August 2024 – Get Up And Dance To The Music! Part I
CRAVE Guitars’ latest music genre article is Part I of a 2-Part exploration of Dance and Dance Music. Part I covers pre-history up to the mid-20th Century.
July 2024 – The Fender Stratocaster at 70 and Counting: An Alternative Perspective
CRAVE (Cool & Rare American Vintage Electric) Guitars pays homage to the cultural and musical icon that is the venerable Fender Stratocaster solid body electric guitar on its 70th anniversary in 2024.
June 2024 – Heavy Metal: A Periodic Table
CRAVE Guitars takes another in‑depth examination of a major modern music genre, this time exploring the myriad twists and turns of (Heavy) Metal. It’s heavy man. Let’s Rock!
May 2024 – Artificial Intelligence takes on Vintage Guitars: Part III
CRAVE Guitars concludes its three‑part odyssey into Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) view of vintage guitars and the wider music industry, as well as a few philosophical thoughts for good measure.
April 2024 – Artificial Intelligence takes on Vintage Guitars: Part II
Continuing CRAVE Guitars’ exploration into how the 21st Century technological marvel of Artificial Intelligence (AI) attempts to make sense of the heritage world of vintage guitars, this time in images.
March 2024 – Artificial Intelligence takes on Vintage Guitars: Part I
Explore how the 21st Century phenomenon of Artificial Intelligence (AI) attempts to make sense of the heritage world of vintage guitars.
February 2024 – Zen and the Art of CRAVE Guitars Design
A brief look at the development and evolution of the graphic designs underpinning the CRAVE Guitars brand image since 2007.
January 2024 – A Brief History of the Bass Guitar
With the recent addition of CRAVE Basses to the CRAVE Guitars, Amps and Effects family, an opportunity presents itself to explore the history, development and future of the bass guitar including the instruments, equipment, artists and music that have helped to shape, earn and consolidate its rightful place in contemporary music.
December 2023 – CRAVE Guitars: Three Years in Review
An annual review of 2023 including a retrospective of CRAVE Guitars over the past three years. Roll on 2024.
November 2023 – Musical Machinations
Exploring and discovering new contemporary music and how we make the most of it.
October 2023 – Return to and from obscurity
An explanation for CRAVE Guitars’ 3-year hiatus.
September 2023 – Adventures in Ambient: Music of Another Dimension
An exploration into the past, current and future of ambient electronica music and the technology, key artists, sub-genres and some mielstone studio albums that helped to define the genre.