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The Luthiers Blog This blog was put together by a man named Bernie Lehmann, a luthier (guitar designer/craftsman), and an experienced one at that. He posts recent projects and techniques for the interest of other luthiers. This blog is just over one year old, and hasn't received too much attention yet. It is fairly basic and very easy to follow, it seems that Mr. Lehmann might be too consumed with his projects to update his blog further as he only puts up about one post every other month, but who can blame him? Check out his site www.lehmannstrings.com for a peak at his instruments.

Garage Spin This Blogger has done a great job setting up their blog. It is made for garage bands (unsigned bands), and deals with anything from recording equipment, recording software, random videos, and even album cover art. I found some excellent links on this site, all very interesting. This seemed like it was aimed more at the recording or studio engineers than anything, so it really grabbed my attention.

Music Thing As I search further and further into the blog world I find more and more that hits home. This blog is definitely my favorite yet for many reasons. It touches broadly on the musicians world. All types of recording devices are analyzed, different guitar rigs are shown, and innovation is huge. See it for yourself, someone interfaced a Kaoss pad into the body of a Les Paul, that takes the words right out of my mouth.

Earvolution Earvolution is mainly about signed musicians/groups and their albums. The gossip is either when the album is to come out, what to expect, or when to possibly catch said artist at a live show. This is not as exciting to me because it is more fact and news than opinion. I would rather here about things you wouldn't be able to find at the artists website or on MTV.

Online Music Blog This blog is somewhat similar to Earvolution, just less said. Not very well developed and just another music "news" site for the most part. They also seem to be promoting various music companies for an unknown reason which is somewhat odd to me. No video links nor photos to keep short attention span folk like myself interested enough to read the few sentences under each post.

Stereo Gum Live music is a big part of this blog. The first post I see was that of Joyn Mayer or J-May as Stereo Gum refers to him as. The creators actually post their own personal photos from being at live shows. I applaud the effort and the opinions for the content, not an easy task to accomplish. They did a great job by creating links to finish reading articles eslewhere so that one long article doesn't take up the whole post area.

Guitar Guitar Guitar This blog suprised me when I was under the impression that guitars would be the main focus. It turns out that it is more about celebrities and well known musicians and their guitars than the guitars themselves. I found more detail on the performers than the instruments. So the title threw me off and I was ultimately dissapointed.

Guitar Blog If you haven't figured it out yet I am a big fan of the guitar world. This blog has a video embedded of Pat Metheny playing a 42 stringed guitar! It turns out that it sounds closer to that of a harp, but it is still amazing. The other content was all guitar talk which made me a very happy camper.

Calder Guitar and Violin Case Design A very interesting craft it is, and very important to anyone with a high priced instrument. The designer tends to produce things that look closer to that of a rifle case than that of a musical instrument. This blog takes you inside a craft world that is rarely seen.

Guitar Dreamz A good place to go to become more interested in the guitar playing world. It contains such things as lessons, tips, and tricks. It is aimed more at a beginner but it contains some vital information that one needs to help them do anything from buying a guitar, to tuning.