You can find my new band Red Lamb at the following places. Please help support Autism awareness on a global level and support the first band to take action and make a difference. www.redlambofficial.com www.facebook.com/redlamb www.twitter.com/redlambofficial www.youtube.com/relambtv Read more – ‘Red Lamb Info’.
Luthier Darren from Decibel Guitars is certainly years ahead of most in his designs and visions. His Javelin model (and the way it’s bent top is conceived) is certainly a work of art in its execution and innovative construction methods. I have recently viewed Misha Mansoor’s video of him receiving the first production model, so [...] Read more – ‘Decibel Guitars / Dan Spitz Javelin in progress’.
Here is the Spitz DiMarzio prototype #1 set loaded in my Cyan we have been working on. Just have to move the toggle and this model is a crazy sick tone machine. Everything else that comes my way will have to stand next to this quality of build perfection as a test. The knobs read [...] Read more – ‘DiMarzio Spitz Prototypes / Cyan “Proto #1″’.
I stumbled upon luthier Jaden Rose (of the United Kingdom guitar company Jaden Rose Guitars) as I was online searching for the finest and most innovative builders out there for making my new guitar arsenal. I needed a couple of 8 string guitars for future writing of the second CD. I found a [...] Read more – ‘Dan Spitz / Jaden Rose 8 string Guitar in progress’.
I have the good fortune to be offered my own amplifier model from Carol Ann Amplifiers. We’ve been working on an amp together for a long time now and I’ve recently received the first model. I used aCarol Ann for most of the lead guitar work on my new project and contacted them to let them [...] Read more – ‘Carol Ann Amplifier / Dan Spitz model’.
I’ve been working with the incredible pickup designer Steve Blucher at DiMarzio on my own pickups. What a great honor to have the inventor of so many incredible pickups work with me. I’ve received the first prototype set and they are just simply spectacular. Exactly what I requested the first time out of the gate. [...] Read more – ‘DiMarzio Dan Spitz prototype pickups’.
I’ve been quite busy designing and working with some of the finest luthiers in the world on several new guitars for use with Red Lamb. The first guitar I’m co-designing is with Cyan Guitars of Germany. Tom is one of the elite in this world making entire instruments from beginning to end solely by himself. [...] Read more – ‘Red Lamb Guitars in progress / Cyan Germany’.
A lot of guitar players and fans of Paul Reed Smith ( PRS ) Guitars have asked me to see the original drawings of the “Fugly” headstock I designed for Paul Reed Smith Guitars. Here are two of them. The idea came from simply making a 6 in a row style headstock and stretching the [...] Read more – ‘Paul Reed Smith Dan Spitz Headstock Original Drawings’.
I am currently in pre production for “The 12″ Rock Musical in New York. There will also be three preview performances this weekend the 19th, 20th and 21st at The Riverspace theater in Nyack, New York. Tickets for these special preview shows and information regarding the all star Broadway cast and the show can be viewed [...] Read more – ‘“The 12″ Rock Musical’.
Candi, Brendan, Jaden and I will be at the Autism Speaks Walk this coming Sunday (7th) if anyone would like to come say hello and get involved. We (DeuxMonkey) will be doing a lot of wonderful things with Autism Speaks in the near future. Read more – ‘Autism Walk for Autism Speaks’.
Did a wonderful interview with SMN News located at this location: http://www.smnnews.com/2010/03/01/deuxmonkey-dan-spitz-guitar/ Read more – ‘New Music Interview’.
I have just returned from pre production of “The 12“, . A Rock / Musical written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Robert Shenkkan ( don’t forget his Emmy nominations). This was a wonderful experience and I look forward to being part of the global touring starting in March / April that will start in performing [...] Read more – ‘The 12 / Rock Musical’.
I have completed tracking all drum tracks with Patrick Johansson at ‘The Barn” studio south Florida for the new DeuxMonkey CD. DeuxMonkey will continue tracking and be on the road globally before summer 2010. Read more – ‘Drums Tracks Finished’.