Links for 10/19/10

Vintage Guitar Hardware, Pick-Ups, Japan

Rare EXC 1963 Fender Bass VI in See-Through Blonde

Vintage 1963 HOFNER Model 172 Rare Finish

1959 FENDER JAZZMASTER/JAGUAR CASE VINTAGE RARE 1962/63 – eBay

Vintage Super Rare 1965 Magnatone Tornado X-15 U.S.A.

Vintage 1959-1963 Fender Jazzmaster Case White RARE!!!

VINTAGE 1965 1966 HOFNER GUITAR & CASE ~ MODEL 173 RARE

Legendary Man From Lost Atlantis – Penetration (Original by the Pyramids)

Wind Could Drive 20% of World Power Needs By 2030, With China in Lead

Links for 10/15/10

The Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz and Molam from Thailand 1964 -1975

Tetrapod beaches of Japan

Old makes way for new at Chicago Store

Gretsch Duo Jet – Black 1953

Surfguitar 101 Convention 2010

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

78 Versions of Spring os Nearly Here

Believe it or not, I heard this tune for the first time tonight and when I saw how many versions there are on YouTube and considering the nearness of spring I made a playlist for you!

old 60s skateboard magazine

link to the YouTube playlist Spring is Nearly Here.

Asia Guitar Instrumentals, Part I

The Stylers (Singapore)

Hong-Kong (not too sure)

Apollo
The Skippers
The White Cloud

Singapore

The Stylers
The Sparklers
The Atoms
The reQuests
The Trailers
The Commanders
Top Singapore Garage Group
The Melodians
The Blue Beats

Japan

The Circle
Sharp Five (older guy playing classical theme Eleki style in a bar)
Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys
Psychedelic Eleki
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Tsugaru jonkara bushi at Live in Akasaka
Flying Guitar
Isamu Houda & Hot Style – Bumble Bee Twist
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The Sharp 5

bonus video