the neck when he was a kid (and i was younger than him), but it’s ok now, it has that perfect tone to play songs from classic rock

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/276 (you need to be logged in to view these)

Fender Stratocaster American Deluxe 2006

Fender Stratocaster American Deluxe 2006

From the riff box:  roller bearings in nut, locking tuning and trem, S1 switching pot – beautiful

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/608 (you need to be logged in to view these)

keith

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Posted in dbTwang Members, Guitars on January 29th, 2010 | No Comments »

Lost and Stolen Guitars – List of Useful Sites

Following on from an earlier post on this topic we have started a page dedicated to sites and services which maybe of use to guitar owners who are concerned about their instruments being lost or stolen.

Or whom have been unfortunate enough to have that happen to them.

Please have a look at the list and contribute sites and services we are missing – there are bound to be more maker specific listings on the various forums.

thanks, keith

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Posted in dbTwang, Guitars on January 28th, 2010 | No Comments »

Featured guitars – Thur 28th Jan

Aria Rev Sound Series RS850 1979

Aria Rev Sound Series RS850 1979

From the riff box:  My Active pick up Straight thru neck Aria

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/664 (you need to be logged in to view these)

Gibson Les Paul Studio 2008

Gibson Les Paul Studio 2008

From the riff box:  Vintage Mahogany

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/467 (you need to be logged in to view these)

Adam Black Guitar Company

Adam Black Guitar Company

From the riff box:  £110 Absolute bargain Grover machine heads plays really well and stays in tune

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/435 (you need to be logged in to view these)

keith

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Posted in dbTwang Members, Guitars on January 28th, 2010 | No Comments »

Poll Update – 7.30am Wed 27th Jan

No fancy graphics this morning!

Update on the dbtwang.com Greatest Living Guitarist poll – with nearly 1,000 votes cast here is how it is looking.

1st: Brian Setzer - 286 votes

2nd: Joe Bonamassa – 185

3rd: Eric Clapton – 141

4th: Jeff Beck – 113

5th: Tommy Emanuel – 107

6th: Jimmy Page – 101

7th: Eddie Van Halen – 73

8th: BB King – 69

9th: Carlos Santana – 60

10th: Steve Vai – 60

keith

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Posted in dbTwang, Guitarists on January 27th, 2010 | No Comments »

Featured guitars – Wed 27th Jan

Fender Stratocaster California 1996

Fender Stratocaster California 1996

From the riff box:  The backbone of my collection, my all time favourite guitar

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/507 (you need to be logged in to view these)

Yamaha Pacifica Double Cutaway 112

Yamaha Pacifica Double Cutaway 112

From the riff box:  Re-built Pacifica by Yours Truly with unique “deckchair” striped finish

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/332 (you need to be logged in to view these)

Paul Reed Smith McCarty 2002

Paul Reed Smith McCarty 2002

From the riff box:  Plays really smooth, feels like a high end Gibson but… shinier

Full details: http://www.dbtwang.com/guitars/112 (you need to be logged in to view these)

keith

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Posted in dbTwang Members, Guitars on January 27th, 2010 | No Comments »

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