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Black Lips are out on tour this month (link to tour dates) and I hooked up with them yesterday in Toronto during their sound check. Cole is using an AIRLINE Twin Tone as well as a ’59 Town & Country. Go check them out in your city!

Instro Summit 2011 is our third annual event, held from 7pm Friday, April 29th to 1am Sunday, May first. Currently the largest festival of its’ type in the Southeast, it features bands from as nearby as Durham to as far away as Ulm, Germany, all eager to share their lyric-free music with fans-and bands-that appreciate the genre.

Our family vacation this year started in Houston, where we dropped in to see Jimmy at Southpaw Guitars. Next we hit South Padre Island, San Antonio and Austin for SXSW 2011!

Friday March 18th – SXSW Austin, TX – I was in Austin for only one day of SXSW this year, but as luck would have it, so was Mike Watt. His is in the middle of a grueling 51 shows in 52 night tour.

Eastwood has announced the availability of the Cherry Warren Ellis Signature Tenor. It starts shipping early April.

We were very saddened to hear about the loss of a true guitar legend. Melvin Sparks will be missed. RIP, Melvin.

Eastwood Guitars and Randy Bachman have collaborated on the new Airline Tux Deluxe guitar. Bachman plays the Airline Tuxedo model, and recently pitched the idea for Airline Tux Deluxe.

As drummer for Sons of Otis, Ryan is off to Europe for one month to tour with his band. On behalf of everyone at Eastwood we wish him a safe and fun trip!

One of our customers – Buddha from Buddha and the Pests – sent in this video link to his recent Guitar Rescue. It’s nice to see this old Harmony guitar come back to life, and I wanted to share it with you.

Another wild and wacky NAMM show has come and gone. Here are a couple of picture and videos.