For sale – Jansen 12Sixty (sold)
This is a 1960’s Jansen 12Sixty… basically a ‘hand made in New Zealand’ 60’s Fender.
Latest Entries
For Sale – 1960’s Moody 2×12 (Sold)
I’m selling some stuff that I don’t use and I think would be happier being in the hands of players who will actually use them…
Guitar Design 101 – Fender Stratocaster
Why I think the Stratocaster is one of the best designed guitars ever…
Peter Mengede’s Honeyburst Les Paul
Last year I got the opportunity to jam with Peter Mengede from Helmet/Handsome, who now lives in Brisbane. While that was great, the best was seeing him play THE Les Paul that recorded all those great early Helmet riffs which I spent hours trying to master years ago. Here’s the story of that guitar from Peter himself…
1982 USA Kramer Pacer
Fellow guitarnerds, I have a confession to make that will wipe away any remaining punk/garage rock cred that I ever had (if I had any, which I doubt)… that’s right… *takes breath* I love vintage super strats!!!
About guitarnerd.com.au
Hi, my name is Tony. I’m a graphic designer by trade and also play bass in Brisbane band Sixfthick and guitar in Horrortones & Battlecat… and I’m a guitarnerd.
guitarnerd.com.au is a site that delves into the nerdom of guitars and why people like us are obsessed with them. Every guitar has a story and with this blog I try to uncover them.
If you are someone who can’t walk past a pawn brokers without breaking into a cold sweat and looking inside just in case there’s a rare vintage guitar that the owner has seriously under priced, then this site is for you.
Feel free to contact me at [email protected] with stories of your own axes and I’ll try and include them here.
2012 ‘Mongrel Country’ guitar
A new Aussie guitar maker from Perth (now Melbourne) who makes some awesome axes…
R.I.P. Dean Dirt
Australian music lost one of it’s best on the weekend. Dean Turner, bassist from Magic Dirt passed away after a long battle with cancer. Apart from being an amazing bass player, whose use of fuzz pedals & pure noise blew me away on the tour we did with them, Dean gave a lot back to the independant music community, which is a rarity in this day & age.
Tym Guitars desktop pedals
Here’s some more guitarnerd desktop icons I’ve made up, this time starring some of the Tym Guitar’s pedals I did the art for. (including the yet to be released Tym Bass Face!)
Enjoy!
Tym Guitar desktop icons – Mac
Tym Guitar desktop icons – PC
Maton… more than Mastersounds
Most kids today think Maton electrics just mean the new Mastersound, but they’ve been building some VERY cool guitars for over 50 years. Here’s a few of them.
guitarnerd philosophy…
My girlfriend recently came up with how guitarnerds justify our need to buy every guitar we see and it hit pretty close to home. I’m a little scared at how accurate it is. I think she can read minds… I’m wearing a tin foil hat around her for now on.
“I liken you guitarnerds need for guitars to the 5 stages of mourning
denial: I don’t really want it
anger: YES I FUCKING DO!
bargaining: includes possibly trading in an old guitar which you never play.
depression: really wishing you’d never traded that old guitar which you never play because you really miss it now.
acceptance: Having hot new baby and bragging rights. “It’s like the best guitar I’ve played ever”
cycle starts again.”
guitarnerd pedal icons
A few people have asked where I got the pedal icons in the guitarnerd header… I made ’em of course! I did them for a bit of fun and then converted them into desktop icons. So now your computer hardrive can be a BigMuff/Hot Cake/Whatever the hell floats your boat. More coming soon. (when I get round to making them). Enjoy!
Download guitarnerd icons: Mac
Download guitarnerd icons: PC
Mac users will need Stuffit Expander to open the folder… download it here: http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/index.html
Nine to fiver… Social Climber… Oh Yeah !!!!
The story of The Scavengers and their candy apple red Mustang bass…