jeremy jamesApr 4, 20221 min readSlide Management 101Slide enthusiasts like me can have a hard time keeping their slides in one place. On a recent guitar forum, someone posted a creative...
jeremy jamesAug 7, 20211 min readKeith’s Mercurial Maton SE777 and The 'Let it Bleed' SessionsMaton have had their share of celebrity users, but none perhaps as well-known as Keith Richards. He picked up a Maton SE777 in 1969 — one...
jeremy jamesAug 6, 20212 min readGuitar Shopping in Tokyo, Japan (Part One)Tokyo is one of the best places in the world to go guitar shopping — if you can find the shops. Last week I spent four days searching for...
jeremy jamesAug 5, 20212 min readWhat Guitar did Keith Richards play on ‘Brown Sugar’?‘Brown sugar’ was recorded at Muscle Shoals in December of 1969. Keith’s Fender Twin with JBL speakers was completely dimed (my ears hurt...
jeremy jamesAug 5, 20212 min readThe Japanese Concept of 'Ma' and Silence in MusicIn 'Absolutely on Music' maestro Seiji Ozawa spoke of 'Ma'. Writer Haruki Murakami and Ozawa were discussing the second movement of...