Pat Metheny talks about his Orchestrion Project at  World Music Central… “Over the years I have dreamed of coming up with an environment to write that uses the ‘front end’ of modern music technology while harnessing the power of… more »

BFMN Exclusive! I caught Orianthi’s show at NAMM2010. The crowd was deep and they kept bumping me but this is too good not to share. I edited around the worst of the camera jiggles. Look past the video. Watch this girl play the guitar. Shredding… more »

Maricela Juarez, the manager of the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop, has hand-wound more guitar pickups used on gold and platinum records than anyone in the universe. During her tenure with Seymour Duncan she has literally wired the sound of practically… more »

Nashville, Tennessee…January 26, 2010….One of Gibson Guitar’s most accomplished and dedicated luthiers, James “Hutch” Hutchins,  who spent 45 years at Gibson, passed away from an undisclosed illness surrounded by his family last evening. “Hutch” as many… more »

by Dan Grigor  On Thursday I got to talk face to face with one of my real-life guitar heroes, Jorma Kaukonen, founding member of two legendary bands, The Jefferson Airplane and the still-touring Hot Tuna. One of my real-life guitar heros, Jorma and I… more »