I only heard good things about this years Surfguitar 101 convention out in California.

Here is the Surfguitar 101 YouTube playlist of the event.

This time german band The Space Rangers made an appearance there as a stop on their California tour. The band hails from Ulm and on guitar is Muck who played rhythm guitar on one tour with my old band The Looney Tunes. On that tour I borrowed him my Musima Eterna DeLuxe as he only owned a Steinberger headless and a jazz-box. It’s great to see him finally sporting a Jaguar. I knew the Surf-bug bit him when he started doubling my lead on Miserlou during one of our shows, and checking out the playlist from the convention I reckon his new band plays old showstoppers from the Looney Tunes setlist The Swingin’ Creeper (as it is tradtionally called in Germany, elsewhere known as Nightstick*, A Go-Go Dancer**, Kickstand*** by The Ventures) and Stampede. Talk about keeping the torch on fire.

* UK, ** US, *** Japan

The following is quoted from the TV Jones website (more pictures there!)

TV Jones Guitars & Pickups Stolen March 27, 2010
at musikmesse Hall 4.0 Stand J40 Frankfurt, Germany

We are asking all of our friends to get the word out via blogs, forums, any means possible. In the hope that we can retrieve these rare stolen instruments, pickups, and tools. Basically everything that was on display in Frankfurt was stolen (even our banners, suits & suitcases!). Here is a rundown of the stolen items (scroll down to view photos):

• TV Jones Model 10 Prototype Guitar in tobacco sunburst w/P90 pickups (one-of-a-kind)
• TV Jones Model 10 Prototype in natural toffee w/ T-Armond pickups in P90 mount (one-of-a-kind)
• TV Jones Model 10 in Ice Blue w/single bridge pickup
• TV Jones Model 10 in Red w/single bridge pickup
• TV Jones Model 10 in Matte Black w/ 2 pickups
• TV Jones Model 10 in Tobacco Sunburst w/ 2 pickups
• several sets of pickups
• all of our banners and display materials
• various luthier tools

More info and serial numbers to come. If you have any information please contact us at (360) 779-4002 or info@tvjones.com. If you come across any of these guitars please call your local police. Here are some photos of the stolen guitars:

blonde ‘butterscotch’ finish Model 10 one-of-a-kind prototype with T-Armond pickups in P90 Mount. Thank you J Dennis Thomas for the photo.

A dark tobacco burst Model 10 one-of-a-kind prototype with P90 pickups (Tom’s personal favorite). If you see either of these two prototype guitars they are definitely stolen!!

The guitars below are production models, but if you see any of these in or around Frankfurt, Germany they are most-likely stolen!!

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David Berger writes:

Hi every one!
Here are the latest tour updates…

SUMMER EUROPEAN DATES:

July 4, 2009
Deutsches Theater
Munich, Germany

July 5, 2009
Serenadenhof
Nuremberg, Germany

July 6, 2009
Paradiso
Amsterdam, Holland

July 8, 2009
Tempodrom
Berlin, Germany

July 9, 2009
Museumsplatz
Bonn, Germany

July 11, 2009
Guilfest
Guilford, England

July 12, 2009
The Sage Gateshead
Gateshead, England

September 4-6, 2009
Stradbally Hall
County Laois, Ireland

FALL U.S. DATES:

October 24, 2009
Pabst Theatre
Milwaukee, WI

October 26, 2009
Count Basie Theatre
Red Bank, NJ

October 27, 2009
Bergen Performing Arts Center
Englewood, NJ

October 29, 2009
Keswick Theatre
Glenside, PA

October 30, 2009
Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts
Morristown, NJ

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