Matters Magazine

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.

GZ Art Display

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

Springsteen Tour

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

Great Photography

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

New Artist WOW

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

Guitar Girls

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

Guitar Heros

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