One of our friends, Marcus Ohlsson, has just had half of his fantastic collection of vintage and rare guitars stolen…! We, at Vintage & Rare, would of course like to help him retrieve his stolen collection as soon as possible. Please help us help Marcus and spread this message through out your community. It’s very much appreciated. Below is his message with pictures, descriptions and a list of the stolen guitars.

Hello,

Unfortunately half of my collection of guitars, which I have collected and hand picked for more than 25 years, has been stolen in Ystad, in the south of Sweden. Most of the 15 stolen guitars are from special series, two Custom Shops are very limited. What is really outstanding is the condition of almost all the instruments. Most of them are dead mint, 10 out of 10.

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Murray Kuun is a friend from South Africa. Starting in the 1990s, he has been building and designing stringed instruments which you can see on his website www.murraykuun.com. But building instruments is not his only passion, because he is also fighting to bring awareness to the growing rhino pouching problem in South Africa. He has his own way of doing that and Vintage & Rare support this cause and so we bring you his message here below.

Dear Music Lovers,

Using music, musicians and music lovers as a conduit, I’m hoping to raise local and international awareness to the massive rhino-poaching problem in South Africa. Over 400 rhinos were “officially” reported poached in 2011; goodness knows how many went un-reported. One only has to Google “rhino poaching” to see the horrific images of our butchered rhinos.

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Al Sebares is the owner of Al’s Music Factory based in Spain. Al was so kind to promote Vintage&Rare on his Youtube channel and we would like to acknowledge his efforts and show the Spanish and English version of the video from Al’s youtube channel. Here is Al talking about Vintage & Rare…

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At Vintage & Rare, we are working hard to accumulate a great collection of rare, vintage and custom-built drums.

So, if you haven’t yet, it’s about time you view our fine collection of vintage drums and world-class vintage drum dealers and builders at: http://www.vintageandrare.com/category/Drums-Percussion-216.

We would also like to present some of our friends in the online world of vintage drums and percussion:

Mike James Jazz – a great website by lifelong drummer Mike James. His website offers a free, downloadable PDF copy of his book ”Drumming For Life™”, various material on music theory, arranging and composing, vintage drum articles and gallery, and a page with 22 previously-unheard live concert recordings of Buddy Rich, all annotated. There is also a podcast, featuring interviews with Cathy Rich (Buddy Rich’s daughter), Bev Getz (Stan Getz’s daughter) and Donny Osborne Jr.  (Buddy Rich protege and Mel Torme’s drummer for 25 years). See his website: http://www.mikejamesjazz.com/.

Cooper’s Vintage Drums – a website that specializes in fine vintage drums from ‘the golden age’ of drum-making (1923-1970). With their free ‘Guide to Vintage Drums’ they also offer a detailed look at the various components of vintage drums throughout the years, featuring many photographs and colorful vintage drum catalog images. See the website: http://coopersvintagedrums.com/.

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At Vintage & Rare we celebrate the people who influence the music scene, and today one of them turns 50!

David Howell Evans, a.k.a. The Edge, lead guitarist in one of the largest bands in history, U2, was ranked 24th on the 2003 Rolling Stone “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” list.

He is most known for his extensive use of delay and reverb-effects (read a study on The Edge’s delay by Tim Darling for some nerdy details: http://www.amnesta.net/edge_delay/), resulting in a ringing, often chiming, guitar sound.

When U2 recorded their debut album, Boy (1980), his main guitar was a worn, natural finish Gibson Explorer pumped through a Vox AC-30.

US based KC Vintage Guitars has a similar 76 Explorer available for purchase. Check it out on our site http://www.vintageandrare.com/product/Gibson-Explorer-Limited-Edition-1976-Natural-17695

Happy birthday to The Edge from everybody at Vintage & Rare, and happy hunting for those of you searching for a vintage instrument!

Sources: Wikipedia and Gibson.com

Photo by www.u2-stage-and-studio.com

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At Vintage and Rare we we would to celebrate some of the worlds most unique rock singers. One of them is the rock singer icon – Chris Cornell. 47 years today, the american musician, guitarist and singer/songwriter has set his own footprint on american rockmusic – and still does.

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Hi everybody.

We’ve gotten an inquiry from Larry and his son Kyle in the States. They are very interested in knowing how much their 1949 Gretsch Electromatic 6185 Spanish is worth.

Larry wrote this:

I am the original purchaser of this instrument. The guitar is only picked up maybe once a year and then put right back in it’s case inside the home.

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50 today.

At Vintage and Rare we are big fans of Depeche Mode and Andrew Fletcher, and we would like to celebrate his 50 years of birth with a few lines.

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Legendary, unique and historic. This is Eddie Van Halens guitar pedal board that he used on the 2007-2008 Van Halen Tour.

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Music Funds amazing project to support young musicians and music schools in developing countries and conflict areas is doing well, and they have some great success stories definitely worth sharing. We liked the stories so much that we asked Olivier Mari if we could share the success stories here on our blog. This was fine by Olivier Mari, so now you also have the opportunity to read more about Music Fund and their latest achievements.

Success at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt

”We were at the last Musikmesse in Frankfurt and it was a big success! At the fair we got in contact with many great trademarks and we are now receiving many gifts from them (instruments, strings, boxes etc.). The direction of the Musikmesse has further decided that next year’s Musikmesse (2012) will have a special focus on Music Fund, inviting all participants to donate instruments, tools and parts to Music Fund”.

Young Palestinians are getting training in repair-techniques of music instrument

“In the Middle East, Music Fund was recently adopted by the United Nations (UNRWA) and thanks to this we have finally been able  to start a training program in Gaza. Since January, several luthiers have been teaching young Palestinians related to the music school of our private partner there (the Qattan Foundation - www.qattanfoundation.org) repair-techniques of music instruments. Besides this new project, Music Fund last year succeeded –  after a 3 year training program – to have one Palestinian from Nablus to finish his studies and have him become the first certified piano-tuner in the West Bank. These are all very concrete interventions, which make a difference”.

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