My girl is tight with the owners of the latest LA burger craze Umami Burger. When opened the first one on La Brea we were invited over to try it out. First thing I noticed was the logo of course. The burgers are killer!




Zappa Logo

Brother Chuck sends me another old shot.

Hey all you Six String Slingers, especially those in the Bay area, my long time friend and fellow musician, Ed Van Waes is a master Luthier and is now offering his services to the discerning players out there. Not only does Ed do some outstanding guitar work, he is a thumping bass player. We were band mates in a project called Mumbo Jumbo back in Miami and later in the Bay area.

Check out the client list!

CLIENTS

Ed looks at every instrument the same regardless who owns it.

Having said that a few of the 'higher' profile clients are:

Carlos Santana

Lost Lonley Boys

Fall Out Boy

Silver Sun Pickups

Robert Randolf and the Family band

Blind Boys of Alabama

Stroke 9

Vertical Horizon

Mark Kozalek

Thievey Corp.

Origin

Cinderella

LIVE

Flying Frog Brigade

Machine Head

Candlebox

And many more...

Ed also has a current relationship with the 'Paul Green School Rock'
http://www.schoolofrock.com/sanfrancisco/main_school.php
giving regular seminars on guitar maintenance and education.

Check him out, he'll HOOK IT UP!

It is easy to get jaded after you've seen things done a million times over. I love to 60's style "club" bikes but most of those bikes built these days say little about the person that built it and more about a long gone era. I dig that too, but I love to see hand made stuff from today that adds that little detail and personality to a retro build. Most 60's style club bikes today are little more than parts assembled. Don't get me wrong, it's a lot of work either way, it's just gotten to the point that when you see these bikes it could have been built by anyone of a number of people. A big one for me is, I RARELY see these bikes on the road. Generally it's bar to bar, or house to show.

Not this one though. It is rare to see a bike that is organic, elegantly simple, non ego centric, understated, and sexy all in one. Even more so to look at a bike and say there is "something" about this bike, but I don't know what it is. Yep that's it. Something.

Just plain beautiful bike! Fantastic work Tim.

The cats at Chop Cult did a nice write up on the shop. Very appreciative and humbled by the interest and support. Bill, Magoo, and rest of the Cult / Biltwell gang have been really good to me over the years. Between the bikes, rides, booze, women, these dudes have helped me add to my plethora of stories to tell at the next camp out.

Chop Cult