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3 unusual facts about guitars


Guitars, Cadillacs

"Guitars, Cadillacs" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.

Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

The album was re-issued on October 17, 2006, complete with demos from 1981 and tracks recorded live at the Roxy in 1986.

Van Lear, Kentucky

The Van Lear mines are referred to by country music singer Loretta Lynn in her song "Coal Miner's Daughter" and in the title song of her Van Lear Rose album, and by Dwight Yoakam in "Miner's Prayer" from his Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. album.


Alex McAulay

Under the name Charles Douglas, Alex has recorded five indie-rock albums, including The Lives of Charles Douglas which features Maureen Tucker from The Velvet Underground on drums, and Statecraft with Joey Santiago from The Pixies on guitars.

Andrei Sychra

In all Sychra published more than 1,000 pieces for the seven-string guitar, and left many in manuscript, including complete arrangements for two guitars of Glinka’s A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila, with which he was assisted by the composer.

Antoria

Some Antoria guitars may have been manufactured in Bavaria by Framus.

Are You Ready for Freddy?

Tommy Christian, Randy Cornor, Bill Ham, Robert Martinez, Bobby Neal: Electric & Acoustic Guitars

Breathing Space

Bryan Josh – lead guitars (2005-2006, 2009-2010)

Broder Daniel

Musically, they have been inspired by bands such as The Jesus And Mary Chain, Iggy Pop and The Velvet Underground, relying heavily on distorted guitars and simple arrangements.

Calling the Wild

Jimmy Harry - guitars, bass, keyboards, programming, drum programming, producer, engineer, mixing

Classical guitar strings

Guitars are a type of musical instrument called string instruments, meaning that they create their sound through the vibrations of a string.

Collapsible Lung

Matt Thiessen – lead vocals, guitars, piano, synthesizers, keyboards

Coming Days

Mick Molloy - Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Mandolin, Mandola, Percussion & Backing vocals

Count Your Curses

The project started as a long-distance collaboration between vocalist Chad Ackerman (As I Lay Dying, Austrian Death Machine, Destroy the Runner, and Chapter 14), Kevin Kelsey (Programming, Synth, and Keyboards) and Sean Sallings (Guitars, Bass, & Percussion).

Daniel Cavanagh

Cavanagh has been involved in other projects including Leafblade, an acoustic & Celtic rock band, (guitars and vocals), and Antimatter, the former band of ex-Anathema member Duncan Patterson.

Demanufacture

In the 2005 re-release liner notes, Monte Conner notes Richardson's focus on the guitars at the expense of the electronics, and suggests that this is the reason for the rejection of Richardson's mix.

Frost*

Declan Burke - vocals, acoustic guitars (2008-2011)

Galaxy of the Lost

Also, "Waiting Game" features additional vocals by Derek Pressnal from Tilly and the Wall, and guitars from Mike Mogis.

Geva Alon

Get Closer, Released in November 2009 and produced by the renowned Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, Silver Jews, Dinosaur Jr, Jayhawks), features Alon backed by the band Tree with a sound ranging from alternative rock to psychedelic guitars and Americana.

Gibson Advanced Jumbo

In 1931 Gibson's introduced its first versions of the Dreadnought acoustic guitars branded by C. F. Martin & Company.

Gibson Les Paul Doublecut

Many believe these newer archtop doublecut Les Pauls were developed in response to the high-end guitars of Gibson competitor Paul Reed Smith (PRS), whose PRS guitars most typically have a doublecut design and master tone and volume controls, and whose production eventually went from a small shop (as Hamer's has stayed) to an assembly-line production rivaling Gibson's.

Greco guitars

;1960–1961: FujiGen, an early manufacturer of Greco, was established in Matsumoto city by Yutaka Mimura and Yuichiro Yokouchi in May 4, 1960, and started to manufacture the classical guitars for Kanda Shokai and Kamano Gakki.

Grim Tower

Grim Tower is collaboration between Imaad Wasif and Stephen McBean "Death Folk" songs written from an exploration into detunings on acoustic guitars.

Guitar bracing

The Australian guitarmaker Greg Smallman introduced guitars with an extremely thin soundboard, which is supported by bracing in the shape of a lattice.

Ibanez

The Ibanez brand name dates back to 1929 when Hoshino Gakki began importing Salvador Ibáñez guitars from Spain.

Intriguer

Following the release of Crowded House's reunion album Time on Earth in 2007, Neil Finn announced that the band would re-enter the studio to record a follow-up album which would feature the current lineup, consisting of Finn on vocals, guitars and piano, fellow founding member Nick Seymour on bass guitar, Mark Hart on guitars and keyboards, and then-newcomer Matt Sherrod on drums.

Jessica Lurie

Her CD Megaphone Heart released in 2012 features Todd Sickafoose on bass, Erik Deutsch on keys, Allison Miller percussion and Brandon Seabrook on guitars, etc.

Johnny Lee Middleton

Among the tracks on Dead Winter Dead was "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)", an instrumental medley of the Christmas standards "Carol of the Bells" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," featuring a string orchestra alongside the electric guitars.

Leonard Ware

Soon after, Bechet teamed Ware with fellow guitarist Jimmy Shirley, making the group perhaps the first to include two electric guitars.

