Now here is an unbeatable combination in the studio or small club venues. Two of my personal favorites, an original 1965 Fender Deluxe Amp (non-reverb) and my '65 Telecaster. Together they produce such a great honest to goodness sound that ranges from clean to a gritty over-driven tone that simply defines basic blues and rock and roll. When you add effects ...the Sky's the Limit!

Visited the Raymond Loewy exhibit in Roanoke, Virginia. Brilliant designer and also responsible for the amazing Studebakers of the 20th century.

Chelsea Art Car

Here's an odd little car that I spotted in London a couple years back. Can anyone identify the make of this one?

Carr Amp & Gibson ES 175 Guitar

Here's an unbeatable combination for the accomplished Jazz guitarist. I spotted this rig recently at a performance at a small club in Carrboro, NC. Man what a gorgeous full sound. The Gibson speaks for itself, but that Carr Rambler is simply awesome! The sound coming from that amp is ethereal (for lack of a better word) and incredibly clean and natural. And in a Jazz environment it has kind of a floating presence. I want one of each. Carr N Guitar!

Neal Young's LincVolt

When it comes to Cars-N-Guitars ...not many Rockers are into cool rides quite like Neal Young. Here he is with the famous LincVolt. A 1960 Lincoln Continental converted to an all electric drive-train. Guess it takes imagination and a whole lot of extra cash to come up with something like this one!

He started his collection in late 1968 with the purchase of 1930's Bentley. Not a bad first car. The Buffalo Springfield royalties must have been pretty decent after all. More on Neal and his guitars later.

George Harrison's cars-n-guitars

Today marks the 10th Anniversary of George Harrison's passing. At 58, he of course died much too young and it's truly amazing what he accomplished in his life-time, within and without the Fab Four.

His music will always be his primary legacy, but his love of Cars and Guitars was definitely a passion as well. I haven't been able to dig up a comprehensive list of vehicles he owned throughout his life yet. Lots of Mini Coopers, Mercedes Benz, Jags and BMW's no doubt and of course that fabulous McLaren! Wow!

Guitar-wise, we could start with the beautiful Gretsch Duo-Jet, Country Gentleman, Tennessean, Rickenbacker 360-12 string, Ramirez Classical, Gibson SG, Les Paul, J-200 and numerous Strats, Telecasters (etc,etc). Again, Wow!

He loved Formula 1 racing, was best friends with Jackie Stewart, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Dave Edmunds, Paul & Ringo, the cast of Monty Python and had a wonderful sense of humour.

Just thinking of our friend George today.

Cheers,
KB                           (photo by Mike McGear)

My Stratocaster, "Vincent"

The guitar featured on my Cars-n-Guitars.com homepage is none other than my personal favorite Strat, "Vincent". It's named after the famous (or infamously-legendary) Vincent "Black Shadow" motorcycle of the early 1950's. The nick-name "Blackie" was already taken. Much thanks to Jim Dennis, owner of the Carrboro Music Loft in N. Carolina for bring this wonderful instrument to my attention. Does anyone out there share my preference for black Fender Stratocasters? (silly question) More images to come!
KB