it's electric.
Monday, August 17, 2009 at 06:55AM and it's not any sort of slide...
Rock Out, Gretsch.
...just some eye[rock]candy to begin your week [inspired by the amazing Gretsch [not pictured] spotted at the Warhol Museum Music+Dance Exhibit in Pittsburgh, mere weeks ago]. Here are some more, old + new, in no particular order ::
Brian Setzer's Gretsch
Gretsch Junior
Elvis Costello's Jazzmaster.
Danelectro, vintage.
Danelectro, vintage again.
Danelectro, Longhorn
an updated Airline, a la Jack White.
straps of varying awesomeness.
and then there is this...
Yes.
My fave badass electric-guitar-toting indie-pop rocker girl is Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent. Though she looks sweet as pie, she's capable of not only chanelling early-century-Paris-ditties, but also of some pretty brilliant electronictype riffs...
When she's not relaxing nymphishly on the forest floor, she can be found rocking out on various instruments, namely her '67 Harmony Bobcat [1 of 6ish electric guitars she owns + loves]...
photo by John Behm.
Her newest album Actor
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Reader Comments (2)
Love the guitars, though perhaps a few Les Paul models might be required, in memoriam...
i know i know...that was somewhat sacrelig. begs for another follow-up post, no? " it's acoustic" is next, though...