Los Blops

Los Blops formed in Chile in 1970 when Eduardo Gatti (vocals and guitars), Julio Villalobos (guitars), Pedro Greene (drums), Andres Orrego (keyboards) and Juan Pablo Orrego (bass) performed covers (Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, Cream, Kinks) in a local club in Isla Negra, with additional changes in the band with the addition of members Sergio Bezard (drums) and Juan Contreras (flute and keyboards).

Love Me in Black

Jimmy Harry - guitars, bass, keyboards, programming, drum programming, producer, mixing except track 8, engineer

Lugnås guitars

Lugnås guitars are produced by the Lugnås Gitarr AB factory in Lugnås, Sweden.

Moe! Staiano

One such piece is 'Piece No.7: In Inescapable Siren Within Earshot Distance Therein And Other Whereabouts' employs U-bolts, wine glasses, sirens and guitars with six E-strings along with percussion and strings.

Nigel Gavin

His favourite electric guitars are a Fender Telecaster and an Ibanez 7-string, both of which he uses with a variety of effects.

Øystein Norvoll

He has also played with Hallgeir Pedersen in their collaborative project «Bebop Guitars» («Nordland Musikkfestuke» and Festival of North Norway, 1999), duo at Moldejazz 2003, with his wife Marit Sandvik, with Jan Arvid Johansen on the album Tonen og Kjærligheten (2005), as well as in the band «Stett», together with Jørn Øien, Asbjørn Johannessen, Konrad Kaspersen and Trond Sverre Hansen (1989) and Kjell Svendsen Quintet.

Quiet Exit

The album was produced by Knut Schreiner, better known as Euroboy, lead guitarist of Turbonegro, and lead singer/guitarist of Euroboys, enlisting fellow Euroboys guitarist Trond Mjøen to accompany on electric/acoustic guitars, while Tom Rudi Torjussen of Jim Stärk plays drums/percussion.

Quinn Sullivan

Quinn plays Fender guitars and amps including Fender Stratocasters, Bassmans and Twin Reverbs live, but in the studio uses all different varieties of guitars, pedals and amps.

Randall Jahnson

The label released four albums: Civilization and Its Discotheques by The Fibonaccis, Bigger than Breakfast by Slack, Three Gals, Three Guitars by The Del Rubio Triplets, and Motel Cafe by Michael C. Ford.

Scanning the Greenhouse

Roine Stolt: vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion

Seven Star Hotel

Vladimir Gustov - guitars, keyboards, bass, vocals, percussion, production, programming

Sonic's Rendezvous Band

The record was reviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine, October 19, 2006, by Senior Editor David Fricke, as one of "Fricke's Picks," saying of the band's 1978 single (included in the set), "City Slang" "5:15 of assault guitars, railroad drumming and Smith's determined-rebel call--has all you need to know why SRB were masters of their domain."

Spirits of Christmas Past

Bryan Josh – Lead Vocals (Tracks 1 and 4); Electric Guitars (1,3 and 4); Acoustic Guitars (1,2 and 4); Bass Guitar (1); Piano (1)

Stagemaster

The Squier Stagemaster (discontinued) is a guitar made by Squier, which normally manufactures less expensive authorized copies of Fender's more popular guitars and bass guitars.

SX SJM

This and other SX guitars are popular for beginning or intermediate players and "modders" because of their low price and quality construction.

Tanya Donelly

The album release featured Donelly on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Rich Gilbert (of Human Sexual Response, Goober & the Peas, Blackstone Valley Sinners) on pedal steel, Fisher on bass, and drummers David Lovering (formerly of the Pixies) and Jones.

Terminalia superba

The most famous example of its use in guitars is when it was used by Gibson in producing their now highly sought-after Flying V and Explorer guitars in 1958.

The Buckaroos

Known for their signature red, white and blue colored guitars and fiddles, the Buckaroos in 1966 became only the second country music band to appear at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

The Cosmopolitans

These tracks were recorded by Sims on keyboards and fellow North Carolina musicians Mitch Easter and Chris Stamey on drums and guitars.

The Dillinger Escape Plan band members

James Love - guitars (2005-2006, 2012-present)

The Jenerators

The Jenerators are a blues-rock band based in Los Angeles, CA featuring Tom Hebenstreit on vocals, electric guitars and keyboards; Bill Mumy on vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, keyboards, and percussion; Gary Stockdale on vocals and bass; Miguel Ferrer on vocals, percussion and drums; David Jolliffe on guitar, percussion and vocals and Chris Ross on drums and percussion.

The Phantom Band

The Phantom Band is a Glasgow-based band consisting of Duncan Marquiss (guitar), Gerry Hart (bass), Andy Wake (keyboards), Rick Anthony (vocals and guitar), Iain Stewart (drums) and Greg Sinclair (guitars).

World in Motion 1

Special thanks: Mike Corkran, Bill Mueller, Gordon Miller Music, Edward S. Feldman & Bob Sellars for the custom guitars, Derek Sutton, Bob Goldstein (it's in the mail), Peter Sullivan, Elton, Marvin & Stevie, Don Wehner, Barton Kenney, Casey Dansicker, Nancy Scaggs, Jeff Miller (it's in the mail II), Walt Copeland, Randy, Paul, Jeep, and everyone at MSI


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