BLADE Guitars
A Modern classic since 1987
Classic Designs Never age
Most guitars available today owe some form of homage to the Iconic designs of yesteryear.
Blade guitars are modern versions of these classic designs and as such will always be highly desirable instruments both to behold and to play.
Falcon Tremolo
This patented tremolo looks, feels and sounds like a vintage style unit but incorporates a patented double block system that also allows uptrem while sitting flat on the guitar body. Unlike floating tremolos, the Falcon transmits all of the tone the strings and wood have to offer for the biggest sound possible. The Falcon Tremolo enhances attack and sustain AND stays in tune even if a string is broken - a feature that floating trems cannot do. Even deep bends against open strings are possible - the open strings do not detune. Now that’s style.
Gary Levinson: A Short History
I started repairing guitars in 1964. It began as a hobby and quickly grew to a passion. In 1968, while at the University of Illinois, I started doing guitar and violin repairs at a local shop and shortly thereafter set up a repair business with a friend. During the coming years we served musicians from Leo Kottke over REO Speedwagon to the Grateful Dead when they came through the area on tour.
Old Friends
Steve Rothery
Steve Rothery is one of the founding fathers of the UK Neo-Prog Rock band Marillion. In over 30 years they still have a huge groundswell of support from a very strong fan base, and have sold more than 15 million albums worldwide.
Steve is also a Blade endorsee of over 20 years, playing his RH4, R4 and Texas guitars on albums and onstage both with Marillion and his own Steve Rothery Band. This year Blade have announced a 30th Anniversary Steve Rothery anniversary signature model RH-4.
John Ellis
John Ellis is a Guitarist with a very eclectic career, playing with bands like the Vibrators and The Stranglers, and touring with likes of Peter Gabriel and Peter Hamill.
He has always been a fan of Blade guitars, and is indeed a Blade Ambassador.
Keb Mo
3 times Grammy award winning musician Keb Mo is a post-modern blues player with a heck of a reputation for authenticity and for being a genuine original.
Recently Keb has fallen for the charms of the Blade Delta classic, enjoying the warm and full blues tones, but also the flexibility of the on-board VSC.
His latest album partners him with another Blues legend, Taj Mahal. The album TajMo was released in the spring of 2017.
Steve Gordon
Steve Gordon is the latest artist to join the Blade family. His weapon of choice is the Blade Tetra Bass.Steve Gordon followed the traditional hard earned musician’s journey. He began his career as a bass player and song writer in his home town; forming and performing in several local bands. This eventually led him to London where he concentrated on playing for other artists such as: Desert Eagle Discs , Christine Levine, Julia Fordham and Just Jack.
In 1999 Steve began playing with Morcheeba and continues to write and play bass on Skye Edwards solo albums.
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