Merry Music Zoo Christmas

All of us at The Music Zoo would like to wish you a Merry Christmas. Here's to warming your feet by the fire with a sweet parlor acoustic, leading your family in song. Or, ignoring them completely while shredding through the Marshall in the basement. Whatever gets you through the holidays! We were nice this year, so our hopes are high that we'll get the top item on our wish list - this Jimmy Page "Stormtrooper" Limited Edition sculpture:

Gretsch Knows How To Party

A few weeks back we had the privilege of hanging out at the Gretsch 125th Anniversary "Big Event" Concert in New York City. We loved seeing Fountains of Wayne, David Lee (pictured below), and the All-Star Band (pictured above) featuring GE Smith (Saturday Night Live), Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Andy Hess (Gov't Mule), and Tim Reis and Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones) all rock out in the stellar Highline Ballroom. Our thanks to Gretsch for throwing a killer party and our congratulations on 125 Years.

You Say It's Your Birthday: Billy Gibbons

Billy F. Gibbons is the King Midas of rock and roll; everything he touches becomes immeasurably cooler. From hot rod cars to hot rodded guitars, Billy can do no wrong by us. He turns 59 today.

And the 3rd Batch Colors Are....

Charvel® announced the 3rd Batch colors for USA Production San Dimas today: Candy Purple, Slime Green, and Pagan Gold. The low-priced, USA-made guitars have been a big hit. New colors! Rejoice.

To Hell and Back: Extreme Relics

Larry Acunto profiles The Music Zoo's latest custom runs in the December issue of 20th Century Guitar magazine. From our Tom Murphy Ultra Aged Gibson Les Pauls to the superbad Nitro Aged Charvel® San Dimas guitars and Fender® Masterbuilt Ultimate Relic Stratocasters®, these guitars will have you doing double-takes. Click the cover image above to launch a photo gallery of the entire article.

What We're Watching: That Metal Show

VH1 has a new talk show that promises to deliver Heavy Metal gods and make them wither under punishing talk-format scrutiny. What it delivers is Yngwie Malmsteen being asked, "Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath" to which he replied, "Deep Purple." We like Yngwie even more now.