http://www.300guitars.com Guitar Mania by Billy Penn Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:01:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/04/jazz-guitar-great-herb-ellis-passes-away/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/04/jazz-guitar-great-herb-ellis-passes-away/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:08:33 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=7821 First I’m hearing of this folks… Jazz guitar great Herb Ellis died Sunday March 28, 2010 of complications associated with Alzheimer’s. He was 88 years old. Ellis was inspired to play the guitar because of guitar legend Charlie Christain. Due to a lack of funds Ellis dropped out of college and went on the road... 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Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/12/russell-malone-jingles-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/11/ron-smith-archtop-guitars/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/11/ron-smith-archtop-guitars/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:02:10 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=5454 Ok, listen up jazz peeps. If you like high quality, hand crafted archtop guitars you should check out Ron Smith Guitars. I had the pleasure of meeting the man himself and playing his fine guitars at the Great Americal Guitar Show. These are finely crafted instruments constructed from hand selected materials chosen for tone. Each... 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Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/06/spotlight-igor-boiko-ukranian-jazz-master/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/06/new-dimitri-sachkov-video-giant-steps/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/06/new-dimitri-sachkov-video-giant-steps/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:23:10 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=3612 Check out this new video by Dimitri Sachkov, John Coltrane’s classic ”Giant Steps”. Dimitri is an excellent player and studies with Igor Boiko. You can read an interview with Dimitri here. Nice one Dimitri! Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/06/new-dimitri-sachkov-video-giant-steps/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/05/interview-tanya-pesnya-jazzrock-from-russia/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/05/interview-tanya-pesnya-jazzrock-from-russia/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 11:26:26 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=3276  There is a new interview on the Articles page with Russian born jazz guitarist Tanya Pesnya. Leaving Russia for France where she now resides Tanya is busy playing jazz and zouk gigs and is planning her first solo CD release. Click here to read the interview. Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/05/interview-tanya-pesnya-jazzrock-from-russia/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2009/04/interview-dimitri-sachkov-from-russia-with-jazz/ http://www.300guitars.com/2009/04/interview-dimitri-sachkov-from-russia-with-jazz/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:59:22 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=2858  There is a new interview with Russian Jazz guitarist Dimitri Sachkov. In this interview Sachkov talks about musical education, gear and future career plans. Click here to read the article. Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2009/04/interview-dimitri-sachkov-from-russia-with-jazz/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2008/03/the-world%e2%80%99s-thinnest-jazz-guitar-pickup/ http://www.300guitars.com/2008/03/the-world%e2%80%99s-thinnest-jazz-guitar-pickup/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:33:59 +0000 Billy Penn http://300guitars.com/index.php/2008/03/23/the-world%e2%80%99s-thinnest-jazz-guitar-pickup/ Kent Armstrong has successfully reduced a traditional jazz humbucker to 1/2 of its original thickness while preserving the tone. At only 3/8″, these pickups will fit practically any guitar – no matter the distance between top and fingerboard. Both neck mount and side mount are available. The pickup is called the “Slimbucker” and is available... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2008/03/the-world%e2%80%99s-thinnest-jazz-guitar-pickup/feed/ 0