Stevie Ray Vaughn- Great Tribute

I am always surprised about all of the great people & 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 & 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 & 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.

It's 2008- Let's Get Busy

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.
So keep checking in and I hope 2008 is a great year for you. Glen

D Home Magazine

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 & Orient Co. in Dallas. D Home, who are the top Home & 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 & O Show in 2007 GZ is becoming well know in Big D.

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.