I have the absolute most coolest friends and clients in the world. If not for my relationship with Richard Turner and his staff at his Redbone Guitar Boutique I'd probably never have the chance to have dinner, drinks and seriously hang out with folks like Brian Ray and Rusty Anderson, Sir Paul McCartney's wingmen and guitar players. Again, thank you Richard!
Peace,
Migwell
The designer, engineer and inventor would found the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, the banner under which he created and produced the first wave of commercially successful electric guitars, basses and amplifiers. Fender’s panache for instrument design reached its pinnacle with his work on the Telecaster guitar, the Fender Precision bass and, most famously, the Stratocaster, the musical instrument that was the central force in defining rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s and ’60s, and whose influence continues to dominate every genre of popular music.
Leo Fender didn’t invent the electric guitar. Six-string slingers had been experimenting with rudimentary amplification systems since the early decades of the 20th century. Always itching for more volume, guitarists were eager to be heard above the drums and other loud instruments in the dance bands of the time.
The first real innovations toward electric axes, however, came with the awarding of two patents for magnetic pickups. The first went to Gibson’s Guy Hart for his company’s Hawaiian guitar design on July 13, 1937, and the second went to Rickenbacker’s George Beauchamp for his horseshoe magnet pickup design featured on his company’s lap steel “frying pan” guitars, on August 10, 1937 — coincidentally, Fender’s 28th birthday.
Read the whole thing over at: Wired Magazine's This Day In Tech. And the next time you're in Olmos Park check out the nice selection of Fender guitars and then some over at Redbone Guitar Boutique.
Make It Louder!
Migwell
Man, I love guitars. Especially nice guitars! You know the kind I'm talking about - the sweet and amazingly light acoustic, hand crafted detail, perfect sound, the kind you're almost afraid to even pick up and strum lest you might drop it and then hell - there goes a mortgage payment!
Although the store might feel a bit intimidatingly swanky at first (it's wicked nice inside) it won't be long until you're feeling right at home bringing back memories of Pat Mcgee's Surf Shop in Port Aransas circa 1979. That's right, guitar gremmies included! Plus, there's a bunch of really affordable guitars and swag along with some of the best free technical and buying advice from Redbone's genuinely friendly and helpful pros.
Just meeting a few of the awesome instructors, folks whom you'll probably recognize as seeing on stages all across San Antonio, Texas and beyond - the chill and welcoming vibe at Redbone makes me want to take some lessons just so I can hang out and listen to real musicians and beginners alike express themselves both verbally and through noodleing on some of the nicest guitars you'll ever hold in your hands with having to sign a waiver!
If you love guitars you'll really dig Redbones Guitar Boutique - just a block north of the fountain in Olmos Park at 4343 McCullough in beautiful San Antonio, Texas.
Rock on Redbone!
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