StevOK's music

spaghettisharks:

check out my new joy division shirt shirt

(Source: oolongs, via noonward)

267198ed:

My three favorite things!

Yup. I just love making my comrades bark “She Loves You” every time I snap my fingers.

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I want to be in a Fender guitar ensemble, please. We’d jam some Glenn Branca or Rhys Chatham.

Thanks to Google, I’ve found this is from a the 1965-1966 Fender Electric Guitar Course, Book One, a very cool 48-page Fender course for electric guitar that covers setting up the equipment, rudiments of music, notes, etc. which you can purchase here.

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matrix-has-you:

Kung Fu Fighting

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A combination keyboard and boombox?

How is it that I do not own this?

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ravelramirez:

The Beatles, made by someone at Sculpturworx Studio in Houston, TX.

digdug85:

GUITAR2-D2 is finally COMPLETE!!!

So, I know this isn’t a sketch - but since it’s based on a sketch I did, I figured it was still appropriate to put on here. I mostly want to post it because it took me forever to finish, and dammit I’m proud of myself!

Go ahead and call me vain, just as long as you call me brilliant in the same breath… and modest. 

The body is custom cut from 2 pieces of poplar. The neck was ordered from a custom place here in SF. Most of the guitar guts were from a used Ibanez I got off of Craigslist. The details of the guitar were hand painted with acrylic paint. The front and back are protected by clear acrylic sheet which I cut and beveled by hand using a Dremel (also found on Craigslist). 

Next time somebody asks me what geek rock is, I will show them this.

collegehumor:

Saxaccord

Looking for a new way to annoy your neighbors?

I need one of these. You do not understand. I NEED ONE OF THESE.

nprmusic:

newyorker:

Opening today at Bonni Benrubi Gallery, “One Steinway Place” is an exploration of the famed piano factory in Astoria, Queens, by the photographer Christopher Payne. Under the glow of fluorescent lights, raw lumber is bent, pressed, conditioned, and polished into instruments of exacting quality. With more than twelve thousand individual parts, including Canadian maple, Bavarian spruce, and Swedish steel, each piano takes nearly a year to assemble before being subjected to a final hand inspection by Wally Boot, a fifty-year veteran of the factory. Payne was allowed unfettered access to the factory, allowing him to document every step of the process. Click-through for a selection of his work, which is on view through September 19th.

Stunning photos. —Lars

eBay Guitar Porn - (Check out the 40 hi-res photos on this now-ended auction) 

1964 FRAMUS STRATO DELUXE GUITAR w/ THREE ANGLED PICKUPS & RED FINISH

This is a circa 1964 Framus Strato Deluxe electric guitar. These German-made electrics were obvious copies of the some of the most popular Fender models of the day, right down to the beautiful Dakota Red-like finish, single coil pickups, Fender-like headstock and - of course - the name.
These radical electric guitars were actually a lot better than one would be believe. While they may have been copies of a famous maker’s signature model, these Framus guitars were actually manufactured with quality materials and pretty decent workmanship. Check out the beautiful quarter-sawn solid Mahogany neck … how many times have you seen that on an American guitar? The vibrato system is actually a Bigsby Tremolo meets Floyd Rose system, taking certain features from each and combining them to form a very functional vibrato system that actually works and stays in tune really nicely. The bridge is completely adjustable in every way, and makes setting it up a breeze. The three angled single coil pickups, controlled by six different knobs and three different selector switches, sound amazing and offer up a palette of sounds and tones that any Stratocaster only wishes it had. And the contrast between the wild striped pickguard, chrome nickel panels and appointments, and the in-your-face red nitro finish make it one of the most strikingly beautiful models of its day. 
Specs:

• Nut Width: 1 5/8”
• String Height (12th Fret): 1/8”
• Pickups: Three angled Strat-like Single Coil Pickups
• Fingerboard Wood & Inlays: 21-fret Rosewood Fingerboard w/ Dot Inlays
• Hardware: Chrome/Nickel
• Controls: Six knobs, and Three Selector Switches
• Color/Finish: Cherry Red
• Weight: 8.05 lbs.

 I wish I had had the time (two months ago) and resources (~$1000) to acquire this beauty. But hey, at least it’s there for me to see on the internet for all eternity!

The “Do Not Never Ever Buy” list for employees at Chicago record store Laurie’s Planet of Sound instructing them on what used CDs/vinyl NOT to purchase from customers.

For the most part, this is great, but Tripping Daisy? Some of their stuff is kind of rare and valuable. It used to be that one of their EPs went for $100+ on eBay. I was lucky to get their posthumous self-titled album for $35. Most of their discography was pretty rare (before recent reissues), aside from Bill (although there are rare versions), Get It On (live EP), and their biggest album I Am An Elastic Firecracker (although vinyl copies are “rare as hens’ teeth” as one collector put it). I’m guessing that’s the album that they get all the time. I should note that their album Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb is my favorite album of all time.

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Look at this awesome Katamari Damacy watercolor I received in the mail yesterday from Trebaol of Arabia! Thank you so very much. My wife liked it so much that we framed it and hung it up in our breakfast nook.

And now, a chance for me to shamelessly whore myself out: Chris painted this for me because I once sent him a link to my epic 12-minute cover of “Lonely Rolling Star” (that’s a free download link), a song from the game’s soundtrack.

tensographics:

Math - Available at Threadless!

Would anyone like to buy me one of these? Pretty please?