<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974</id><updated>2012-02-16T18:04:57.596-08:00</updated><title type='text'>GZ Guitars, Inc.</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>36</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-4047969582113849873</id><published>2010-04-25T23:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T23:58:54.465-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Jennifer Janseko Guitars planned</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S9U5KUsbg6I/AAAAAAAAARU/l0XqjeyFHwA/s1600/Strat+side+view.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S9U5KUsbg6I/AAAAAAAAARU/l0XqjeyFHwA/s320/Strat+side+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464336572400501666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our feature artist Jennifer Janesko recently painted a Fender Stratocaster &amp; Telecaster. These are the first Fenders we have ever done and the results were outstanding. Plans are underway to do a series of Telecasters &amp; Stratocaster to be completed by mid summer. (See photos)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-4047969582113849873?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4047969582113849873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4047969582113849873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-jennifer-janseko-guitars-planned.html' title='New Jennifer Janseko Guitars planned'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S9U5KUsbg6I/AAAAAAAAARU/l0XqjeyFHwA/s72-c/Strat+side+view.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-4193367722247076276</id><published>2010-03-13T10:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T23:23:59.157-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DALLAS INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S53N_KslqeI/AAAAAAAAARM/_QR8IFTQ4u8/s1600-h/DGS+Pin+up+2009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S53N_KslqeI/AAAAAAAAARM/_QR8IFTQ4u8/s320/DGS+Pin+up+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448737609274993122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v4SJnL_FI/AAAAAAAAAQg/9TWSgEwgBNI/s1600-h/DGF.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v4SJnL_FI/AAAAAAAAAQg/9TWSgEwgBNI/s320/DGF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448221164936363090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v4RqajYfI/AAAAAAAAAQY/zJS8vwPX6ps/s1600-h/Guitar+Festival+Ad.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v4RqajYfI/AAAAAAAAAQY/zJS8vwPX6ps/s320/Guitar+Festival+Ad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448221156561871346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AFTER APRIL 15th IF YOU HAVE A TAX REFUND THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO SPEND IT. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Or if you are a musician, collector, music lover, etc..The Dallas International Guitar Festival is on for April 16, 17, 18. It promisies to be the biggest and best yet and will be the premier show in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;Last year we created our unique one of a kind GZ Pin up guitars, just for this show, and they were a great success(See attached 2009 pin-up guitar ad). This year we are featuring all types of great "Art Guitars" by new and up coming artists.&lt;br /&gt;Also, Bill Hudson, who is an avid collector and has amazing knowledge of the Custom Guitar market, will be joining GZ and in charge of bringing back our Custom Guitars like we sold through our website www.gzguitars.com in 2004-8. Some of our featured Custom guitars were a signed Jimmy Page double neck, Fender CS Playboy Stratocaster, SRV #1 Relic, Fender Custom Shop CRASH Stratocasters, and many more one of a kind guitars.&lt;br /&gt;I will be updating this blog up until the show with information about our booth and some of the great guitars we will be selling.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-4193367722247076276?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4193367722247076276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4193367722247076276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2010/03/dallas-international-guitar-festival.html' title='DALLAS INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL 2010'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S53N_KslqeI/AAAAAAAAARM/_QR8IFTQ4u8/s72-c/DGS+Pin+up+2009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-889127705022828435</id><published>2009-08-24T03:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T03:57:27.478-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NOWHERE BUT TEXAS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SpJx6WrRzwI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/uUHiMchoRpM/s1600-h/3+Texas+Guitars.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SpJx6WrRzwI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/uUHiMchoRpM/s320/3+Texas+Guitars.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373482552739876610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SpJx6CylHdI/AAAAAAAAAQI/14QlJ8RH7a4/s1600-h/Pearly+Gates.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SpJx6CylHdI/AAAAAAAAAQI/14QlJ8RH7a4/s320/Pearly+Gates.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373482547401792978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi Ya'll. It has been a while since I have posted any news about what GZ has been up to. In November 2008 GZ made the decision to open I made the decision to open another shop in my hometown of Dallas Texas. We hope to announce our opening date in the Fall of 2009. Since I have been spending time in Texas I have had the opportunity to collect some really unique relics of some world class guitars made famous by legendary Texas musicians. Check out these photos and see if you know their names and who played them. I'll publish the builders and original owners. So check back next week. Rock On G.&lt;br /&gt;(The poster are a hint   8o)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-889127705022828435?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/889127705022828435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/889127705022828435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2009/08/nowhere-but-texas.html' title='NOWHERE BUT TEXAS'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SpJx6WrRzwI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/uUHiMchoRpM/s72-c/3+Texas+Guitars.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-154529317340742535</id><published>2009-04-20T22:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T23:20:01.147-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Friends of GZ</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Se1qBzk_g7I/AAAAAAAAAQA/SlVyQvOrkXw/s1600-h/Guitar+Sho+014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327030513506943922" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Se1qBzk_g7I/AAAAAAAAAQA/SlVyQvOrkXw/s320/Guitar+Sho+014.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Se1qBoqgzMI/AAAAAAAAAP4/bhwiCC6_Pjg/s1600-h/Guitar+Sho+009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327030510577306818" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Se1qBoqgzMI/AAAAAAAAAP4/bhwiCC6_Pjg/s320/Guitar+Sho+009.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PHOTO LAYOUT- GLEN &amp;amp; PAUL REED SMITH (President &amp;amp; Founder of PRS GUITARS) / GLEN &amp;amp; DREW BERLIN (The Burst Brothers Guitar Center Senior Vintage Guitar Buyer)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2009 Dallas Guitar Show was great. We featured our PinUp Guitars as well as a great display of Art Guitars. Our Jenifer Janesko and CRASH guitars were the most popular of our exclusive Art Guitars. The Pinup guitars were very popular and we sold most of the new series.&lt;br /&gt;Some of the high points of the show for me were when Drew Berlin of the Burst Brothers (who along with his partner Dave Belzer, in my opinion, founded the vintage guitar business as we know it today) stopped by with Randy Melser (of Miami Guitar Center Platinum Room) to check out our John "CRASH" Matos Art Stratocaster. Also, I had the opportunity to meet guitar manufacturing genius Paul Reed Smith founder of PRS Guitars. He was at the show launching his new amplifiers. He is a great guy. I personally have kept a PRS guitar in my arsenal of guitars since I played one in 1998.&lt;br /&gt;We just completed the 2010 Dallas Guitar Show and will be updating this blog with news &amp;amp; information about it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-154529317340742535?