“Seeking to address that problem, Ciari Guitars has created a uniquely engineered instrument that’s foldable for travel, a guitar that’s able to be stowed easily in most airplane overhead bins or under most airplane seats.”
“Guitar innovation is not dead.”
“....embracing some of these ultra-modular guitar designs will be the next "big thing" as it directly answers problems associated with modern touring and tight budgets in the music industry.”
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Touring Guitarists Are Downsizing Their Rigs, Guitars May Be The Next Thing To Shrink
By: Matt_Dunn There's still a lot of room for innovation and finding new ways to make live gigs simpler for musicians. In recent months, I've been very consumed with the question of what comes next for the electric guitar? What innovation is left? What new designs or ideas will blossom under challenging market conditions? Sometimes, guitar gear can feel a bit stale for those of us who review and demo a wide range of products across all sorts of prices. There's still so much amazing and impressive gear flowing from builders, but a good chunk of it isn't actually "innovative,"...
How Eddie Van Halen Inspired Steve Stevens' Classical Guitar Solos
By: Ultimate Classic Rock Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens dazzles fans every night with a nylon-string guitar solo that ever-so-slightly teases bits of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and Van Halen's "Eruption." It's a fitting homage, considering Eddie Van Halen inspired Stevens to perform a classical solo in the first place. "Oddly enough, the way that I ended up doing a nylon [string] guitar solo was that I was in Vince Neil's band, and we did about six weeks opening for Van Halen [in 1993]," Stevens recently told UCR. "And Vince said, 'Hey, man, you've got to do a guitar solo.' And I thought, 'Well, I'm not going to do...
Steve Stevens estrena dos modelos signature, unas guitarras con mástil plegable de Ciari Guitars
por Henry Amat La verdad, cuando os hablé de las guitarras plegables de Ciari en 2018, pensaba que seria la típica invención que aparece en un NAMM, y que después queda relegada al olvido como tantos otras curiosidades que aparecen año tras año en las ferias de Anaheim o Nashville. Pero no, continuaron perfeccionando el diseño, y con el acierto de colaborar con luthieres de prestigio como Grover Jackson, en 2022 presentaron la Ascender Standard como una propuesta mucho mas ligera y robusta, como demuestra Kiki Wong en el siguiente vídeo. Ahora acaban de estrenar su primer modelo signature en colaboracion con nada más y...
Idol’s Axe Man Debuts Signature Portable Guitar
By: Mat Dirjish Steve Stevens, solo artist and Billy Idol’s lead-guitar man, in collaboration with Ciari Guitars, unveils the company’s first signature series model guitars. The Steve Stevens Signature Ascender pairs Ciari’s patented folding technology with the performance features sought by elite touring guitarists. Steve Stevens (left) on stage with Billy Idol (right) Steve said, “Imagine flying with a truly professional, high-quality guitar and not having to worry about an airline damaging it. With my signature Ciari guitar, you just fold it up, stick it in its included backpack, and slide it under your seat. Ciari has changed the game,...
