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Tools of the trade - Dr. Brian May’s “Red Special”
Few guitars in the world of rock can boast the fascinating history of Brian May’s Red Special. This instrument has accompanied the guitarist since he was sixteen, through the great successes of Queen,...
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Disk of the day - Lavinia Meijer - Are you Still Somewhere? (Sony Classical...
Fantastic player, program and recording. Thanking my pal Marco 💫
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News from Switzerland 🇨🇭- a new Yello’s on Triston Tapes 💫💫💫
Yello – One Second [2 x Analog Reel-To-Reel Tapes]Triston Masters in Switzerland is preparing master tape for commercial master tape copy release coming soon! A timeless album showcasing Yello’s...
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Some wise words from Werner Herzog
‘Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.’ 💫
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Tools of the trade - Mark O’Connor’s Martin D28 (1945)
This is Mark O'Connor's 1945 D28. I did design and lettering for the jacket of his 1978 guitar album "Markology". For the back cover, my housemate (a professional photographer) took a portrait of...
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Robert Pirsig’s wisdom 💫
Robert Pirsig (September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017), American writer and philosopher, is the author of the philosophical novels “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values”...
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A Guild for Tim and Jeff 💫
Tim Buckley was a genius and he played Guild’s 12 strings guitars for most of his career… His son Jeff also played a Guild’s acoustic… unfortunately they both died at very young age in their late...
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Tools of the trade - Willie Nelson’s Trigger
A battered to death, almost falling apart Martin N20 is stage and recording instrument of choice of one of monuments of Americana: Willie Nelson 💫Several luthiers are constantly keeping this iconic...
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" Night in the steppe " by Ivan Marchuk .
(summer was far too long and hot… some cold is in need)
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Ptooff!
This cool, psych album by The Deviants - dated 1968 - aged really well: it really sounds timeless 💫💫💫
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Cover of the day 💫
45 years ago today, Snakefinger (Philip Lithman) released"Chewing Hides the Sound." Though this was the 30-year-old London-born guitarist's solo debut, about a decade prior he had moved to San...
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From Portugal - Cinnamon DAC and CD transport 💫
The Cinnamon Galle DAC boasts an R2R architecture with high-precision resistors (0.01% tolerance), fully isolated inputs, and state-of-the-art reclocking (SOTA). Its innovative digital-to-analog...
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Tools of the trade - John Lee Hooker’s “Muddywood”
John Lee Hooker with the 'Muddywood' guitar, made from wood from Muddy Waters' childhood home.Billy Gibbons: “I had phoned Jim O’Neil, founder of Living Blues magazine – he now lives in Mississippi –...
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