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Site Announcement: Saint Guitars Has a New Site and Domain!

Posted in announcements, buying gear, custom guitars, GAS, gear, gear announcements, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Saint Guitar Company, Saint Guitars Benchmark, saint guitars messenger, tagged custom, custom guitars, GAS, gear, gear announcements, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Saint Guitar Company, site announcements on June 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The guys at Saint Guitar have been busy, and just this week did a “soft” release of their brand new web site, and the introduction of their new domain name (saintguitarco.com). “stguitars.com” still works, but they will be going with the new domain name going forward. I’m so happy for these guys! Adam Hernandez has [...]

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Learn a Classic Peter Frampton Solo!

Posted in guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, learn guitar, Music, musicians, Saint Guitar Company, Saint Guitars Benchmark, V-Picks, tagged frampton comes alive, guitar, guitar instruction, guitar solo, guitarists, Guitars, instruction, peter frampton, saint guitars, V-Picks on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

My friend, Vinni Smith of V-Picks is an incredibly talented guitar player, and one of the things that has really sparked our friendship is our love of Peter Frampton’s music. It was hilarious to find out that his favorite guitar solo in the world is the middle lead break in the song “Do You Feel [...]

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Vinni Smith of V-Picks Tells You Why You Should Play a V-Picks Pick!

Posted in buying gear, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar picks, guitarists, Guitars, picks, plectrum, Saint Guitar Company, Saint Guitars Benchmark, V-Picks, tagged GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar picks, guitarists, Guitars, plectrum, saint guitars, V-Picks on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Vinni Smith is such a great guitarist. He just released a new video entitled, “Why should you play V-Picks?” Yeah, it’s to hawk his picks, but everything he says is true. Having played V-Picks for a few months on my electrics, I just gotta say that these picks are the absolute bomb! I use only [...]

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Guitar Demo: Vinni Smith Demos a Saint Guitar

Posted in buying gear, custom guitars, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Saint Guitar Company, Saint Guitars Benchmark, V-Picks, tagged GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, saint guitars, V-Picks, vinni smith on March 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

It’s a huge step for that little shop in Fresno, CA called Saint Guitar Company. I’ve really gotten involved with Saint Guitars over the past several months, and I think Adam Hernandez on the verge of making the big time with his guitars. So to help him out, I asked Vinni Smith of V-Picks if [...]

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Gear That Has Changed My Life

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, aracom amps, booster, clean boost, Creation Audio Labs, custom guitars, distortion, effect pedals, Effects, fender, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitar picks, guitarists, Guitars, Holy Fire, Mk.4.23, Music, musicians, overdrive, pedals, picks, plectrum, reason amps, Red Bear Trading, Saint Guitar Company, Saint Guitars Benchmark, SM25, Strat, style, Tone, V-Picks, tagged amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, clean boost, Creation Audio Labs, effect pedals, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitar picks, guitarists, overdrive, pedals, picks, plectrum, reason amps, Red Bear Picks, RoxBox, saint guitars, Tone, V-Picks on March 3, 2009 | 10 Comments »

I recently started a friendship with Vinni Smith at V-Picks – what a cool dude! Not only does he make great picks, but that man can make an axe sing! Anyway, I was e-mailing him this evening about how his “The Snake” pickup has changed my life, and it got me to thinking about specific [...]

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Saint Guitar Releases Inventory to the Public for the First Time!

Posted in buying gear, custom guitars, GAS, gear, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Saint Guitar Company, Saint Guitars Benchmark, Tone, V-Picks, tagged GAS, gear, gear announcements, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, new gear, saint guitars, Tone on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Saint Guitar Company just released its first set of inventory guitars to the public today on its site (http://www.stguitars.com)! OMG! These guitars are gorgeous! As I test guitars for Adam, I’ve had the privilege to play both Messengers (double-cut): the Vintage Metallic Green Messenger, and the Solid Walnut Baritone Messenger. Both of these guitars are [...]

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Gear Review: V-Picks “The Snake”

Posted in buying gear, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar picks, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, picks, plectrum, Saint Guitar Company, Saint Guitars Benchmark, V-Picks, tagged GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar picks, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, plectrum, V-Picks on February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

V-Picks “The Snake” Pick Summary: Thick at 4.1 mm, this is the beefiest pick I’ve ever played. But it’s uncanny just how fast and accurate you can be with this pick! Comes in both Rounded and Pointed corners, and Vinni also makes a hybrid that has both types of corners. Pros: The bevel on this [...]

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I LOVE THIS GUITAR!!!

Posted in amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, custom guitars, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, Music, musicians, Saint Guitar Company, Saint Guitars Benchmark, Strat, tagged amp, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, Benchmark, GAS, gear, gear reviews, goldtop, goldtop guitar, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, RoxBox, saint guitars on February 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

You ever pick up a guitar and just can’t seem to put it down? For the past few years, that has been “Pearl” my Blizzard Pearl Strat. I just love the way she sings, and she sings oh so sweetly. But ever since I got “Goldie,” a Saint Guitars Goldtop Benchmark to test out, I [...]

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