TomFest

7/10/16
CSN
 

7/9/16
Led Zeppelin
 

Tom Leadon looks scary thin to me.  Hope he's OK.

7/4/16
Simon & Garfunkel
 

7/1/16
Roy Orbison
 

6/30/16
Badfinger
 

6/29/16
The Kinks
 

6/27/16
TPATH
 

6/26/16
The Dave Clark Five
 

6/25/16
The Everly Brothers
 

There is some good is Rock & Roll out there!  

Not sure why the prices came down so much - other than all the bad press that Gibson got for the new "features" on the 2015 models I think probably had a negative effect on sales.  Nobody liked the "auto tuners", or some of the other features like the wider neck, and brass nut.  I think their sales were crap for 2015, and they started removing some of those features like the "auto tuners".
I had been looking at the Firebirds for a couple of years and couldn't pull it off, and then Gibson put the price way up around $2,199 or so.   No way I could do that, but suddenly for 2016 they dropped it down to around $1,100 and some retailers went lower than that.  I ended up paying $899 without a case.  They came without cases - which is strange for a guitar in that price range.  So I did buy a hardshell case which cost me another $75 or $100.   
As far as the construction of the guitar, I can't find anywhere that they scrimped.  It's a fantastic guitar, and I haven't changed out anything on it.  The mini-humbucker pickups are a nice midway point between full humbuckers and single coil pickups.  The tuning machines have the highest gear ratio I've ever seen. One complaint - the tuning machines are positioned such that when I hang the guitar on a wall hanger, it rests on the bottom tuning machine.  I had to modify the wall hanger so that the weight of the guitar wasn't resting on that tuner sticking out the back of the neck. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jury-could-rewrite-history-led-zeppelins-epic-stairway-043151757.html?ref=gs

Yeah, good song.  Nice acoustic guitar work, and the vocal reminds me of Steve Miller.

Yeah, I got their CD and I really like it.  I'm looping it in the car.  I haven't heard the bootleg yet, but I'd like to see this band.

6/21/16
The Moody Blues
 

6/18/16
Happy Birthday Paul McCartney!!
 

Mikey - you went right past me in Seattle!  We could have played some guitars!  Anyway, enjoy the show!

To coincide with the just released Traveling Wilburys catalogue on digital and streaming services for the first time AND the re-release of the 2-CD and 3-LP vinyl set, TOM PETTY RADIO will present the 1-hour special “The Story of The Traveling Wilburys” as told by George Harrison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, drummer Jim Keltner, Monty Python’s Michael Palin and more.  Hear the show this Saturday at 9am ET / 6am PT, 1pm ET / 10am PT and 7pm ET / 4pm PT and Sunday at 10am ET / 7am PT, 4pm ET / 1pm PT and 9pm ET / 6pm
 
 
 

http://tunegroover.com/former-gainesville-musician-david-mason-remembered/

6/14/16
T. Rex
 

6/13/16
Steppenwolf
 

"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" Mudcrutch w/ Roger McGuinn @ Webster Hall, NYC 6-10-2016
 

I caught the little snippet last night.
You can listen here:
http://www.mudcrutch.com/marion/tom_petty_songwriters_hof.mp3
 
 

6/11/16
Simon & Garfunkel