Still Kickin Blog

One of the good ones left us today (Oct 25, 2017). Fats Domino died of natural causes at his home in Harvey, Louisiana. This guy was the man back in the 50s. Five records Certified Gold. He sold over 65 million discs. The Fat Man was rockin New Orleans bars at age 14. By age 20, he had sold a million copies of his record, "The Fat Man,"--the first rock & roll record to achieve those numbers.

See all our Thinlines in stock + recently sold ones!

The Fender re-issue '69 Telecaster Thinline is a nice take on the iconic Tele. Perhaps most important, it packs a lot of the usual Tele style and twang into a lighter package. Too many great Tele's become 10-pound burdens that kill your back and shoulder, but these babies won't weigh you down. This Daphne Blue one we sold recently is a very comfortable 6 pounds, 14 ounces. The Thinline originally came about in the late...

Take a ramble through the Wiki page on the Ibanez Iceman and you'll learn the guitar was born in the mid-70s out of a joint idea from the heads of several Japanese guitar manufacturers to come up with their own signature guitar shape. America had the Fender Strat and Gibson Les Paul, and Ibanez, Greco and FujiGen had been copying their designs--and getting very good at it (so good that lawsuits were filed). In fact, Japan was putting out models whose quality was at least on par with their USA counterparts. Only problem was they were mostly...

So there's a new piece of gear you want. Where are you gonna get the best price? Guitar Center, SamAsh, Sweetwater, Musicians Friend, Zzounds? You may know this, or you may not, but shopping around really works. Play these guys against each other. Many of them have room to play with pricing you see on their websites. If you see one site is running a promotion to get 8% off using a promo code, you can bet if you call a competitor they will meet or BEAT...

If you gig with your guitar or rehearse, or even just use a strap at any time, it's worth investing in a set of strap locks. There's nothing worse than seeing your baby fall to the ground in front of your eyes...Nooooo! 

Everyone knows about Schaller and Dunlop strap locks. They are the two big locking systems out there. Schallers can be great, but personally I've had them fail before.

Schaller strap pins sometimes get worn...