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/154529317340742535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/154529317340742535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2009/04/dallas-guitar-show-great-sucess.html' title='Friends of GZ'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Se1qBzk_g7I/AAAAAAAAAQA/SlVyQvOrkXw/s72-c/Guitar+Sho+014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-8143355886873770906</id><published>2009-04-13T18:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T23:18:29.769-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Preview of Past Dallas Guitar Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SePsHG4i3sI/AAAAAAAAAPg/CZlxLnCcm08/s1600-h/Pin+Up+Strat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SePsHG4i3sI/AAAAAAAAAPg/CZlxLnCcm08/s320/Pin+Up+Strat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324358791333076674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SePsG67c41I/AAAAAAAAAPY/1kLdoIGPYdw/s1600-h/Dallas+Show+pinup.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SePsG67c41I/AAAAAAAAAPY/1kLdoIGPYdw/s320/Dallas+Show+pinup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324358788124042066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the 2009 Dallas Guitar Festival, GZ Guitars will be introducing a new series of Art Guitars based on classic PinUp designs. Each guitar is one of a kind with unique parts and electronics. They are ready to rock and have a great tone. Additionally, due to the economic climate, none of this series will be priced more than $1,000.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-8143355886873770906?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/8143355886873770906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/8143355886873770906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-guitar-designs-at-dallas-guitar.html' title='Preview of Past Dallas Guitar Festival'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SePsHG4i3sI/AAAAAAAAAPg/CZlxLnCcm08/s72-c/Pin+Up+Strat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-6366726139494367179</id><published>2009-04-12T16:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T23:16:20.244-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2009 Dallas Guitar Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SeJ6ORUFDbI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/vWFBdg_Tnd0/s1600-h/2009_sunburst_art_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323952095089724850" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SeJ6ORUFDbI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/vWFBdg_Tnd0/s320/2009_sunburst_art_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GZ Guitars was excited to participate in the 2009 32nd Dallas Guitar Show &amp;amp; Festival in Dallas, Texas. There were live shows through out the 3 day event.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-6366726139494367179?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/6366726139494367179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/6366726139494367179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2009/04/2009-dallas-guitar-festival.html' title='2009 Dallas Guitar Festival'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SeJ6ORUFDbI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/vWFBdg_Tnd0/s72-c/2009_sunburst_art_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-4928344911806345680</id><published>2009-01-27T22:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T21:20:11.290-08:00</updated><title type='text'>GZ &amp; Jennifer Janesko Guitar on Gibson Website</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SYAAMKn4qiI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ne_em9D6b1Y/s1600-h/jennifer_janesko_video-vixen+gibson.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296233370797779490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SYAAMKn4qiI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ne_em9D6b1Y/s320/jennifer_janesko_video-vixen+gibson.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SYAALllyTJI/AAAAAAAAAO4/R_DNzz9JhOA/s1600-h/jennifer_janesko_harmony+gibson.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296233360856861842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SYAALllyTJI/AAAAAAAAAO4/R_DNzz9JhOA/s320/jennifer_janesko_harmony+gibson.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SYAALmNTRdI/AAAAAAAAAOw/Nwzc77TvVrw/s1600-h/jennifer_janesko.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296233361022600658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SYAALmNTRdI/AAAAAAAAAOw/Nwzc77TvVrw/s320/jennifer_janesko.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is a great honor that Gibson (one of the most famous guitar builders in the world) featured us on their website in the LifeStyle section. It was featured for a week and then on their home page in "Most Popular Stories". Enclosed is a copy of their post. This is a great notice for both GZ Guitars and Jennifer and is well deserved for the incredible guitars their partnership has produced. We have done some our best work with Jennifer and produced some of the best Art Guitars I have seen anywhere. THANKS GIBSON!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful Bodies: Pin-Up Artist Jennifer Janesko’s Sexy Guitars&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gibson.com/en-us/lifestyle/bios/24"&gt;Jerry McCulley&lt;/a&gt;  01.20.2009&lt;br /&gt;Musicians have been making connections between the guitar and female form for decades, some even decorating the faces of their instruments with colorful images of women. Indeed, &lt;a href="http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/The%20Sex%20Pistols_%20Steve%20Jones_/" target="_blank"&gt;Sex Pistol Steve Jones&lt;/a&gt; turned his trademark white Les Paul Custom into a punk rock icon simply by applying a decal of a vintage pin-up model near the bridge.&lt;br /&gt;Now artist &lt;a href="http://www.janesko.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Jennifer Janesko&lt;/a&gt; has taken the concept to a whole new level, using the entire guitar face itself as a virtual canvas for her striking female images. A renowned pin-up artist for over 15 years, Janesko has teamed up with Maplewood, NJ-based custom shop &lt;a href="javascript:void(0);/*1232482634307*/"&gt;GZ Guitars&lt;/a&gt; to offer a series of uniquely painted instruments – including several classic Gibson models – featuring her alluring airbrushed artwork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/3623/janeskoharmonyrp0.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Harmony,” a Jennifer Janesko-customized ES-137 from GZ Guitars&lt;br /&gt;While her sexy, glamorous guitar images follow an artistic tradition that has attracted men for centuries, the Kansas City-based Janesko is also part of a core heritage of &lt;a href="http://thepinupshop.blogspot.com/2008/01/modern-feminism-throughout-history.html" target="_blank"&gt;women pin-up artists&lt;/a&gt; who’ve contributed richly to the canon, from Joyce Ballantyne and Zoe Mozert in the mid-20th century to contemporary masters of the realm like Elizabeth Austin and Olivia de Berardinis.&lt;br /&gt;Several Jennifer-painted instruments have already sold to eager collectors, while the most recent – a stunning, Janesko-illustrated Gibson Explorer dubbed “Video Vixen” by the artist – was just finished on New Year’s Eve. “It was a very cool way to close out 2008,” enthuses GZ founder Glen Gertz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Video Vixen” Explorer by Jennifer Janesko&lt;br /&gt;Jennifer graduated with a degree in fine arts from Stephens College and has been drawing the female form from any early age. Her calendar images remain strong sellers, while other Janesko commissions have been featured in Playboy, Maxim, Femme Fatale and other publications. She even collaborated with a Napa Valley vintner to produce her own &lt;a href="http://stuff.maxim.com/articles/index.aspx?id=1392" target="_blank"&gt;Janesko label wine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Yet she’s long resisted being labeled a mere pin-up artist.&lt;br /&gt;“People defined me that way before I did,” she told her hometown weekly. “I (now) use pin-up to allow people to immediately make a connection to artists like (Alberto) Vargas and (Patrick) Nagle and to what I do.”&lt;br /&gt;“Back Stage” ES 335 by Jennifer Janesko&lt;br /&gt;While some might argue that the genre objectifies women, Janesko is forthright about the medium’s sexual allure. “I embrace it,” she says proudly. “To believe that sensuality exists is empowering.” So much so that Jennifer has occasionally modeled for other artists and photographers herself – including a cheesecake photo layout in Maxim.&lt;br /&gt;“What's given me validation is that half of my collectors are women or couples," Janesko explains. “Women say (my paintings) are beautiful, sensual and passionate.” But guitar players and collectors will probably think her recent creations for GZ just plain rock.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-4928344911806345680?