one in the oven.

mannequin from Melrose av.

do you spot the BIG difference from the eu ones? great!

and who said "you shall not bake a guitar body for 15 min at 200° c".

i will show you the final result soon. The neck is at a secret location, deep in the Swedish woods. Getting re- fretted.

The Silv

evh

Just want to show off the coolest sneakers ever and the ukelele that my friend Gato el Loco did for me.

just pure fun.Thomas Van Silver

it did not take long...

Well here we go.

The first photo is the new IBZ Universe re-issue.. damn expensive and very cool. i like the old ones better but anyhow it´s a stunning paint job.

And the only guy out of the jungle of stars i took a photo with, i think, was Paul Gilbert. Very tall.

Samsung Omnia and Macbook pro

It seems that my Samsung omnia is not really compatible with Mac...?

ok! i can deal with that i think. the Mac is so much better on every task.

so no mobile photos until i find a way..

"Where there´s a wip, there´s a way"

Silv

simon says

I got some photos from my friend Simon today. He´s been living in Los Angeles since 1991 i think!

I got to know him in 93. He is the nicest guy and sent me some pics.

So until i get my shit together with the camera i had with me here´s some photos from The Rainbow bar and grill.

Was at a friends place yesterday to try out his latest guitars he had put together. He has got some nice eyes for parts. and it seems he´s got necks and bodies coming out his ass!

Inspiring.

The holy neck!

I found this Warmoth flamed maple tele neck on the net and i will try to buy it!

A great looking neck for my "La Cabronita Silver version" project maybe?

The weather today is horrible so i am going to stay inside and geek out on guitars.

Thomas Silver

The Fender La Cabronita

Well i have to show you this one.

Fender La Cabronita !

I played one of these at the NAMM show last week, and it´s amazing. So damn cool.

Simple and with a massive sound with the Gretsch pup.

I am not sure if i am going to buy one or build one?

Fender custom shop is dead expensive. This one goes for around 5.000 dollars.

Lets see if i can build one for around 800 dollars, shall we?

The Jackson Concorde Randy Rhoads tribute

Jackson delivered colossal news on Wednesday evening with the announcement of the Randy Rhoads Tribute Guitar.

In collaboration with the Rhoads’ family, the Jackson Custom Shop will build 60 exact replicas of the first Randy Rhoads Jackson, often referred to as the Concorde.

Here's video of the announcment and the reaction from Anthrax guitar Scott Ian and Randys brother Kelly and sister Kathy.

This one will be around 106.000 SKR. you do nt need to do the maths...it´s damn expensive.

The Fender Acoustasonic Tele® was selected as a “Gotta Stock It” product at Best In Show, a NAMM University educational session held Jan. 17 in Anaheim, Calif.

Best In Show featured six panelists––representing single-store operations, small- to mid-sized chains and one of the industry’s top trade magazines––who offered views on the best companies, products and services they saw during the NAMM Show.

“Basically, it’s an electric guitar; it’s an acoustic guitar,”. “But it’s in the beautiful Telecaster form. This is the guitar for the gigging musician who needs an electric and an acoustic but doesn’t want to haul them both around. The body is chambered, it has a rosewood bridge. But at the core, it has Fishman’s Aura technology and an under-saddle piezo pickup. I found the acoustic sounds to be really convincing. They sounded like a really solid plugged-in acoustic with a great pickup.” well this was after a few of the American beers and a bloody mary.

But check it out.

I am going to test drive the Zoom Q3 handy video recorder while i am in Los Angeles and visiting the NAMM show. Check it out. So damn easy to handle. I think?

So i will post some clips here soon as well.

After the show days i am staying in L.A for a couple of days with my friends Magnus Axx and Mikkey Dee.

It´s going to be great!

Thomas

Enter The MacBook Pro

A couple of days ago we smashed our last PC, ever!

And we got ourselves a Mac. I never used one before as i was hanging on to the PC.

It´s GREAT. even the box it came in was better. so now i am learning this the hard way.

Leaving for the US on Wednesday. Meeting with Fender at Namm on Friday.

I´ll write about it and i will take a lot of photos there.

see you soon.

Silver

Jonas and the NAMM show.

Today i am going to meet with Jonas Almqist (the leather nun) for a few hours.
He has written a couple of song for me that i wanna check, and maybe finish them together with him.
Why, you wonder? I tell you soon. Very soon! I just love his music. everything is great.

I am also a bit cranked up about going to the NAMM show in Los Angeles in a week or so.
Never been to the NAMM show but from all that i have heard i think it wil be awesome cool.
Checking out new products from all different guitar, amps and etc manufacturers. I especially want to try to meet with my all time fav guitar player.. Eddie Van Halen.
i have never been star struck but i am not sure i will be able to even ask for an autograph before fainting like a young girl meeting the very handsome Paul Mccartney 1965.
Oh and by the way, if you find spelling errors or so here in my blog. Dont you forget that i am Swedish and was never in school.
Argento

UFC 108

Last night at 04.00 the great ufc 108 was aired live. Rashad Evans - Thiago Silva.

I recorded it on my harddrive and i am going to enjoy it in a minute.

04.00 is a bit to late/early for me these days.

The UFC is the best damn sport next to Football/Soccer.

Attitude, strenght, technique and stamina. And most important..Heart!

Much like guitar playing!

I´ve been a dedicated follower of The UFC for some time now and i totally love it.

Thomas Silver

from the blaster

1.Empire state of mind. Jay-Z
2.Perfect Day. Lou Reed
3.I feel like dancin´. Leo Sayer
4.Camarillo brillo. Frank Zappa
5.Let my love open the door. Pete Townsend

Enter The Tiger

A new year. I think it will be great.

Wife and me did the festivs at our friend Nikke "lipstick" Ström and wife Hege´s amazing place.

Pretty calm evening. We watched the great Black Crowes dvd "Cabin Fever".

A live recording w/audience at Levon Helms studios, Woodstock,NewYork.

It was very inspiring and they sound a bit like the band all of a sudden. Thats not a bad thing at all cuz i think Singer Robinson´s voice is so much better than anyone in The Band.

check it out. probably old news anyway...

I have been hanging in my studio quite a bit lately. I am learning more and more everyday.

Its a bit difficult to crasp everything when you are used to the "old way" of recording. ANALOG.

We did 2" tape recordings for all of hcss albums up to the black album. tape recorder as big as two freezers. and it used to belong to ABBA? I remember us having amps and guitars from the 50`s and 60`s lined up as a wall. there must have been stuff for a couple of mill. not ours offcurse.

Really old Ludwig drums and Dano basses, i even recorded two tracks with Paul Rodgers Gibson Les Paul 1958. It is the guitar on "Thank you (for letting us be ourselfes) cover photo by the way! Can you believe it? Today....GUITAR RIG!!!!!