John Oates goes Voyage-Air

Remember the music of Hall and Oates from the 70's-80's? They made chart-topping hits like "Rich Girl" and "Sara Smile", and went on to make 10 number-one albums and sell over 80 million records as the most successful musical duo in rock history. Whoa!

Recently, John Oates became interested in the Voyage-Air guitar: "When I first looked at it," said John, "...my first impression was wow, anything that comes apart like that... But the mechanism on the guitar is really interesting and well-engineered. The first time I unsnapped it and then snapped it back together I thought 'this thing is going to be all loose', but it's great! It's really tight and it plays well. It's a great guitar and a cool concept."

John Oates also put some light on what it's like to go on tour as a rock star: "I really never take a guitar when I travel. Fact is, the guitars are locked up and I never really see them unless I'm playing them on stage! My guitars at home in Colorado pretty much stay in Colorado. But having a Voyage-Air has made me rethink taking a guitar along."

His plans for the Voyage-Air? "I've already been telling people about it. In fact, I'll be taking it on tour. I've got a gig with Darryl at a music festival in Jamaica. I'm definitely taking it along."

Yeah! Check back for updates as John Oates hits the road with his Voyage-Air guitar!

It Passed the Audition:Voyage-Air ONSTAGE with Sir Paul McCartney

Okay, straight up front: we knew that Rusty Anderson really liked his new Voyage-Air guitar. Yep, we knew that. He told us so.

Then we found out that Rusty was playing his Voyage-Air guitar at rehearsal with the Paul McCartney band, just before their tour kick-off concert in Hamburg, Germany. And yes - we've got a link where you can see a quick video of that: click here.

And NOW we find out that Rusty Anderson is playing that same guitar ONSTAGE for the current Paul McCartney 'Good Evening Europe' tour. Serious. Rusty Anderson is playing the Voyage-Air VAOM-1C guitar ONSTAGE - right now, on this Paul McCartney tour.

We didn't know. Rusty didn't tell us, and for sure, this was his own guitar of choice to use ONSTAGE. No contracts, no payoff, no BS. This is his choice - and he picks Voyage-Air.

Here's a medley from that concert: "A Day in the Life, and Give Peace a Chance," and yep: that's Rusty playing his Voyage-Air guitar.
CLICK HERE.

The Paul McCartney 'Good Evening Europe' tour runs December 2 - December 22, 2009. For more information, check www.paulmccartney.com

Voyage-Air goes On Tour with Paul McCartney

A few weeks ago, Rusty Anderson got his first Voyage-Air guitar. Rusty ... who? Okay: Rusty Anderson has supplied soaring guitar work for the likes of Elton John, Willie Nelson and Gwen Stefani. Most notably, he has been Paul McCartney’s right-hand man for the last nine years - both in the studio and on a number of record-breaking world tours.

So get this: Right now, Rusty is on tour with the Paul McCartney band, and on December 2nd, they kicked off their Good Evening Europe tour - their first live concerts in Europe in over five years.

Last week, they posted a quick video of the band doing final rehearsals for opening night in Hamburg, Germany. And here's Rusty in the video, playing his guitar of choice: the Voyage-Air! Click here for the Paul McCartney.com website and the page that shows the video.

Or, click here for a copy of that video hosted on our own site.

Know that Rusty Anderson has dozens of stage guitars to choose from. He chose to use the Voyage-Air for this video because it's convenient, easy to play and sounds great... just like he told us when he first got the guitar. Get your hands on a Voyage-Air guitar and see, hear and play for yourself... what Rusty and dozens of other top musicians are finding out now.

UPDATE: Yep. Rusty played that same Voyage-Air guitar ONSTAGE on the opening night of the Paul McCartney tour in Hamburg. Whoa!

Voyage-Air Gets 4-Star Rating from Guitarist Magazine

Just out in the December/January issue of Guitarist Magazine (Australia), is a full review of the Voyage-Air VAD-2 Dreadnought guitar. Noted for brutal honesty in gear reviews, Guitarist was skeptical that the VAD-2 could hold its own against traditional guitars.

Yet here's what they had to say: "We were extremely surprised on the first strum of this instrument. Our preconceptions about how it might sound were not only challenged but completely destroyed. This guitar sounds great! There is a noticeable clarity in the bottom end that you would expect to find in the highest of quality acoustic instruments. Every note and chord is fat but also clear."

And in summary: "As far as acoustic guitars go, the Voyage Air is a great instrument. It has everything you would expect of a guitar in its price range and more. While the folding down of the guitar would appear to be a gimmick, the quality of the tones created and the craftsmanship gives it a clear advantage over other acoustics in its class."

Click on the picture to read the full review. And thank you, Guitarist Magazine. Now: get your own Voyage-Air guitar and be as surprised as they were!

Bridgette Tatum & Lorna Flowers & a Tale of 2 Voyage-Air Guitars

Overheard at a recent performance with Lorna Flowers and Bridgette Tatum:

Lorna says: "So I’m at a club one night and I look over and see this one (pointing at Bridgette) taking my guitar out of the case, my Martin aluminum body guitar, and I think to myself: (what a) Cheeky Woman helping herself to my guitar AND she’s made it left handed!

"I then realized that we (had been) playing identical Martin guitars. So we met and vowed to write a song on these guitars. Now here we are (onstage) years later, and we are playing the same guitar Again!

"These are both Voyage-Air Guitars, the amazing thing about them is that they bend in the middle. We both play these (Voyage-Air Guitars) and they sound amazing and we take them with us everywhere. The first time I ever played this guitar out, my friend said, 'Don’t ever play another guitar ... that (Voyage-Air) one sounds great."

Whoa! These are seriously talented and famous lady guitarists. Their careers and music have both evolved, but they both came to the same place when it was time to choose a top-quality guitar to take on the road, and play on the stage: Voyage-Air.

Here's the video: