Gibson’s New Website – A couple of days ago I logged onto Gibson’s website only to discover that they’d done a massive overhaul. The new site is divided into two parts––the old “Products” section, and the new-fangled “Lifestyle” section… it’s basically a blog in form, but minus the most basic blog-like function––conversation. There is, however, an RSS feed.
Relic Fever At WSJ – And yeah, it took ‘em a while, but the Wall Street Journal has finally written a piece on the massive popularity of Fender’s “Relic” guitars, including this tantalizing tid-bit for those of you who are still wondering why Fender is putting so much effort into the “pre-distressed” guitar market––Dave’s Guitars in La Crosse, Wis., apparently makes a full 12% of its $5 million annual income through the sales of “Relics” alone. That’s a lot of scratch, and that’s just one store. Strat-o-blogster has more…
CBGB Founder Dead At 75 – And sadly, Hilly Kristal, founder of New York’s infamous CBGB club, has passed away at the age of 75 due to complications from lung cancer… the man’s keen eye (or ear) for talent lead him to showcase some of the most influential bands to come out of the New York underground scene, including the Ramones, and Talking Heads, not to mention a ton of early American punk bands (Reagan Youth, Agnostic Front, the list goes on and on…)
- Speed Linking: GWAR Hearts ESP, IG Says Lick Your Guitar, Marshall Discovers MySpace
- Speed Linking: 5 Years Ago Today
- Speed Linking: Low-Powered Amps, Digital Les Paul, And More…
- Speed Linking: Marshall’s Lemmy Signature Stack, EH Gets A New Site, More…
- Speed Linking: The Nash Firecaster, BYOC’s New Compressor, Gibson’s VOS Series
- Relic Deluxe: The Essential Online Guide To Relic’ing Your Guitar
- Speed Linking: Dallas Guitar Fest, DIY Guitar Effects
- Speed Linking: Reverend’s Limited Edition Volcano H90, EH Micro POG Demo…
August 30th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Funny. I subscribed about a week ago and this morning marveled at how frequently they updated content. I had to look at the page source to grab the RSS, but it’s all good now.
I was gonna send you a link and – voila! – I got this in my newsreader. Looks like you’re already there.
DM
August 30th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Yeah, they’re publishing stuff really fast, but so far I’m not finding most of it very interesting.
To me, many of their pieces are just too long to really digest in a “blog” kind of way––but more power to ‘em.
I think their new website would be a lot more “sticky” if they had a comments section.