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Bourgeois Touchstone Vintage OM & Dreadnought: is this the future of high-end production acoustic guitars?

Guitar.com 22 Sep 2023
What makes these guitars so interesting – and notably different to the standard ‘American brand creates licensed guitars in Asian factory’ routine – is that Bourgeois’ USP remains intact ... Look, the case isn’t as posh as the TKL number you’ll get with a USA-made guitar and the ...
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Chinese guitar-making industry rides on wave of Belt and Road Initiative

China.dot.org 22 Sep 2023
It is home to over 120 guitar-related firms ... "We do OEM production for more than 100 global brands, producing over 400,000 guitars annually, 95 percent of which are for export," said Zheng Chuanjiu, founder of Zunyi Shenqu Musical Instrument Manufacturing Co., Ltd., the first guitar factory to settle in Zheng'an County in 2013.
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Economic Watch: Chinese guitar-making industry rides on wave of Belt and Road Initiative

China.dot.org 21 Sep 2023
Novikov, 44, began learning classical guitar in his youth ... "We do OEM production for more than 100 global brands, producing over 400,000 guitars annually, 95 percent of which are for export," said Zheng Chuanjiu, founder of Zunyi Shenqu Musical Instrument Manufacturing Co., Ltd., the first guitar factory to settle in Zheng'an County in 2013.
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A Brief History of Epiphone Guitars

Guitar.com 20 Sep 2023
A Brief History of Schector Guitars ... Les had been perfecting his solid body guitar design in the Epiphone factory, but when Fender came out with the first solidbody design, that would come to be known as the Telecaster, Gibson President Ted McCarty wisely made Les Paul Gibson’s first solid body electric guitar endorser.
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“The original sounds the best, I’m not gonna lie, but this one is right next ...

Guitar.com 19 Sep 2023
McCready also says that changing up his guitar choice, whether in the studio or in a live setting, isn’t uncommon for him ... He also mentioned that he was “fascinated” by the work Fender’s Ensenada factory did to mimic the appearance and age of his famed 1960 guitar.
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A Brief History of Schecter Guitars

Guitar.com 13 Sep 2023
Back in 1976 a young engineer named David Schecter opened a small guitar repair shop in Van Nuys, California ... To increase production while retaining the company’s image, Ciravolo decided to start a new line of guitars, The Diamond Series which would be built in a South Korean factory, before being shipped to the US to be set up in a Schecter shop.
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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS GATHER TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF TONEWOODS

Longview News-Journal 11 Sep 2023
Martin & Co.��(Martin Guitar) hosted its 8th Wood Summit at its headquarters in Nazareth ... Attendees came far and wide to provide a multifaceted view of the current state of responsible and sustainable sourcing of raw materials, specifically the exotic woods from which Martin Guitar crafts its acoustic guitars ... ABOUT MARTIN GUITAR.
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Kim Thayil on how the Guild S-100 defined Soundgarden, and why he’s teamed up with ...

Guitar.com 05 Sep 2023
That guitar joined him on the long drive to the west coast where he would go on to form Soundgarden in 1984 ... Soundgarden got back together in 2010 and again attempts were made to bring a Kim Thayil signature S-100 guitar to the masses ... We sent a couple of my guitars to the factory, and they spec’d it out and they came out perfect.”.
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A Brief History of Kramer Guitars

Guitar.com 29 Aug 2023
Kramer Voyager Imperial guitar ... The cavity covers on the guitars were made of aluminum ... In the years since Kramer guitars have continued to be made – albeit in small numbers and only in Gibson’s Asian factories, but in the years since the KKR-backed takeover of Gibson Brands following its bankruptcy in 2018, the Kramer band has become more visible.
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What Can Liberalism Offer Oliver Anthony?

The Atlantic 27 Aug 2023
The future of progressive politics in America just might revolve around whether someone like Chris Murphy, a U.S ... A red-bearded high-school dropout, former factory hand , and virtual unknown, he strummed a guitar in the Virginia woods and sang with an urgent twang about the despair of working-class life. I’ve been sellin’ my soul, workin’ all day ... a ... .
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Everything, Everywhere: Perfect Saviors By The Armed

The Quietus 24 Aug 2023
Sport Of Form’ alternates rapidly between tough synth rock and pastoral guitar ... He’s responsible here for some guitar and production, for the involvement of Iggy and of Jane’s Addiction rhythm section, Stephen Perkins and Eric Avery, as well as the band getting Alan Moulder in to mix the record.
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Rhonda Vincent to perform in Trenton

Constitution-Tribune 17 Aug 2023
At intermission of concert, the following will be auctioned off for the benefit of The Dream Factory, an autographed guitar signed by Rhonda Vincent, Jeannie Sealy, The Issac’s, Ricky Skaggs, Connie Smith and others.
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Oliver Anthony surges to GLOBAL NUMBER ONE on Apple Music as overnight sensation's stirring lament ...

The Daily Mail 17 Aug 2023
Virginia factory worker Oliver Anthony has a certified hit on his hands with 'Rich Men North of Richmond' as the song has soared to No ... The music video for the song, which includes Anthony strumming a guitar and singing soulfully to camera, has amassed more than 18 million views in a week.
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The Summer The Pop Charts Went Country

Stereogum 17 Aug 2023
The beard has been inescapable ... The image is from a professionally filmed performance clip that originated on the YouTube channel radiowv. It finds the former factory worker Anthony clutching his acoustic guitar, performing a solemn country ballad called “Rich Men North Of Richmond” on his plot of land in rural Farmville, Virginia ... .
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Rich Men North of Richmond punches down. No surprise the right wing loves it

The Observer 16 Aug 2023
In Rich Men North of Richmond, Oliver Anthony, a bushy-bearded former North Carolina factory worker, sings passionately about working hard for “bullshit pay”. Armed with just a guitar and his powerful voice, he identifies the source of the problem.

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