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4928344911806345680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4928344911806345680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2009/01/gz-jennifer-janesko-guitar-on-gibson.html' title='GZ &amp; Jennifer Janesko Guitar on Gibson Website'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SYAAMKn4qiI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ne_em9D6b1Y/s72-c/jennifer_janesko_video-vixen+gibson.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-7439312541884714146</id><published>2009-01-14T20:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T22:49:31.594-08:00</updated><title type='text'>#1 Guitar of 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW7cbTuQ1fI/AAAAAAAAAOo/_Tqm8AoLJwo/s1600-h/untitled.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW7cbTuQ1fI/AAAAAAAAAOo/_Tqm8AoLJwo/s320/untitled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291408973915805170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW7cbJ7md_I/AAAAAAAAAOg/zCSYvtxZXvY/s1600-h/video+vixen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW7cbJ7md_I/AAAAAAAAAOg/zCSYvtxZXvY/s320/video+vixen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291408971287394290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW7caWZ_8PI/AAAAAAAAAOY/nKLul7rMM8I/s1600-h/Janesko+%234.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW7caWZ_8PI/AAAAAAAAAOY/nKLul7rMM8I/s320/Janesko+%234.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291408957456249074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This guitar was finished New Years Eve 2008. It was a very cool way to close out 2008. Jennifer Janesko painted this Gibson Explorer. Previous Jennifer has painted the classic Gibson ES335's. To get this design right she had to make a number of modifications which she did with amazing results. She used a different type model to in keeping the the Classic Hard Rock reputation the Explorer has. She also added some new colors and the shop cut a custom clear pickguard so you enjoy the full benift of the art work.&lt;br /&gt;This also marks the first time GZ Guitars has ever made aguitar available through a music store. Tim Reynolds or Music Zoo in Little Neck, New York (Long Island) has this on display at their store. You can see the guitar on the GZ website or contact Tim at tim@themusiczoo.com or check their website at www.themusiczoo.com. It can also be acessed by clicking The Music Zoo on my Links.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-7439312541884714146?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/7439312541884714146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/7439312541884714146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2009/01/1-guitar-of-2009.html' title='#1 Guitar of 2009'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW7cbTuQ1fI/AAAAAAAAAOo/_Tqm8AoLJwo/s72-c/untitled.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-1175561325284012336</id><published>2009-01-14T20:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T20:52:56.236-08:00</updated><title type='text'>HUGO - Guitars HUGO #1 &amp; HUGO #2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_qz8UfrI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/9NckLKto4vs/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_qz8UfrI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/9NckLKto4vs/s320/untitled.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291377354425532082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_qug2KBI/AAAAAAAAAOI/1YftT5hnHnk/s1600-h/angle+front+w-light+variation.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_qug2KBI/AAAAAAAAAOI/1YftT5hnHnk/s320/angle+front+w-light+variation.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291377352968120338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_p6LqaQI/AAAAAAAAAOA/BF8GX90Q8I8/s1600-h/Hugo+Guitar+Photos+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_p6LqaQI/AAAAAAAAAOA/BF8GX90Q8I8/s320/Hugo+Guitar+Photos+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291377338920626434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_pcFITFI/AAAAAAAAAN4/K224VujzmKQ/s1600-h/Hugo+Guitar+Photos+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_pcFITFI/AAAAAAAAAN4/K224VujzmKQ/s320/Hugo+Guitar+Photos+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291377330840161362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_pJRTrDI/AAAAAAAAANw/udQAgTWKhh0/s1600-h/cross_hatch1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_pJRTrDI/AAAAAAAAANw/udQAgTWKhh0/s320/cross_hatch1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291377325790964786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hugo Rodriguez is an amazing artist who works out of Niagara Falls, New York. When I saw his body of work I was immediately attracted to his colors schemes and design and knew he would do an awesome guitar. His first guitar (HUGO 1) was shown at the Arlington Texas Guitar show with tremendous success. His second guitar (HUGO 2) was immediately bought by a collector. I am talking with HUGO and hope he will continue to paint guitars for GZ Guitars in 2009. Keep checking for further news of guitar arrival dates.&lt;br /&gt;I strongly you check Hugo's website to view his amazing art work at: http://www.hugomundo.com/galleria.aspx or click on Hugo Rodriguez on my links.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;hs=oYe&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=spell&amp;amp;resnum=0&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;cd=1&amp;amp;q=niagara+falls&amp;amp;spell=1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-1175561325284012336?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1175561325284012336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1175561325284012336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2009/01/hugo.html' title='HUGO - Guitars HUGO #1 &amp; HUGO #2'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW6_qz8UfrI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/9NckLKto4vs/s72-c/untitled.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-1120238615119223565</id><published>2009-01-14T19:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T20:09:46.521-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Artists- Sharon Pell</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW62vdLi2sI/AAAAAAAAANo/jx8E7a-sqiI/s1600-h/edge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW62vdLi2sI/AAAAAAAAANo/jx8E7a-sqiI/s320/edge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291367538610068162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW61sh9QU9I/AAAAAAAAANY/tIv8RF-GOcQ/s1600-h/signature.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW61sh9QU9I/AAAAAAAAANY/tIv8RF-GOcQ/s320/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291366388841075666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW61bX3NVYI/AAAAAAAAANI/Qpm3s0u_ID4/s1600-h/front+close.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW61bX3NVYI/AAAAAAAAANI/Qpm3s0u_ID4/s320/front+close.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291366094073582978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had some early Christmas presents when a couple of new artists finished projects they were working on. Sharon Pell and I had participated in a Gallery Show several years ago and I was immediately drawn to her work. She was involved with several projects at the time, including art commissions for Tommy Hilfleger, and it took a year for her to have the time to do a guitar. It was defiantly worth the wait and she did one of the most original art pieces that GZ Guitars has ever had. (photos enclosed)I hope we can work with Sharon again in the future.&lt;br /&gt;To see additional photographs and information on this guitar go to the GZ website. To visit Sharon's Website go to http://www.pellmell.com/spell/site/events_othervoices.htm or click on Sharon Pell in my links.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-1120238615119223565?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1120238615119223565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1120238615119223565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-artists-sharon-pell.html' title='New Artists- Sharon Pell'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SW62vdLi2sI/AAAAAAAAANo/jx8E7a-sqiI/s72-c/edge.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-8344922238009259712</id><published>2008-07-15T23:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T00:24:14.301-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Custom Art Guitars</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SH2etQHFO9I/AAAAAAAAAJM/K7xIGvS5qXU/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SH2etQHFO9I/AAAAAAAAAJM/K7xIGvS5qXU/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223505643075615698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SH2etqAVf1I/AAAAAAAAAJU/zuvKhNa-V0w/s1600-h/untitled+1.