If you’re a musician, or if you hang around with musicians or luthiers – or even if you’ve ever read a guitar forum – you’ll have heard the handmade versus CNC instrument debate.
So what’s actually important?
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Yeah, armchair pundit time again. You might have read, a few days ago, Gibson’s CEO Henry Juszkiewicz gave his opinion on the public’s perception of quality control at his organisation.
Now get mine…
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So, you might have heard along the way that the tremolo bridge should really be called a vibrato bridge. And you might have heard that it's Leo Fender's fault that we have to live with this heinous misnomer. Oh, the pedantic angst of it all!
Well, I wanted to confirm this and found some interesting stuff…
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This article kicks off with a doctor joke. Immediately comes back with a fret-buzz joke, and then discussed player psychology and guitar repair.
It's got everything…
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OK, so I'm taking a sharp turn off to left-field with this one. If your work involves dealing with people in any way, you may have recognised little behaviours and quirks in them. These will usually be related to whatever your job is because that's what drives your interaction.
Well, a guitar repair person deals with people. Read on if you're interested in some of the ways people hear problems with their guitars…
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It's the story of the week. Gibson Guitars my be bankrupt soon.
What's the story behind this? Why is it happening? What can be done? What's likely to be done? And, what should Gibson do in the future to try to claw their way back from this?
Read on for my barely-informed armchair punditry…
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