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Tools of the trade - Neil Young’s Old Black 💫
Old Black is the name given to the main electric guitar used by rock musician Neil Young. Most of Young's electric guitar parts were recorded on "Old Black," though some were played on Gretsch White...
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Jeff’s 💎 at Christie’s
Jeff Beck’s heavily modified 1954 black Les Paul just sold at auction for $1,047,000 USD.
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The Köln Concert. 50 years today. 💫
Happy birthday to a masterpiece 💎Today marks the 50th anniversary of Keith Jarrett's legendary*Köln Concert*, an album celebrated for its emotional depth and artistic brilliance. Originally recorded...
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Tonelux JC37 tube microphone 💫
The Tonelux JC37 is the product of an endeavor by legendary engineer/producer, Joe Chiccarelli to create a present-day production microphone having the utility and singular sonic characteristics of...
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Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert & Vera Brandes, the 18 years old impresario who...
The movie about the making of Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert 💫https://variety.com/2025/film/global/vera-brandes-keith-jarrett-berlinale-1236278501/Vera Brandes, today 💫
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Joan Baez and her ‘29 Martin 0-45 💫
Opposed to the onanistic, over/ever-worried approach about vintage guitars - always in a vault, humidity-controlled - Joanie was simply enjoying the moment 💫
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Holger Czukay and Studio fuer Elektronische Musik, Köln
Look at those Telefunken T9 and M5 and the impressive tape-looping layout 💫
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When a picture is able to change your life 💫
Exactly what happened to me with this precious pix from back cover of Ralph Towner’s Solo Concert on ECM: I learned more - as a recordist - from this picture than from any book about recording...
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Kaspar Tieffenbrucker (1514/1571) - the father of modern violin making 💫
Gaspar Duiffoprugcar (1514–1571): The Father of Modern Violin MakingGaspar Duiffoprugcar, also known as Kaspar Tieffenbrucker, was a luthier of German origin who worked in France during the 16th...
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Tools of the trade - Don McLean’s Martin 000-28 (1929)
Don McLean and the 1929 000-28.On all of his early 70's albums and for his live work, Don McLean played a 1929 000-28. It remains one of the greatest guitars I have ever heard. He actually had a1928...
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“Nice guitar, too bad you’re a communist”
Joan Baez’s 1880 Martin guitar… a luthier wrote in reversed hand-written pencil the above mentioned message.
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R.I.P. for Mike Ratledge 💫
John Etheridge has let it be known that Soft Machine co-founder Mike Ratledge has passed away today. He had such a distinctive and inventive voice as a soloist.I count myself lucky to have seen him...
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The Grandest Piano
A curious 15 year old ended up creating the longest grand piano in the world after asking a simple question. Inside a piano, the bass strings are wrapped with copper wire to deepen the sound without...
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