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SH2etqAVf1I/AAAAAAAAAJU/zuvKhNa-V0w/s320/untitled+1.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223505650026643282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SH2et2YC-4I/AAAAAAAAAJc/5gJ2V4cPki0/s1600-h/untitled+5.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SH2et2YC-4I/AAAAAAAAAJc/5gJ2V4cPki0/s320/untitled+5.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223505653347318658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know if all of our customers know that one of our specialties is our custom art designed guitars. The customer can email us an idea they have for an art guitar and we can work with them to design the guitar of their dreams. Not only can they choose the art they like but they can pick the body style, hardware, and electronics if they choose to. If you are interested in a custom art guitar please contact me by clicking the "Order Custom Art Guitar" link at the top of the page.&lt;br /&gt;I have attached a guitar we just completed which gives you a good idea of how creative customers can get with their designs and the quality of our work.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-8344922238009259712?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/8344922238009259712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/8344922238009259712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/07/custom-art-guitars.html' title='Custom Art Guitars'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SH2etQHFO9I/AAAAAAAAAJM/K7xIGvS5qXU/s72-c/untitled.bmp' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-2154299059505813790</id><published>2008-06-26T12:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T12:38:11.819-07:00</updated><title type='text'>3 Sisters Series are for Sale</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPu8Q_Yw1I/AAAAAAAAAIs/lLzZD_Q5mmI/s1600-h/side+of+black+jpeg.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPu8Q_Yw1I/AAAAAAAAAIs/lLzZD_Q5mmI/s320/side+of+black+jpeg.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216275512545559378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPu9B8E2NI/AAAAAAAAAI0/AbleOrW3Dl8/s1600-h/IMG_6500_CR2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPu9B8E2NI/AAAAAAAAAI0/AbleOrW3Dl8/s320/IMG_6500_CR2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216275525685008594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPu9BNDc1I/AAAAAAAAAI8/rGXe4XCzuOU/s1600-h/close+up+angle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPu9BNDc1I/AAAAAAAAAI8/rGXe4XCzuOU/s320/close+up+angle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216275525487784786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPu9Xv0KYI/AAAAAAAAAJE/Xu1ysevIFj4/s1600-h/all+3+sisters.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPu9Xv0KYI/AAAAAAAAAJE/Xu1ysevIFj4/s320/all+3+sisters.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216275531539163522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have just finished the last guitars in a series done by Jennifer Janesko. The art and instruments are some of the best GZ Guitars has ever done. They are for sale and price is available upon request. (Email: ggertz@gzguitars.com or Tel:(973) 698-3398. We can also arrange to commission a custom design or the art done on your guitar. &lt;br /&gt;The following is Jennifer's background. I have posted her link for anyone interested in her art work.&lt;br /&gt; Jennifer Janesko's distinctive art is quickly achieving international recognition. Playboy magazine featured illustrations by Janesko in the June 1998, March 1999, March 2000 and February 2001 issues. Janesko has been showcased in Maxim magazine, Femme Fatales, PINUP and took the cover of a Scream Queens issue. Janesko's work was featured in International publications such as Desire and Skin Two of England, Marquis Fetish Images&lt;br /&gt;and OTO of Germany. Additional recognition has been gained through airbrush art publications, such as AIR Brush-Action, Airbrush Art + Action and Airbrush magazines. Television stations such as FOX and MSNBC have also spotlighted the artist's work. Jennifer's original art appeared in the 1994 film "Exit To Eden", directed by Gary Marshall. Recently a portrait of Janesko by artist Dru Blair appeared on the March/April 2008 cover of AIR Brush-Action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The artist's work is a fusion of her love for pinup, fashion and glamour. High contrast and sharp direction are the two elements that form the basis of her art. The artist uses airbrush and paintbrush to create mixed media paintings. Studies are created using a wide variety of materials including charcoal, pastel, colored pencil, watercolor, ink and graphite on various surfaces. Original paintings are currently sold through www.janesko.com and various exhibitions. The artist also accepts private commissions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Current Janesko projects include creating new original and print images. Janesko has just completed the third wine label in association with Haut Art Wines of Napa Valley. She is currently branching out in new and exciting directions with a series of images painted on guitars for GZ Guitars, Inc. The artist also has plans to teach pinup classes at the Blair School of Art in North Carolina. Soon to be announced projects will feature the artist's talents and passions in the world of fashion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This guitar is a USA Gibson ES-335, one of the classic Gibson models along with the Les Paul. The custom pickups were made by Peter Florance at Voodoo. Modeled after the early 57' PAF (no decal) Humbuckers, they have a wonderful, warm, organic tone. Custom made formvar wire give them enhanced mid's and upper low's, and result in an incredible sound not found in stock 335's. All work was done through GZ's Custom Shop in New Jersey. This guitar is signed by the artist and comes with a certificate of authenticity.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-2154299059505813790?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2154299059505813790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2154299059505813790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/06/3-sisters-series-is-for-sale.html' title='3 Sisters Series are for Sale'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPu8Q_Yw1I/AAAAAAAAAIs/lLzZD_Q5mmI/s72-c/side+of+black+jpeg.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-4433047054549509528</id><published>2008-06-26T10:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T12:14:33.205-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rock &amp; Roller Skateboards</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPqPOr293I/AAAAAAAAAIU/eE2dBucNQWs/s1600-h/board+%26+bass.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPqPOr293I/AAAAAAAAAIU/eE2dBucNQWs/s320/board+%26+bass.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216270340786157426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPqPVBiNCI/AAAAAAAAAIc/T4udf9ADna8/s1600-h/Red+bottom+whole.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPqPVBiNCI/AAAAAAAAAIc/T4udf9ADna8/s320/Red+bottom+whole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216270342487684130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPqPkpP2qI/AAAAAAAAAIk/3UfFANZ2pXQ/s1600-h/Dave+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPqPkpP2qI/AAAAAAAAAIk/3UfFANZ2pXQ/s320/Dave+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216270346680785570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the last year I have seen an number of cutting edge artists paint skate boards. I have always wanted to have a go at it but, until now , never found the right format to do it. Artist Kathleen Ames had some great ideas and we worked with her to produce GZ's first Art Skateboards. TGM Skateboards provided the decks and Kathleen did all of the art in her studio. We finished them in our guitar custom shop and they look unbelievable. The trucks, hardware, &amp; wheels were chosen &amp; installed by Division East. (check out their link). These boards are top of the line and good to go. The bass is a new Squire Fender MB-4 and check this link for a full description. https://secure.gzguitars.com/gzbuypages/bass_board_buy.html&lt;br /&gt;Anyone interested in custom paint jobs please email me and we can work out a custom board for you &amp; guitar to match if you like. &lt;br /&gt;ggertz@gzguitars.com&lt;br /&gt;(the TRANSPORTATION board was done by Dave Hoffman &amp; is not for sale)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-4433047054549509528?