Archive for January 2011
Big Apple Concepts is the leader of new and innovative guitar accessories & merchandising. With many years in the entertainment and toy industry, founders Benny Doro & Ed Nijjer new line of guitar accessories promise to lock the player into history and not an era. The elements that make Big Apple Concepts work stand out from the rest is the fact that both Ed Nijjer and Benny Doro have not only many years of experience, but are also musicians themselves. This helps make Big Apple Concepts the driving force of product development and integrity.
Combined with the top artists and sculptors in the industry to bring you sculpted guitar accessories. This is a fresh and new approach to guitar knobs, pick guards, tuning knobs, tail pieces and bridge covers. These designs will please both the player and collector alike. These accessories are works of art that can be used on stage or hung on a wall like a priceless piece of art.
Six years later it’s still hard to believe. As fans around the world gather to remember the 30th anniversary of ex-Beatle John Lennon’s murder, a small but no less dedicated family of music fans will mark Wednesday’s (December 
anniversary of another shocking rock and roll death.
It was six years ago today that beloved Pantera guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, 38, was gunned down in Columbus, Ohio’s Alrosa Villa rock club in front of 250 people by 25-year-old gunman Nathan Gale. As confusion reigned in the club, Gale jumped onstage at the beginning of a set by Abbott’s then-new band, Damageplan, pumping several bullets at close range into the guitarist before opening fire on the crowd and killing three others. A police officer responding to the scene killed Gale a short time later with a single shotgun blast to the chest. 
