Guitars

(Singing the circle of 5ths) Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bumbum-bum… Mr. Sandman, something to hold… Would be so peachy before we’re too old… So please turn on your magic beam, Mr Sandman, bring me, please, please, please… Mr Sandman, bring me a dream.  — The Chordettes, 1954 Do young mothers sing their children to sleep with “Mr. Sandman” anymore? […]

“What the guitar does not produce cannot be supplemented electrically.” – Yasuhiko Iwanade, The Beauty of the Burst Given a choice, nearly every guitar player we know would prefer to own and play those rare instruments that seem mysteriously endowed with the seductive character and extraordinary resonant vocal qualities we so admire and crave. And […]