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4433047054549509528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4433047054549509528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/06/rock-roller-skateboards.html' title='Rock &amp; Roller Skateboards'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SGPqPOr293I/AAAAAAAAAIU/eE2dBucNQWs/s72-c/board+%26+bass.bmp' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-3168453070098843437</id><published>2008-04-28T18:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T19:34:27.335-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dallas Guitar Show</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBaHTaA5sFI/AAAAAAAAAH8/1-jKIwppAa0/s1600-h/GlenFWstartelegram.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBaHTaA5sFI/AAAAAAAAAH8/1-jKIwppAa0/s320/GlenFWstartelegram.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194487987688812626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBaHTqA5sGI/AAAAAAAAAIE/ZvDFAWG54jo/s1600-h/Christie%27s006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBaHTqA5sGI/AAAAAAAAAIE/ZvDFAWG54jo/s320/Christie%27s006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194487991983779938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBaHUKA5sHI/AAAAAAAAAIM/XJ7mJpn3iYM/s1600-h/Picture.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBaHUKA5sHI/AAAAAAAAAIM/XJ7mJpn3iYM/s320/Picture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194488000573714546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last weekend GZ Guitars participated in the Dallas Guitar Show for the second year. It was a huge success. We received a great reception including an article by the Dallas neighbor city Fort Worth Star Telegram newspaper (see photo). I have enclosed a photos of some of the highlights of the show. Actress, model and wife of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, Jerri Hall, looks at the guitars before this show. Dallas television news anchor celebrity and her son looked at some of our art guitars. (see photo with Glen in front of Jennifer Janeskos guitar "Heart Strings")In 2007 GZ did several shows in the Dallas and has a lot of friends/customers in Dallas/Fort Worth and through out Texas. I have already signed us up for the 2009 Dallas Guitar Show. If love guitars and have never been to the DGS mark it on your calendar as a "must do" event.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-3168453070098843437?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/3168453070098843437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/3168453070098843437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/04/dallas-guitar-show.html' title='Dallas Guitar Show'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBaHTaA5sFI/AAAAAAAAAH8/1-jKIwppAa0/s72-c/GlenFWstartelegram.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-4608346761123590441</id><published>2008-04-28T17:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T18:05:01.785-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Family Affair</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBZxT6A5sCI/AAAAAAAAAHk/fUAULFJe7a8/s1600-h/Guitar+Sho+008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBZxT6A5sCI/AAAAAAAAAHk/fUAULFJe7a8/s320/Guitar+Sho+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194463807022936098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBZxUaA5sDI/AAAAAAAAAHs/dGys-jaTPQI/s1600-h/Guitar+Sho+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBZxUaA5sDI/AAAAAAAAAHs/dGys-jaTPQI/s320/Guitar+Sho+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194463815612870706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBZxU6A5sEI/AAAAAAAAAH0/Mg8nw4Z-i_M/s1600-h/Guitar+Sho+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBZxU6A5sEI/AAAAAAAAAH0/Mg8nw4Z-i_M/s320/Guitar+Sho+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194463824202805314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GZ Guitars could never do all of the great events and promotions without help from a variety of people. GZ recently participated in the 2008 Dallas Guitar Show and it was one of our most successful events ever. I would like to thank my sister Lindsay for organizing helpers and Lenno Summers and Willy Welch for their help with the booth (see photo) My son Marshal took the helm Friday and my wife Claire even flew in to support the event Saturday. My best friend John &amp; his son Evan came up from Austin and even carried my Marshall stack upstairs for me which is a true measure of friendship (see photo)A humble thank you to you all and anyone who I missed I am sorry and I appreciate your participating. We rocked!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-4608346761123590441?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4608346761123590441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4608346761123590441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/04/family-affair.html' title='Family Affair'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SBZxT6A5sCI/AAAAAAAAAHk/fUAULFJe7a8/s72-c/Guitar+Sho+008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-2692077568180259939</id><published>2008-04-13T16:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T16:15:40.558-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2008 DALLAS GUITAR SHOW</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SAKT7RUKj8I/AAAAAAAAAHc/a5vq9wHFtBM/s1600-h/a331dd7d.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SAKT7RUKj8I/AAAAAAAAAHc/a5vq9wHFtBM/s320/a331dd7d.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188872367153778626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is that time again that we load up the truck and head home to Texas for the Dallas Guitar Show. GZ Guitars has a booth for our 2nd year and I look forward to seeing all of you who were there last year as well as any new folks who may be able to attend, please stop by. There will be over 25 painted art guitars for sale and some incrediable pieces on display. I will post photos of the show when I return the end of the month. It is April 18, 19, &amp; 20 and I have posted the link for more info.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-2692077568180259939?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2692077568180259939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2692077568180259939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/04/2008-dallas-guitar-show.html' title='2008 DALLAS GUITAR SHOW'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/SAKT7RUKj8I/AAAAAAAAAHc/a5vq9wHFtBM/s72-c/a331dd7d.gif' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-7069667641162347524</id><published>2008-02-13T20:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-13T20:53:24.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gibson Custom Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R7PIOq1e8FI/AAAAAAAAAG4/9U408rGst1Q/s1600-h/GLG+Personal+008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R7PIOq1e8FI/AAAAAAAAAG4/9U408rGst1Q/s200/GLG+Personal+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166693351866429522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R7PIO61e8GI/AAAAAAAAAHA/0PcaH2ObqEA/s1600-h/Rock+Photos.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R7PIO61e8GI/AAAAAAAAAHA/0PcaH2ObqEA/s200/Rock+Photos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166693356161396834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My passion is custom guitars. Today my friend &amp; Guitar Guru Mike Bisulca, Asst. Manager of Springfield, New Jersey Guitar Center, invited me to check out the just released Gibson Custom Shop Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom (see photo of Mike &amp; I with the "Black Beauty"). Recently, seen in all of the guitar magazines it is a exact replica of a guitar Jimmy had stolen when he was touring with Led Zepplin in 1970. It was built to Jimmys personal specifications. In March 2007 I had the opportunity to purchase one of the Jimmy Page Custom Shop Doubleneck guitars(see photo with Gibson VP Brett Arney). So I can tell you these guitars are the best Gibson Custom Shop puts out and the top of the market collectors pieces. If you are interested in one of these call Mike at (973) 921-0677 and he can get you set up. Mike is my go to guy at Guitar Center.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-7069667641162347524?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/7069667641162347524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/7069667641162347524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/02/gibson-custom-jimmy-page-les-paul.html' title='Gibson Custom Jimmy Page Les Paul Custom'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R7PIOq1e8FI/AAAAAAAAAG4/9U408rGst1Q/s72-c/GLG+Personal+008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-964980887889308773</id><published>2008-02-03T20:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-03T20:48:13.505-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Food Superstar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R6aYzBBE_1I/AAAAAAAAAGg/fbJnS3EM5Io/s1600-h/GLG+Personal+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R6aYzBBE_1I/AAAAAAAAAGg/fbJnS3EM5Io/s200/GLG+Personal+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162982025040559954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My birthday was last week and my wife took me to a great steak restaurant in New York called Choice Meats. I had one of the best steaks I have ever had and had the opportunity to meet one of my true hero's Guy Fieri of the Food Channel Show "Diners, Drive-Ins &amp; Dives". OK I am busted that I watch the food channel but I never liked it until I saw Guys show. He show cases local places that have a a mythology and serve great down to earth food. Guy was really fun and we had a great time. I know you are asking "What in the f*#k does this have to do with GZ Guitars?  