GZ Art Display

We are very excited that GZ Guitars was invited to display some our guitars at a function, for the Auction House Christies, at the exclusive Antique Store East & Orient Company. GZ is not a featured exhibitor but the Management of East & Orient has used our guitars for decoration in one of their show rooms. The display shows that our guitars are not only incredible instruments but can be art as well. Look forward to more about the show.

Springsteen Tour

GZ Guitars and I have lots of cool projects coming up this Fall. Through some generous friends I had the opportunity to attend one of the tour kick off concerts the Bruce Springsteen & The E Street in New Jersey. At the concert my wife Claire and I had a chat with Stevie Van Zant at the promotion for his Sirius Radio Show Underground Garage. He is a great musican and claborator of Bruce but also an accomplished actor as well. I have the opportunities to meet celeberties and Steve is one of the most laid back and courteous to his fans of any I have met.
The concert rocked and there are not many younger guys that can keep up with this band. If they come to you town I definatly recommend you check them out.

Great Photography

Since I stated GZ Guitars I have always been faced with the delimma of how to display our incrediable guitar art with photographs. The photographs never seem to show how great the art is. At a gallery show I met a photographer who has been able to achieve that as well as I have ever seen. Her name is Joy Yagid of Joy Yagid Photography. I have enclosed some of the work she did for GZ and it captures the art of the guitars. I have posted her link so check her out. She has some great work displayed and her contact information.

New Artist WOW

The new web page is getting ready to updated with some incredible new guitars. Here is a preview of one of the art guitars that is going to be posted for sale. Whether this is your taste or not this is an incredible art piece painted on an awesome Gibson SG. More will be revealed about this guy when his guitar is finished so keep checking the GZ website out.

Guitar Girls

Being around guitar shows and a part of the music biz I sometimes have the opportunity to hear some great up and coming artists. I recently heard a great performer named Lynn Carey Saylor. Her CD is called YOU LIKE IT CLEAN. To me she is reminiscent of energy of Pat Benitar. She also has some excellent ballads. Guitarist Brain May sits in on some songs. Brain was part of the rock band Queen and is an incredible musician. Lynn was kind enough to sign a CD for me, even though she represents another custom guitar company. I posted her link so check her out.

Guitar Heros

I recently had the opportunity to see one of my all time guitar heros, Billy Gibbons, on the ZZ Top Summer Sizzler Tour. Billy is not only an incrediable player but designs custom guitars & hot rod cars as well. He published a book called "Billy F Gibbons Rock & Roll Gearhead" and you have to check it out if you like custom guitars. The newly reunited Stray Cats opened for them and Brian Setzer is another of my all time favorie guitarists. Gretch just put out a tribute Setzer custom guitar that is awsome. (Photo is me with "That Little O'l Band from Texas")

Gallery Show was a Success

On July 19 GZ Guitars had the opportunity to display our guitars at the Mona Lisa Galley for their 4th Summer Salon Show. It was a great success. The theme was "Taking it to the Streets" and there were graffiti, oil on canvas, mixed media, and tattoo artists. GZ were the only guitar artists. The All Terrain Band w/Lisa Lott played and there was dancing and catered food by New World Catering. Over 700 people attended making it the largest show they have ever had. There was lots of interest in our guitars and there were photographers from the news media so expect to see more on the show. Enclosed are a few photos I took of the event. I also has discussions about GZ working with some of the artists in the future. For more info on Mona Lisa Gallery check the link on this site.

Mona Lisa Gallery Show

GZ Guitars has been invited to participate in gallery show at Mona Lisa Gallery & Framing in Maplewood, New Jersey on July 29. We are really excited as this will be the first show where we are exhibiting our guitars as art as well as musical instruments. Mona Lisa Gallery is owned by Krista Fahey and she has sponsored incredible art shows as well as doing some of the most creative framing I have ever seen. (see my links) We will have GZ guitars on display through the month's of July & August so come check it out.

Painted Cases

If you are interested in getting a graffiti case (that looks like you are on tour) with your guitar purchase please let me know and I will include it at no extra charge. Rock On. Glen

New Custom Guitar Listed

I am excited that GZ Custom Guitars has listed for sale this very rare collectors guitar #28 of 50 Stratosters built by Master Builder Todd Krause of Fender Custom Shop and painted by New Yorks number one grafitti artist John " CRASH" Matos. This guitar is a tribute from CRASH to Todd Kruase. Pictured is Glen & CRASH with Crasocaster #28.
These Crashocasters were created when world famous guitarst, Eric Clapton, was looking for a new design for his Fender Guitar and commission CRASH to paint it. Check out this incrediable story at http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003154.html

Don't Mess with Texas

Here is a guitar just finished which was inspired by the Dallas Guitar Show which GZ participated in in April. This Fender Highway 1 was named the "Tejas Tele" and will be on our webiste for sale soon. The custom hardware was made by El Dorado in California.
We have been creating new designs so look for new GZ Guitars to be posted on our site over the next couple of weeks.
Please contact me if you are interested purchasing this guitar or in designing your own custom guitar.

And He's Buying the Stairway to Heaven

You may have seen it on Led Zeppelin’s DVD, live shows or photos, the Gibson SG Double Neck played on Stairway to Heaven by Jimmy Page. I had the opportunity to purchase, for GZ Guitars Vintage, #7 of twenty-five exact reproductions of this guitar. The photo is me with Brett Arney of Gibson USA, Austin & Robbie of Guitar Center, when the guitar was purchased in March at the opening of the Guitar Center Platinum Room in Dallas.
The Gibson Jimmy Page Double Neck Signature features mahogany body and necks, Madagascar rosewood fingerboards, ABR-1 style bridge, 2 Gibson Jimmy Page humbucker pickups.
It is signed, numbered & played by Jimmy himself and is one of the most interesting collectors guitars I have ever seen.
For serious collectors interested in this guitar you can contact me at ggertz@gzguitars.com for information.

30th Dallas Guitar Festival

GZ Guitars participated in the 30th Dallas Guitar Festival April 20, 21 & 22. It was a great success for GZ and we will keep you posted on the publicity generated from this event.

The Annual Amp Show

On May 6 GZ Guitars was invited, by Loni Spector, to participate in the first AMP SHOW in Piscataway, NJ. It was the first show Loni has done on the East Coast. He has produced successful AMP SHOWS in Southern California.
Additionally, GZ worked with Loni on designing a guitar body which GZ painted and finished for him and it was displayed at the show. The photo shows Loni and I with his custom guitar body.
The show was a great success and we hope he does another East Coast show in 2008.
Please contact me if you are interested in having a custom body made. As we did with this custom body, if you have an idea we are happy to work with you to develop a custom design.