Sep 12, 2020 · Just saw a Volvo ad that featured Pete Seeger singing "Hard times in the Mill". Wow, I wonder how he would have felt about that song being used in this way? I'm probably missing something but just don't understand the connection between a song about the hardships of working people with expensive ...

Oct 22, 2014 · Hey, Why doesn't Gibson make banjos or dobros anymore? Yeah, I know about the flood in nashville in 2006 or something but the mandolin manufacturing was restored so why not the banjos or dobros? I know the market isn't that big probably but we're talking about a part of Gibson's history and herit...

Dec 19, 2024 · Discuss the Gibson USA line of guitars and basses including, but not limited to, Les Pauls, SGs, Explorers, and Thunderbirds.

Aug 18, 2015 · But folks like Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie and Brownie McGhee would stop over. I never asked anybody to show me anything but I watched and listened and got to sit in on the music.

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Oct 11, 2012 · Four of these amplifiers were built and delivered to Pete Townshend, and the Marshall Super Lead Model 1959, the original Plexi, was born. At the request of Pete Townshend, Marshall produced an 8x12" cabinet on top of which the 1959 was placed, giving rise to the Marshall stack, an iconic image for rock and roll.

Dec 19, 2024 · Note on the photos: yes there are superficial cracks where the jack and 3-way switch are routed out (this is well-used guitar) that was glued back together well; the black scrawl near bridge is Pete Townsend's signature, which he was kind enough to put on my SG with a Sharpie after we met at KLOS FM 95.5 in L.A. about 30 years ago (the a.m ...

Dec 23, 2024 · I tried Pete Townshending the first (and last) acoustic I built. It wasn't easy. In fact, the first slam on a concrete floor hurt my hands. Either I overbuilt it, or my scrawny arms weren't up to the task.

Jul 23, 2011 · The latter two steps would actually be "original customisations" in the sense that Pete has them had done on his guitars as well. Or simply (and possibly cheaper) take the worn cherry as a basis and have the finish be completed.The price difference of that cheap SG toward the latest Townsend signature is so large that the cheap SG modified ...