This guy is like a rock star of food. I always like to tell people about cool stuff I hear about and you will never know what I am talking about unless you check out his show. It is on Monday through Friday at 10pm Sat at 1:30pm and Sunday 10am. I have posted his website on my links so check him out and go wild.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-964980887889308773?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/964980887889308773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/964980887889308773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/02/food-superstar.html' title='Food Superstar'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R6aYzBBE_1I/AAAAAAAAAGg/fbJnS3EM5Io/s72-c/GLG+Personal+002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-1200734528580389518</id><published>2008-02-03T19:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-03T20:22:17.890-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Stevie Ray Vaughn- Great Tribute</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R6aSdRBE_zI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/QFhcwUTgtPc/s1600-h/GZ+Guitars+Sold.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R6aSdRBE_zI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/QFhcwUTgtPc/s200/GZ+Guitars+Sold.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162975054308638514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R6aSdhBE_0I/AAAAAAAAAGY/T6ZKJ3A2ptg/s1600-h/GLG+Personal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R6aSdhBE_0I/AAAAAAAAAGY/T6ZKJ3A2ptg/s200/GLG+Personal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162975058603605826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am always surprised about all of the great people &amp; cool things I run across while I am out representing GZ Guitars. I believe that Stevie Ray Vaughn was one of the greatest of guitarists of all time. I recently was given a book about Stevie that I think every fan should read. It was written by Cutter Brandenburg (Mr Cee)who was a friend of Stevies growing up in Dallas and worked as his equipment &amp; road managers during the early days of his career before he became an international superstar. He also worked with a long list of great bands through out his career. The book is filled with personal stories and photos of his time with Stevie and other famous musicians. If you are a guitar player, SRV fan or rock &amp; roller who is interested in how it was "Back In the Day" order this book. I have posted Cutters website to order books in my links. He was kind enough to sign a copy for me. This is a unique and will SRV collectors piece so don't miss out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-1200734528580389518?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1200734528580389518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1200734528580389518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/02/stevie-ray-vaughn-great-tribute.html' title='Stevie Ray Vaughn- Great Tribute'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R6aSdRBE_zI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/QFhcwUTgtPc/s72-c/GZ+Guitars+Sold.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-2455771428065554458</id><published>2008-01-23T06:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-23T06:49:44.661-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's 2008- Let's Get Busy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5dT6hBE_yI/AAAAAAAAAGI/ndmOOvXWjSM/s1600-h/JOY_4916.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5dT6hBE_yI/AAAAAAAAAGI/ndmOOvXWjSM/s200/JOY_4916.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158684162936602402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know 2008 will be an exciting year at GZ Guitars. We have plans to do both art and music shows to diplay our new Art Guitars, and the blog will keep you posted. I am excited that I have new artists I will be working with and have already comissioned new guitars which will be out the end of February. I will be posting bio's on the new artists when we post their work. We will be changing our website with a greater focus on Art Guitars, but will still continue to build and customize guitars and disply work by other custom guitar builders as well. I am most excited about a project that I am working on with a very talented artist. It will produce some of the best Art Guitars we have ever done. I have enclosed a sneak preview of a proto type we just finished and plan to produce a limited series to sell by March.&lt;br /&gt;So keep checking in and I hope 2008 is a great year for you. Glen&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-2455771428065554458?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2455771428065554458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2455771428065554458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/01/its-2008-lets-get-busy.html' title='It&apos;s 2008- Let&apos;s Get Busy'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5dT6hBE_yI/AAAAAAAAAGI/ndmOOvXWjSM/s72-c/JOY_4916.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-1009861677200240182</id><published>2008-01-23T00:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-23T00:38:45.433-08:00</updated><title type='text'>D Home Magazine</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5b5cxBE_vI/AAAAAAAAAFw/O-5n3q6NE7E/s1600-h/Advertisment+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5b5cxBE_vI/AAAAAAAAAFw/O-5n3q6NE7E/s200/Advertisment+003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158584695788994290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5b5dhBE_wI/AAAAAAAAAF4/csJ8zYE_y-0/s1600-h/Advertisment+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5b5dhBE_wI/AAAAAAAAAF4/csJ8zYE_y-0/s200/Advertisment+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158584708673896194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5b5eBBE_xI/AAAAAAAAAGA/JVfhqeDcrtU/s1600-h/Advertisment+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5b5eBBE_xI/AAAAAAAAAGA/JVfhqeDcrtU/s200/Advertisment+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158584717263830802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am excited to start 2008 with a feature in D Home Magazines February 2008 issue. On November 4, 2007 we had the opportunity to feature some of our art guitars in a show at East &amp; Orient Co. in Dallas. D Home, who are the top Home &amp; Garden Magazine in Dallas / Ft. Worth, featured a photograph of our art guitar titled "Modern Art" and wrote an article about a guitar we had on display which was painted by top New York graffiti artist John "CRASH" Matos. With the sucess of the Dallas Guitar Show and the E &amp; O Show in 2007 GZ is becoming well know in Big D.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-1009861677200240182?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1009861677200240182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1009861677200240182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/01/d-home-magazine.html' title='D Home Magazine'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5b5cxBE_vI/AAAAAAAAAFw/O-5n3q6NE7E/s72-c/Advertisment+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-2431751094557914876</id><published>2008-01-22T23:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T23:55:54.201-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Matters Magazine</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5byLhBE_uI/AAAAAAAAAFo/p2pJ2BBXKHM/s1600-h/Advertisment+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5byLhBE_uI/AAAAAAAAAFo/p2pJ2BBXKHM/s200/Advertisment+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158576702854856418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2007 was a great year for GZ guitars and it ended with getting a profile done by Matters Magazine. Matters is a feature magazine that focuses on Northern New Jersey which includes the home of GZ Guitars Maplewood. It was an honor that they chose to focus GZ Guitars. If you are interested in reading the story or Matters please check the link posted on the home page.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-2431751094557914876?