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Eastwood Celebrity Sightings: Sami Yaffa, Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Michael Molenda, Nessie Doss, Dennys Iuras, Adrian Quesada of Grupo Fantasma, Kepi Ghoulie, Devin Hoff, Tippi, Jimmy Vivino, Lex Price, Rob McNelley, Miles Holmwood

Devo have always taken an unconventional approach to their music, videos, and striking fashion sense so it’s no surprise that this attitude would also apply to their choice of guitars. While many think of them as a synthpop band with the occasional guitar thrown in, in their early years they were precisely the opposite – at times featuring three guitarists in their line up (guitarist Bob1 [Mothersbaugh], guitarist/keyboardist Bob2 [Casale], and singer/keyboardist/guitarist Mark Mothersbaugh). By the early 80s, however, Bob1 was the only member with strings on his instrument with Bob2 and bassist Jerry Casale having mostly switched over to playing their parts on synths. They seemed to have not only enjoyed unusual choices in guitars (shying away from the all too common Strats and Les Pauls) but rotating through many different models as well.

Lots of people are getting their music out there on YouTube these days. If you put up something creative – featuring Eastwood or Airline guitars – we will give you a shout out in our monthly newsletter. Here are the latest ones…

As promised, here is my follow-up list to last month’s ‘My Top 10 Albums of 2011′ post. Cheers!

Eastwood Celebrity Sightings: Tom Hamilton, G Love, Miss Alex White, Jay Codina, Casey Crescenzo, Bill Nelson, Ripley Johnson, Tara Elliott, Simonne Jones, Milos Angelov, Abraham Millett, Creepoid, Rico (Forever the Sickest Kids), Obie O’Brien

Hey everyone! Ben Fargen here from Fargen Custom Amps & Mods. I was asked to write a post for MyRareGuitars.com, so I thought I’d write about some famous songs and amplifiers. I’m really looking forward to your comments, so let me know which songs and amps you would include in this list. Thanks!

The other day I was thinking about what I would do if I had a time machine. Would I travel back in time? Or would I travel forward? Or would I travel sideways? I don’t even know! But then I got to thinking: what if I could go back and be at some awesome and/or strange events in the world of music?

It’s that time of year again. Time for the top ten lists to start flying around the net. Well, here is mine . But first, my disclaimer: I wrote this in one sitting. No doubt I’ve missed a bunch, so I will publish a follow-up “alternate” list next month.

Imagine what you would do if you were a member of a seminal electronic music band that influenced musicians in a myriad of genres over multiple generations and whose stature still remains unparalleled to this day? And then imagine what would you do if your chosen instrument was not a synthesizer but instead a guitar? If you were Michael Rother you would leave Kraftwerk taking drummer Klaus Dinger with you and form the equally acclaimed, if not as well-known, Neu!

With unusually warm weather here in Toronto this past week, my brother and I decided to spend a day fishing during the US Thanksgiving weekend. Upon leaving we loaded up the boat, jumped in the truck and turned on the radio to Little Feat’s “Fat Man in the Bathtub” from their 1978 Waiting For Columbus [...]