Case J2 Semi-Hollow Double Cutaway DOTM

Design Of The Month

It is only two weeks till Christmas, can you believe it? This year has gone by really fast and what better gift to celebrate Christmas with than one of these beautiful guitars. The J2 is from Case Guitars with whom the designer/maker (Jon Case) has been making exquisite guitars for many years and he produces handmade in the UK. So thats another reason you should love his work even though the guitars can easily hold up their own. The guitar has a unique style of its own that you don't really see on other Semi-Hollow bodies and he has really fine tuned the subtle details that make it an outstanding guitar. With Maple bookmatched and showing through, both colours look great and I am sure many other colours would look equally good. A classic guitar design aesthetic with a modern take that anybody would be proud to own.

FIDLAR Live

Last Thursday evening i went to see FIDLAR play in the 02 Academy 3. I have to say I prefer the smaller venues especially for bands like this because you get a more intimate feel with the band and even standing at the opposite side of the room from the stage, you are still really close and you can see and hear everything pretty easily. That is to say as long as no huge men decide to stand right in front of you when there is easily enough room anywhere else not obstructing anyones view grrr.
If there is anything that can make you feel old. The majority of the crowd was 15 year old boys. And to make matters worse when they played any song with even the slightest bit of energy, the kids started doing borderline gay action I.E. hopping around against somebody they don't know and who are quite happily just standing watching the show.
The show was extremely fast paced and full of energy which was to be expected with the main set lasting about 45 mins. They played all the hits from the album you would want to hear and it was funny to see the lead singer embracing the UK in a Union Jack tee. They were for sure one of my favourite live performances and I am interested to see where their next album will take them, be that staying in the same vein as the debut or experimenting in some other area, who knows? But I'm excited. :)