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2431751094557914876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2431751094557914876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2008/01/matters-magazine.html' title='Matters Magazine'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/R5byLhBE_uI/AAAAAAAAAFo/p2pJ2BBXKHM/s72-c/Advertisment+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-1431555799706974817</id><published>2007-11-05T10:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-05T10:47:20.893-08:00</updated><title type='text'>GZ Art Display</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Ry9lDHGvZlI/AAAAAAAAAFY/CKPX8kLJ8F8/s1600-h/Whiteroom4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Ry9lDHGvZlI/AAAAAAAAAFY/CKPX8kLJ8F8/s200/Whiteroom4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129429604719617618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Ry9lD3GvZmI/AAAAAAAAAFg/eeeSZtogWtU/s1600-h/Whiteroom6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Ry9lD3GvZmI/AAAAAAAAAFg/eeeSZtogWtU/s200/Whiteroom6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129429617604519522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &amp; Orient Company. GZ is not a featured exhibitor but the Management of East &amp; 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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-1431555799706974817?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1431555799706974817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1431555799706974817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/11/gz-art-display.html' title='GZ Art Display'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Ry9lDHGvZlI/AAAAAAAAAFY/CKPX8kLJ8F8/s72-c/Whiteroom4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-6090925480346023605</id><published>2007-10-11T11:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-11T11:26:04.264-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Springsteen Tour</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rw5qrXa_J8I/AAAAAAAAAE4/QZdxgU9mwHM/s1600-h/Little+Steve.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rw5qrXa_J8I/AAAAAAAAAE4/QZdxgU9mwHM/s200/Little+Steve.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120147119620958146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &amp; 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. &lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-6090925480346023605?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/6090925480346023605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/6090925480346023605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/10/springsteen-tour.html' title='Springsteen Tour'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rw5qrXa_J8I/AAAAAAAAAE4/QZdxgU9mwHM/s72-c/Little+Steve.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-5825987550811089032</id><published>2007-09-09T23:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-09T23:15:43.818-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Photography</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RuThA13_ObI/AAAAAAAAAEY/MUMfyxKHoNE/s1600-h/JOY_4738.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RuThA13_ObI/AAAAAAAAAEY/MUMfyxKHoNE/s200/JOY_4738.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108455281923144114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RuThBF3_OcI/AAAAAAAAAEg/w4vIGXkZqLU/s1600-h/JOY_3956.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RuThBF3_OcI/AAAAAAAAAEg/w4vIGXkZqLU/s200/JOY_3956.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108455286218111426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RuThBF3_OdI/AAAAAAAAAEo/nanK1fx2Yi4/s1600-h/JOY_5582.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RuThBF3_OdI/AAAAAAAAAEo/nanK1fx2Yi4/s200/JOY_5582.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108455286218111442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RuThBF3_OeI/AAAAAAAAAEw/qhTQQTZVaa0/s1600-h/JOY_3860.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RuThBF3_OeI/AAAAAAAAAEw/qhTQQTZVaa0/s200/JOY_3860.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108455286218111458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-5825987550811089032?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/5825987550811089032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/5825987550811089032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/09/great-photography_09.html' title='Great Photography'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RuThA13_ObI/AAAAAAAAAEY/MUMfyxKHoNE/s72-c/JOY_4738.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-8784287135443916809</id><published>2007-08-31T08:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-31T08:34:51.682-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Artist WOW</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rtg1Dl3_OUI/AAAAAAAAADI/nQTm4mh5rvc/s1600-h/GuitarB1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rtg1Dl3_OUI/AAAAAAAAADI/nQTm4mh5rvc/s320/GuitarB1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104888513447278914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-8784287135443916809?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/8784287135443916809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/8784287135443916809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-artist-wow.html' title='New Artist WOW'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rtg1Dl3_OUI/AAAAAAAAADI/nQTm4mh5rvc/s72-c/GuitarB1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-2689109765099931894</id><published>2007-08-31T08:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-31T08:19:04.185-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Guitar Girls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RtgxYF3_OTI/AAAAAAAAADA/k4DCkVRmyjs/s1600-h/L+C+Saylor.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RtgxYF3_OTI/AAAAAAAAADA/k4DCkVRmyjs/s320/L+C+Saylor.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104884467588086066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-2689109765099931894?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2689109765099931894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2689109765099931894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/08/guitar-girls.html' title='Guitar Girls'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RtgxYF3_OTI/AAAAAAAAADA/k4DCkVRmyjs/s72-c/L+C+Saylor.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-9111246927524059792</id><published>2007-08-11T22:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-11T22:49:39.554-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Guitar Heros</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rr6fY9Pqq8I/AAAAAAAAAC4/wFQjljcVzCI/s1600-h/GLG%2520ZZ%2520Top.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rr6fY9Pqq8I/AAAAAAAAAC4/wFQjljcVzCI/s320/GLG%2520ZZ%2520Top.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097687079335930818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &amp; hot rod cars as well. He published a book called "Billy F Gibbons Rock &amp; 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")&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-9111246927524059792?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/9111246927524059792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/9111246927524059792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/08/guitar-heros.html' title='Guitar Heros'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rr6fY9Pqq8I/AAAAAAAAAC4/wFQjljcVzCI/s72-c/GLG%2520ZZ%2520Top.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-8793654020614201480</id><published>2007-07-22T10:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-22T10:36:59.617-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gallery Show was a Success</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RqOVW9Pqq7I/AAAAAAAAACw/Dkj55QpL-I0/s1600-h/Guitar+Shows+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RqOVW9Pqq7I/AAAAAAAAACw/Dkj55QpL-I0/s320/Guitar+Shows+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090076225488726962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RqOVNtPqq6I/AAAAAAAAACo/ATM7vhoyz4g/s1600-h/Mona+Lisa+artists.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RqOVNtPqq6I/AAAAAAAAACo/ATM7vhoyz4g/s320/Mona+Lisa+artists.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090076066574936994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-8793654020614201480?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/8793654020614201480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/8793654020614201480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/07/gallery-show-was-success.html' title='Gallery Show was a Success'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RqOVW9Pqq7I/AAAAAAAAACw/Dkj55QpL-I0/s72-c/Guitar+Shows+002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-2212238644980507758</id><published>2007-07-14T11:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-14T11:49:41.963-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mona Lisa Gallery Show</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RpkaazcMl9I/AAAAAAAAACY/_jUwMl9d-I8/s1600-h/Gallery+Show.