The 12-string guitar is an amazing variation of the instrument.  Whether acoustic or electric, the doubled strings add a unique, rich voice that you just can’t fake with a chorus box or harmonizer. Over the years it has been used in so many favorite and… more »

This is fascinating for some reason; I’m not sure why. I don’t know art, but I know what I like. An often-thought thought when I go to galleries is “What the hell is that?” Some art I just don’t understand. The… more »

by Dan Grigor I’ve been up all night cutting together young Tallan Noble Latz interviewing Frank “Catfish” Butler of The West Coast Blues Cartel. This Barefoot Cameraman has shot a few interviews. This one in particular will stick in… more »

by Dan Grigor I am having so much fun making these. What a thing it is to walk around this event with hundreds of instruments playing. Guitars jamming and drums drumming, horns blowing and amps crackling, a flute, a cello, a guy with a wacky pedal… 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 »

“You go with what life gives you, and for me that was music,” says Orianthi. “I love to create, and just play.” Gibson has a great interview with Orianthi; Russell Hall talks to her about her guitars, her memories and her future. We caught her stage… 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 »