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NAMM 2012 Wrap up

Knaggs Guitars — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:14:34 +0000

We would like to thank everyone for visiting us at the show and playing our guitars. Thank you for your feedback and compliments, we are truly grateful for your thoughts and opinions. You made our first NAMM show special!

Guitar Player NAMM 2012 issue: Choptank T2, Kenai T2 and Keya T2

Knaggs Guitars — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:23:01 +0000

“Next time you are in a store that offers Knaggs instruments among their upscale offerings, take one for a test drive and prepare to be impressed.” (www.guitarplayer.com)

Read the full review in Guitar Player NAMM 2012 issue.

Guitar Player NAMM 2012 issue: Choptank T2, Kenai T2 and Keya T2

Guitar Player NAMM 2012 issue: Choptank T2, Kenai T2 and Keya T2

Guitar Player NAMM 2012 issue: Choptank T2, Kenai T2 and Keya T2

NAMM Day 3

Knaggs Guitars — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:37 +0000

Marcus (POD) loving the Severn … we’ll make one for him

Austin Ellis giving a little performance on a Kipawa

Ritschie Faulkner (Judas Priest) speeding on a Kenai

Ryan (Michael Bolton) was very impressed with the Kenai

Rich Eckardt (Toby Keith) looking for the Nashville twang … finding it in a Choptank

NAMM Day 2

Knaggs Guitars — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:53:01 +0000

Incredibly talented and nice Angie Swan (Will.I.am, Natalia Kills, Boney James) Liking a Severn Trem model in Medoc

Joe, Jordanis Sountoulidis from our beloved German distributor Sound Service and Steve Pisani, GTR Store NYC

Johnny Bosco, Joe and Cristina Yelamos from Madrid, Spain

Awesome and talented kids trying our guitars

NAMM Day 1

Knaggs Guitars — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:28:33 +0000

Jason Adamo rocking the Severn

Eric Martin (Martin Music Memphis), Pete & Joe

Brian Meader (Guitar Sanctuary, Texas) with the Keya

Ralph Perucci meeting Kenai T2

Wolf Hoffmann (Accept) and a Kenai T2

NAMM 2012: set up day

Knaggs Guitars — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:40:19 +0000

Andy Fuchs trying a Choptank T2 through his demo rig

Chena and Kenai on stands … 4:30 pm … puh ...

Second rack with a Kipawa, Choptank, Kenai and Keya

Pete rocking a Keya through a Fuchs Train 45 – loud!

Knaggs fork lift

Knaggs @ NAMM 2012: # 5398, Hall B

Knaggs Guitars — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:00:43 +0000

(Photo: Pete)

Chesapeake “Choptank” (Tier 2) in Medoc

Knaggs Guitars — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:52:45 +0000

Influence “Kenai” (Tier 3) in Winter Solstice

Knaggs Guitars — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:40:11 +0000

Chesapeake Electric “Severn” (Tier: 2), Hickoryburst

Knaggs Guitars — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:11:01 +0000

Chesapeake Electric “Severn” (Tier: 2), Hickoryburst (Photo: Willcutt Music)

Guitar Aficionado Winter 2012

Knaggs Guitars — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:28:59 +0000

“Joe Knaggs has put his own imprint on classic designs in a meaningful way. This is especially apparent with the Kenai, which takes the best features of a fifties humbucker-equipped solid body – no nonsense build and superlative tone – and brings them to a special place with its distinctively modern look and playability”

Guitar Aficionado Winter 2012 - Kenai

Read the full review/feature in Guitar Aficionado’s ‘Wine issue’, Winter 2012, available on news-stands until the end of February 2012.