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RpkaazcMl9I/AAAAAAAAACY/_jUwMl9d-I8/s320/Gallery+Show.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087126301879080914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GZ Guitars has been invited to participate in gallery show at Mona Lisa Gallery &amp; 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 &amp; August so come check it out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-2212238644980507758?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2212238644980507758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2212238644980507758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/07/mona-lisa-gallery-show.html' title='Mona Lisa Gallery Show'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RpkaazcMl9I/AAAAAAAAACY/_jUwMl9d-I8/s72-c/Gallery+Show.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-5505160403221327702</id><published>2007-07-13T17:27:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-27T21:44:43.843-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Painted Cases</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RpgZuzcMl8I/AAAAAAAAACQ/zlbyKiCS7pE/s1600-h/GZ+Designs+017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RpgZuzcMl8I/AAAAAAAAACQ/zlbyKiCS7pE/s320/GZ+Designs+017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086844070988126146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-5505160403221327702?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/5505160403221327702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/5505160403221327702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/07/back-from-vacation.html' title='Painted Cases'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RpgZuzcMl8I/AAAAAAAAACQ/zlbyKiCS7pE/s72-c/GZ+Designs+017.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-5936888514345382712</id><published>2007-06-11T19:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-12T13:57:40.310-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Custom Guitar Listed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rm4M6-Bnl1I/AAAAAAAAACA/UEUbTR6JGKM/s1600-h/Glen+%26+Crash+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rm4M6-Bnl1I/AAAAAAAAACA/UEUbTR6JGKM/s320/Glen+%26+Crash+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075008037314860882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &amp; CRASH with Crasocaster #28.&lt;br /&gt;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&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-5936888514345382712?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/5936888514345382712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/5936888514345382712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/06/new-custom-guitar-listed.html' title='New Custom Guitar Listed'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/Rm4M6-Bnl1I/AAAAAAAAACA/UEUbTR6JGKM/s72-c/Glen+%26+Crash+002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-3850775607349663628</id><published>2007-05-23T22:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T22:43:28.473-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't Mess with Texas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlUkwuNUYQI/AAAAAAAAABQ/igKau5Udozo/s1600-h/Graceland+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlUkwuNUYQI/AAAAAAAAABQ/igKau5Udozo/s320/Graceland+003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067997375131574530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;We have been creating new designs so look for new GZ Guitars to be posted on our site over the next couple of weeks. &lt;br /&gt;Please contact me if you are interested purchasing this guitar or in designing your own custom guitar.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-3850775607349663628?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/3850775607349663628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/3850775607349663628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/05/dont-mess-with-texas.html' title='Don&apos;t Mess with Texas'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlUkwuNUYQI/AAAAAAAAABQ/igKau5Udozo/s72-c/Graceland+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-1981781427610347229</id><published>2007-05-23T22:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T22:30:42.251-07:00</updated><title type='text'>And He's Buying the Stairway to Heaven</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlUghONUYPI/AAAAAAAAABI/APwWC46C0zA/s1600-h/_440+Jimmy+Page+Aged+Glen+Gertz,+Austin+Locker,+Robbie+Gustin,+and+Brett+Arney.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlUghONUYPI/AAAAAAAAABI/APwWC46C0zA/s320/_440+Jimmy+Page+Aged+Glen+Gertz,+Austin+Locker,+Robbie+Gustin,+and+Brett+Arney.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067992710797091058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &amp; Robbie of Guitar Center, when the guitar was purchased in March at the opening of the Guitar Center Platinum Room in Dallas. &lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;It is signed, numbered &amp; played by Jimmy himself and is one of the most interesting collectors guitars I have ever seen.&lt;br /&gt;For serious collectors interested in this guitar you can contact me at ggertz@gzguitars.com for information.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-1981781427610347229?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1981781427610347229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/1981781427610347229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/05/and-hes-buying-stairway-to-heaven.html' title='And He&apos;s Buying the Stairway to Heaven'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlUghONUYPI/AAAAAAAAABI/APwWC46C0zA/s72-c/_440+Jimmy+Page+Aged+Glen+Gertz,+Austin+Locker,+Robbie+Gustin,+and+Brett+Arney.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-2427803943089535862</id><published>2007-05-23T13:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T13:43:13.736-07:00</updated><title type='text'>30th Dallas Guitar Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlSlzeNUYMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/guo-R4A31eQ/s1600-h/GZ+Designs+007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlSlzeNUYMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/guo-R4A31eQ/s320/GZ+Designs+007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067857784399487170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GZ Guitars participated in the 30th Dallas Guitar Festival April 20, 21 &amp; 22. It was a great success for GZ and we will keep you posted on the publicity generated from this event.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-2427803943089535862?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2427803943089535862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/2427803943089535862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/05/30th-dallas-guitar-festival.html' title='30th Dallas Guitar Festival'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlSlzeNUYMI/AAAAAAAAAAs/guo-R4A31eQ/s72-c/GZ+Designs+007.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1457261265097820974.post-4621398283529041500</id><published>2007-05-08T08:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T23:06:52.915-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Annual Amp Show</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlUrZ-NUYSI/AAAAAAAAABg/EcK3vZsnEJs/s1600-h/IMG_0058.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlUrZ-NUYSI/AAAAAAAAABg/EcK3vZsnEJs/s320/IMG_0058.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068004680870945058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;The show was a great success and we hope he does another East Coast show in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1457261265097820974-4621398283529041500?l=gzguitars.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4621398283529041500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1457261265097820974/posts/default/4621398283529041500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gzguitars.blogspot.com/2007/05/annual-amp-show.html' title='The Annual Amp Show'/><author><name>Glen L. Gertz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17070339804924676794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/S5v7UaB4R0I/AAAAAAAAAQs/2-Tsa3JMPvE/S220/Dallas+G+S+2008+014.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_trZMAV7-aXI/RlUrZ-NUYSI/AAAAAAAAABg/EcK3vZsnEJs/s72-c/IMG_0058.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
