February 2010 – Page 2 – 300Guitars.com

Live Ustream February 25, 2010 9:30pm EST

Posted on February 23, 2010 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Howdy folks. It’s been a while I know but I’ve been busy behind the scenes over here working on some cool stuff. Come and hang out with me live on Ustream 2-25-10 at 9:30pm EST. I’ll be talking about The Amp Show, the ZT Club Amp, V-Picks, a few brands I am starting to work […]

New Gretsch G5191BK Tim Armstrong Electromatic

Posted on February 22, 2010 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

I have to admit I did not notice this new Gretsch G5191BK at NAMM but it looks kinda cool. There were so many guitars at the Gretsch display (not to mention the amount of people and all the fuss over the Eddie Cochran guitar) that it was probably easy to miss. The new Tim Armstrong […]

Guitar Pickup Repair Tips

Posted on February 22, 2010 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

This video may help you bring a guitar pickup that is not working back to life. A few simple tips and things to try before you send your pickup off for a re-wind. I always say if you do not feel comfortable take your pickup to a tech. Hit me up if you have any […]

Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune

Posted on February 22, 2010 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Here is a particularly psychedelic video of the title track of the soon to be released Jimi Henrrix album “Valleys of Neptune”. The new Jimi release due out on March 9th will have 12 previoulsy unreleased tracks including “Sunshine of Your Love” by Cream. Most of the tracks were recorded between February and May of […]

Roy Rogers – Slide Instrumental

Posted on February 21, 2010 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

If you don’t know about Roy Rogers……you should! Not the “Happy Trails” Trigger ridin’ Roy Rogers (although I really like him and his roast beef sandwiches..) the Roy Rogers from California that plays a mean slide guitar. I did a gig back in the 90’s with him and he blew me away! He absolutely rocked […]

Question of the Day: Do I Have to Have My Guitar Re-Set Up if I change String Gauges?

Posted on February 20, 2010 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

This Question of the Day comes from a fellow named Hank in Oregon who asked me this question because of one of my Youtube videos. Hanks says that he has a guitar with a tremolo bridge that is set up for .009 gauge strings and he’s switching up a gauge to .010’s. He wants to […]

KAM Instruments Plug & Play Pickup System

Posted on February 19, 2010 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

How fast can you swap out pickups in your guitar? An hour? Half and hour? That is a bit long if you want to compare pickups in a guitar. KAM Instruments has designed a plug & play system that allows you to swap pickups in a matter of seconds! “How is this possible” you say? […]

Sonoma Wireworks FourTrack for iPod or iPhone!

Posted on February 18, 2010 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Ok peeps I’m going a little tech crazy and we can all blame my old friend Mr. Don for this. There is a really cool app for your iPod or iPhone by Sonoma Wireworks called FourTrack. As the name implies this is a 4-track recording app that you can take with you wherever you go! […]

Blue Microphones “Mikey”

Posted on February 18, 2010 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Whoa…..I’m going high tech with this post my friends! An old friend of mine Mr. Don whom I’ve known since my tenure at Outlaw Guitars as the repair tech showed me this really cool little microphone. It is made by Blue Microphones and the model is called “Mikey”. Mikey can plug directly into your iPod […]

Why the Name 300guitars???

Posted on February 17, 2010 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

I constantly get asked the same question: “How did you come up with the name 300guitars”? Some people think that I actually have 300 guitars….! That would be nice but all I can think of is the maintenance with that many instruments!!! Truth is I have about a dozen guitars many of which I have […]