Canadian Electric Guitars
Sep 23, 2009 Canadian
Canada is home to several world class manufacturers of Electric Guitars.
Here is a guide to Canadian electric guitar builders:
Known primarily for their electric bass guitars, Dingwall Guitars uses The Novax® Fanned-Fret System™. Dingwall Guitars is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Freddy’s Frets creates custom electric guitars, as well as ‘Les Paul style’ electric [...]
E.W.S. FD-1 Fuzzy Drive Review
Sep 13, 2009 fuzz pedal
E.W.S. (Engineering Work Store) is known in their native Japan for guitar repairs and pedal modifications. San Fernando, California based Prosound Communications owns E.W.S., as well as Xotic pedals. The FD-1 Fuzzy Drive is E.W.S.’ first OEM pedal.
The FD-1 comes in a basic white cardboard box with some black stenciling. Inside the box is the FD-1 pedal, [...]
7 String Guitar History
Sep 3, 2009 7 string
The first 7 string guitar was the Russian guitar. It was created by Andreas O. Sichra (1772-1861) who also wrote seventy-five compositions for the 7 string guitar. These guitars were typically tuned to an Open G chord: DBGDBGD.
In 1938, legendary jazz guitarist George Van Eps commissioned Epi Stathopoulo, president of the Epiphone guitar company, to [...]