Influence “Keya” (Tier 2) in Golden Natural

Knaggs Guitars — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:21:03 +0000

Stuart Fraser’s Keya (Tier 1) Ocean Blue quilt top in the making – UPDATE

Knaggs Guitars — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:35:11 +0000

The Knaggsters with Stuart Fraser's guitar on January 10, 2012 after it just got completed. From left to right: Lukas Fronzoli, John Ingram, Danny Dedo, Peter & Joe, Scott Shirley and Will Schuyler. Missing in this shot are Dean Nitsch who is running the Knaggs wood shop and Steve Baumgardner who took the picture.

Stuart’s guitar is a beautiful Keya T1 in Ocean Blue with sea shell finger board inlays and a sea horse on the head stock. The instrument features an exceptional quilted maple top on Mahogany back, 2 volume and tone controls with push-pull option to tap the Fralin True PAF humbuckers for single coil sounds. It is stringed with Stuart’s favorite gauge 12 – 56.

Stuart Fraser is one of Australia’s most influential and well known guitar players who has been recording and touring with John Farnham (the voice), Olivia Newton-John and his own Band Noiseworks, featuring one of Australia’s best singers, Jon Stevens. Peter met Stuart in Sydney in 1998 during a series of clinics and they became friends and stayed in touch over the years.

We are excited to have built the first instrument for our friend Stuart as Noiseworks are preparing to record their new album in Sydney in the coming weeks. We will post more pictures and hopefully sound clips as soon as we can. Please check out Stuart’s work on Wikepedia, YouTube and other community pages.

Welcome to the Knaggs family Stuart and Sabina Fraser!

Scott holding the guitar after neck/body assembly (Photo: Pete)

Stuart's Keya T1 waiting for assembly (Photo: Pete)

Stuart Fraser’s Keya, Tier 1 (Photo: Pete)

UPDATE:

Stuart Fraser playing his Keya T1 (Photo: Noiseworks)

Just in from Stuart Fraser in Australia … talking about his Keya T1 in Ocean Blue:

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!
This guitar is absolutely stunning, it feels fantastic (so light), it looks unbelievable and the sound…WOW.
The bridge design is wonderful, it resonates the whole guitar incredibly well.
The pick-ups you suggested have such a unique voice, unlike any other guitar that I have heard. Splitting to single coil they really shimmer. Humbucker mode has a midrange honk that is pure AC/DC…LOVE IT. Having the ability to split pickups individually offers an extremely wide tonal palette.
The overall finish on the guitar, the quality of the wood, frets and fret board, chunky neck, machine heads, logo, Sea Horse and shell inlays is exquisite.
I’m in love.

Interview: Peter Wolf’s Entrepreneurial Spark at Work Building Brands and Writing Songs

Knaggs Guitars — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:23:46 +0000

Peter Wolf with a Knaggs Keya T3 model (Photo: Steven Baumgardner)

With his formidable music industry connections and hard won experience, international marketer Peter Wolf launched his company, Brandwolf, while working his magic getting the word out on the new Knaggs Guitar brand and producing his own brand of music. We first met Pete during his time at Paul Reed Smith Guitars, where he served the company as its Director of Global Sales and Marketing. He’d begun his tenure at PRS when the company was in its infancy and was a key team player, as PRS Guitars became one of the most respected guitar brands in the world. That experience, coupled with his prior marketing and sales work in Europe have proven to be instrumental in the early success of Brandwolf, but more visibly with the launch and steady growth of Knaggs Guitars …
Read the interview on Guitarinternational.com

Guitar Player’s NAMM 2012 issue

Knaggs Guitars — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:14:54 +0000

Please take a look at Guitar Player’s NAMM 2012 issue on news stand shelves early January, providing reviews of 3 of our instruments. These stunning pictures were taken by GP’s Art Director Paul Haggard:

Knaggs Choptank (Tier 2) in Medoc (Photo: Guitar Player, Paul Haggard)

Knaggs Keya (Tier 2) in Golden Natural (Photo: Guitar Player, Paul Haggard)

Knaggs Kenai (Tier 2) in Faded Onyx (Photo: Guitar Player, Paul Haggard)