http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog Music Issues, Musicians, Bands, Gear and Venues Thu, 20 May 2010 22:16:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1441/bob-taylor-responds-to-united-breaks-guitars/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1441/bob-taylor-responds-to-united-breaks-guitars/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:46:24 +0000 Kim Kinrade http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1441 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1441/bob-taylor-responds-to-united-breaks-guitars/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1333/gordon-lightfoot-commemorative-martin-guitar/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1333/gordon-lightfoot-commemorative-martin-guitar/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:00:35 +0000 Kim Kinrade http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1333 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1333/gordon-lightfoot-commemorative-martin-guitar/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1322/axe-4-the-ampeg-dan-armstrong-2/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1322/axe-4-the-ampeg-dan-armstrong-2/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:34:39 +0000 Kim Kinrade http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1322 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1322/axe-4-the-ampeg-dan-armstrong-2/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1297/davey-johnstone-elton-johns-guitar-hero/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1297/davey-johnstone-elton-johns-guitar-hero/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:51:42 +0000 Kim Kinrade http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1297 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1297/davey-johnstone-elton-johns-guitar-hero/feed/ 4 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1250/gibson-guitars-announces-lay-offs/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1250/gibson-guitars-announces-lay-offs/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:03:54 +0000 Kim Kinrade http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1250 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1250/gibson-guitars-announces-lay-offs/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1186/classical-axes-gibson-hummingbird/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1186/classical-axes-gibson-hummingbird/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:29:53 +0000 Kim Kinrade http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1186 Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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In 1975 I put my Gibson L-5 away and bought a second-hand Gibson Hummingbird, the second-in-command of the Gibson dreadnought line (the Dove being the flagship). I still have it and it is probably the prettiest guitar on the planet. Up until the Hummingbird debuted in 1960 all Gibson guitars were round-shouldered. The square design [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1186/classical-axes-gibson-hummingbird/feed/ 8 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1033/norman-a-great-canadian-guitar/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1033/norman-a-great-canadian-guitar/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:40:56 +0000 Kim Kinrade 12 string guitarsbuilding guitarsgodinguild guitarsguitar buildingnorman guitarnorman guitars http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1033 Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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Guild Guitars used to have an add out years that went something like this: “I didn’t have the money for a good guitar so I bought a great one.” The guitar, of course, was a Guild. But this was an attack ad that showed how Gibson, Fender and Martin did not make the best guitars [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1033/norman-a-great-canadian-guitar/feed/ 6 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1026/the-chapman-stick/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1026/the-chapman-stick/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:40:06 +0000 Kim Kinrade chapman stickemmett chapmanguitaristguitar player magazinepink floydsantana http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1026 Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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I first saw the Chapman Stick in a copy of Guitar Player magazine in 1973. As the name implies it looks like a piece of 2 X 6 with strings, or something from a Medieval orchestra. This instrument was created by guitarist Emmett Chapman around 1970 in order for him to playing a style of [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1026/the-chapman-stick/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/979/will-there-be-another-vintage-guitar-era/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/979/will-there-be-another-vintage-guitar-era/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:54:24 +0000 Kim Kinrade fender guitarsgeorge gruhngibsonsguitar enthusiastsguitar playersjoe passleo fendermartin guitars http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=979 Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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Most people recognize that there was a certain time period when guitars were made better than others. Most guitar enthusiasts and experts agree that this was in the 1950′s and 1960′s. Terms like “pre-CBS” and “solid top” became buzz words for guitarists who wanted a truly fine instrument. About 25 years ago, in the early [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/979/will-there-be-another-vintage-guitar-era/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/651/guitar-lesson-world/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/651/guitar-lesson-world/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 16:38:31 +0000 Kim Kinrade beatles blackbirded sullivanfinger style guitarguitar lesson worldlearning the guitarother interested partiesself disciplineyoutube http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=651 Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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I just came across a great site called Guitar Lesson World that gives a great background to anyone interested in learning the guitar. Years ago we had to hike and bike across town to watch someone play “barre’ chords because we’d never seen them before. And when I learned finger-style guitar from a teacher in [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/651/guitar-lesson-world/feed/ 0