Each month, we recap the latest guitar industry news with offset guitar hero Mike Adams (@puisheen). The month of May has been pretty slow as far as guitar news goes, but Mike and fj Editor Jason Verlinde continues and reviews some of his favorite recent YouTube videos, reflects on the world of signature guitars, shares Fretboard Summit updates, talks about a recent Yeah Yeah Yeahs concert, honors the Iron Sheik ( RIP) and much more.
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Watch Mike flexing a vibrato arm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92dBXYf7-5k
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Obituary for Chris Strachwitz from Arhoolie Records: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/arts/music/chris-strachwitz-dead.html
Jason interviews Jim D’Addario, Bob Taylor and Andy Powers about moving from Taylor Guitars to D’Addario: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-dPpPuc4RE
David Lindley tribute concert: https://www.fretboardjournal.com/columns/farewell-mr-dave-a-hometown-bids-goodbye-to-david-lindley/
Mason Stoops on Tim Pierce’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vrZjv8ojVQ
The Truth About Vintage Amps Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-about-vintage-amps-with-skip-simmons/id1442046563
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