Guitars Kauai

Credo April 2011

2011-04-04T09:31:00.001-10:00

I serve a tiny niche of musicians here on this small and culturally isolated island who play live electric guitars and basses. They have a lot of moxie since rock and roll, blues, metal, country and worship music, in which amplified string instruments still figure prominately, is struggling to say the least. I grew up in the land

End of the Month: March 2011

2011-03-30T16:41:00.017-10:00

The end of the month and tackling payables and receivables made me think of attaching the above image of Ray Liotta from "Good Fellas" to my balance due invoices. The new site is finished and I for one am glad to be paring down for these wonderful, Old Testament, economic and otherwise globally cataclysmic times we are living in. Purple Van Guitarist, Rich Guinn, told me

A Bit About Strings

2010-11-03T23:05:00.001-10:00

Hawaii is a brand name state. Folks here consume Bud beer, Best Foods Mayo, Libby's Vienna Sausage and a host of other brand name products. Most would rather fight than switch. This gets even more magnified, if you will, on the small neighbor islands of which Kauai is one. Coated Acoustic guitar strings have caught on in a big way and like most brand loyalty

Web Retailing in Kauai

2010-09-09T22:31:00.003-10:00

Web-based Retailing on Kauai A long over due post. Time of late has be transversing a bog only to find yourself in another swamp. I'm going to be revamping my web site: streamlining the retail end and focusing more on guitar and amp repairs, and custom builds. I am also taking a limited number of orders for: custom F style T, S and P Bass assemblies (with a load of

Vintage 47 Amps: Contemporary American Classics

2010-04-12T20:56:00.002-10:00

Vintage 47 Amps: Contemporary American Classics While I was growing up and playing music in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California, certain guitar amps dominated among my peers. In High School, Brand snobbery ran fast and thick and “new” was an essential criteria. It was as if there were gear police always watching and ready to humiliate a non

Revisiting a Friend’s Previous Work

2010-03-12T02:26:00.003-10:00

Millicent Cummings Watch and listenI met Millicent several Christmas seasons ago and ended up compiling her Christmas CD from various old Porta Studio cassettes and a CD or two. A little audio clean up, some mixing, editing and burning and she had a nice family gift that met her deadline. She left me some cookies a card and with a kiss and a hug vanished out my rickety old door

Aloha, Blessings and a Ho, Ho, Ho

2009-12-19T20:00:00.033-10:00

Aloha, Blessings and a Ho, Ho, Ho Well the end of the year has rolled around again and despite our wounded economy folks are going about their business. We have seen the Vintage Market track further downward and overseas products become the coin of the realm. Retail list prices on the USA big two offerings have continued to climb, but resale value drops once you get it out the door

The Story

2009-07-22T08:04:00.010-10:00

The Story This topic is probably verboten for musical instrument retailers. Since I have never felt comfortable with that identity and really only began retailing because friends and family told me it was time to stop doing it for free, so I guess I'll just go ahead and mutter. I grew up in a musical theatre family so of course performing was important. Perhaps the difference in my family, in

Mold Removal

2009-06-03T07:48:00.024-10:00

Mold RemovalAloha and mahalo for all the kokua from clients, friends and extended ohana through this tough Winter season and the dreadful state of our country’s economy. I’m just getting around to brushing the mold off this blog, posting and looking ahead, crafting strategies for calmer seas and the return of the trades.It’s probably difficult to associate tough times and stereotypical images

Ukuleles from the Source

2008-11-20T19:52:00.000-10:00