Music Go Round

Reuse. Recycle. Rock.

Reuse. Recycle. Rock.


Music Go Round STL
St Louis, MO
314-270-9518
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1960’s Greco “Arthur Smith” 12-String Guitar

June 19, 2016 by MGRSTL

Greco “Arthur Smith” Hollow-Body 12 String Guitar Picked this gem up at an auction in Illinois, and what a score!  The previous owner had it strung up as a 6-string and the neck looked really good.  I was wondering if anything would change when we put on all 12 strings... nope.  The neck stayed true with its baseball bat size, and it played even better.  Both pickups sounded … [Read more...]

Solid State Guitar Amplifiers

So I’m gonna confess something first and foremost: I’m a tube snob. I love the glass. I love the dynamic push and pull you get from having valves in an amplifier. Valves/tubes/glass – bottles of tone… BUT – let’s talk briefly about Solid State Amplifiers… They have their place. And in many cases – they […]

Ace.

Ace. Yeah, normally we talk about gear. And there will be hints of that here because we, nor he, could do what we/he do/did without the stuff. But. Let’s talk Ace. The Les Paul and Marshall pounding dynamo who has left for space. His home. Jendell in the Klaatu solar system. He wasn’t the most […]

People Pay for That? “Relic’d”

We are talking about “Relic’d” gear. If you are new the game – “relic’ing” a piece of gear means to ‘beat it up’ intentionally. In the best possible way. Usually, the purpose is to make it look ‘old’. The preferred terms thrown around are ‘vintage’, “patina”, “well-played”, etc. Now, why on Earth would anyone pay […]

Phil X at Music Go Round St. Louis

When Phil X Came to Town

Phil X. Theofilos Xenidis.BEAST. YouTube legend.Triumph, Bon Jovi, Hired Gun The dude seemed to be a well-kept secret for a couple of decades. Kicking around the California camps the Canadian born rocker did stints with Triumph and Randy Coven (Aldo Nova) before settling in to session work. Then came YouTube and Fretted Americana – a […]

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