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Guitar Set Up Guide Now Available!

Posted on September 20, 2011 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

If you’ve ever wondered what your tech does to your guitar when you take it for a set up OR you always wanted to set up your own guitar then my new Guitar Set Up Guide ebook is for you! My new guide is packed with all the information you need to set up your […]

Everything Is NEW!

Posted on September 19, 2011 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Here is a quick update of what’s been going. Busy, busy, busy…!!! But it’s all goooood!! […]

Gibson Raided By The Feds, Again

Posted on September 3, 2011 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

I know this is a couple days old, but in case you didn’t know Gibson was raided again by Federal Agents. Gibson is being accused of being in violation of a century old law called the Lacey Act. This law protects endangered species which includes (you guessed it) wood. This law is apparently retroactive so […]

Happy Birthday Leo Fender!

Posted on August 10, 2011 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Happy Birthday Leo Fender!! Yep, good ol’ Uncle Leo was born on this day August 10th in 1909. He would have been 102 years old and I’m pretty certain he would be at his bench in his lab cooking up some experimental pickup design or amp circuit. So today when you pick up your Telecaster, […]

What The Hell Is Gorgomyte?

Posted on August 4, 2011 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

What the hell is Gorgomyte? Is it a floor wax? Is it a dessert topping? Is it something that makes Superman fall to his knees? Nah, it none of these. My man Alan Gowa who is the bass player in my band the Inside Drivers hipped me to Gorgomyte. Gorgomyte is apparently a very effective […]

New Inside Drivers Album!

Posted on August 1, 2011 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Hi everyone. I am happy to finally announce that my band the Inside Drivers have our first album coming out in September. We are shooting for a September 1st release date for online downloading and a September 9th release of the actual CD. On September 9th we will be celebrating the release at the Walt […]

Franny Beecher’s 1959 Gibson ES-350T

Posted on July 28, 2011 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Ok folks now here’s something you don’t see every day. Not only is this a pretty clean example of a 1959 Gibson ES-350T in natural finish but it used to belong to Franny Beecher who was one of the original members of Billy Haley’s Comets!! Yep, that’s right this guitar played its part in early […]

New Guitar Set Up Guide ebook!

Posted on July 25, 2011 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Hi everyone. I have been working on a Guitar Set Up Guide ebook these past few months. I get a lot of emails with questions about setting up guitars. Truss rod adjustment, intonation, basic maintenance, etc. The constant flow of email questions has inspired me to create a guide that will help you guitarists to […]

New BYOC FET Preamp

Posted on July 22, 2011 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Cool pedal kit alert! If you are in a U2 cover band then this is the pedal kit for you. This kit is an almost dead on replica of the discontinued Boss FA-1 FET preamp made popular by the Edge. The difference between the BYOC kit and the Boss original is that the kit has […]

1959 GA-40 Gibson Les Paul Guitar Amplifier

Posted on July 21, 2011 (April 3, 2017) by Billy Penn

Now here’s something you don’t see every day. An extremely clean and 100% original 1959 Gibson GA-40 Les Paul Amplifier. This amp was brought to a local music store that sends me out of warranty and vintage amplifiers for repair and restoration. The gentleman that owns it bought it in 1959 and from what I […]