NOV/09/2010
AMISTAR RESOFEST 2011 Weekend of May 20-21, 2011. International resophonic festival in Kladno City, Czech republic. Many concerts, workshops and exhibitions of resophonic instruments, jam sessions and a lot of the great Czech Beer for all musicians and visitors!

Attention: Bands, musicians and visitors, who plan to attend the Amistar Resofest 2011, please, feel free to contact Franta Javurek, the Amistar president, for details: amistar@amistar.cz. Accommodation details and all other directions will be published soon.

 

OCT/18/2010
WOODEN UKE Amistar finished the next new wooden Uke model Amistar Reso-uke for Risa.
- Rosewood body
- Mahogany neck
- Tenor scale
- Vintage parts

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OCT/13/2010
CUSTOM ENGRAVING Amistar just finished the unique custom made engraving on the Style O, Vintage "Style 4 Chrysanthemum" and "Twin Radio Towers Atop The Hemispheres". Unique 1929 special pattern made by the pre-war National Co. just on the mandolin.

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SEPT/30/2010
Amicaster Metal Amistar has finished the next custom made Amicaster Metal in the "Rusty“finish. This special bluesy piece was made for the great German jazz & blues guitarist
Mona S´ Wing. She used this model at the Czech Acoustic Country Jazz Blues festival Kladenska Fortuna with the Amistar Swing Quartet on the 18th September, 2010.

- 1-piece copper body
- Canadian maple neck
- Rosewood fingerboard
- Kluson Style vintage machines
- Duotone system
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AUG/25/2010
NEW DESIGNED AMISTAR Tricone Coverplate in Vintage finish.

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AUG/16/2010
SEAN CARNEY AND LUBOS BENA. Slovakian Amistar guitar player, Lubos Bena with help of Amistar Guitars has arranged for several concerts with The Sean Carney Band (2007 International Blues Challenge Winner) in July in The Czech and The Slovak Republics. They have played most dynamically together, in several jam sessions, behind the old iron curtain. The Sitno Blues Festival was the grand finale and was deeply felt by the Slovak mountain folk and surrounding countries.



 

JUN/04/2010
TERRI CLARK PLAYS AMISTAR TRICONE. Terri Lynn Sauson born August 5, 1968 in Montreal, Quebec, known professionally as Terri Clark, is a Canadian country music artist who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Watch the video Gypsy Boots by Terri Clark with Amistar Tricone Vintage.






 

MAY/12/2010
JONATHAN GAUDET (CA) plays the Amistar Tricone Style 1, Vintage, Duotone. Here is the mp3 from The Jonathan Gaudet Hot Four new single, "Shake your Moneymaker". The song is from the album Carnaval.








 

APR/26/2010
AMISTAR ON ON THE ROAD
Hi Franta, I've been on the road, just got back from China. China and Shanghai is crazy, but great place. It was a good tour. I had my Amistar Stager with me. The Chinese never saw anything like it. Now that I am traveling with 2 guitars - the new Martin and yours - I'm thinking of trying another sound. I've been using the original Stager, as it sounds best amplified. I'm thinking of the Amistar wood body resonator with pickups. Hopefully we can see each other next time I’m over in the fall - certainly the next Musik Messe. -Woody Mann.

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APR/15/2010
TRICONE "RUSTY" DUOTONE
The next new model presented and the last
Musik Messe 2010
- Special vintage - patina finish
- Duotone system

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This new guitar was called at the Messe the "Titanic" model !

 

APR/11/2010
A MESSAGE FROM MUSIK MESSE 2010
"I had a very good experience at the Frankfurt Music Fair this year. I met some very nice people at the Amistar booth and had the chance to create melodies on a new kind of instrument, an "Amicaster Metal", which is a Telecaster style resonator guitar with awesome sound and playability. That
is what I was looking for..." Mona S Wing.

Amicaster Metal
- 1-piece body & maple neck
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APR/01/2010
JEREMY SPENCER PLAYS STAGER
I used it extensively on the recording of the 'In Session' and 'Precious Little' CDs. It mikes excellently ... more.









 

MAR/03/2010
THE 1st NEW AMISTAR RESOPHONIC MANDOLIN
- Bell - brass body
- Finish in Nickel or Vintage
- Maple neck
- 6" Cone
- Biscuit pickup and engraving available
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FEB/19/2010
AMISTAR HISTORY: RESOSTONE
Do you know this story? This new idea arose during the Christmas time of 2005. Franta Javurek met the young Prague sculptor Mr. Jan Rericha. who told Franta that he made a stone violin from a special metamorphic acoustic marble Vesde Quatemala, 270 million years old ... more.






 

DEC/21/2009
GREGOR HILDEN, RICHIE ARNDT & TIMO GROSS
Wenn drei renommierte deutsche Blues-Gitarristen sich zu einem gemeinsamen Projekt zusammenschließen, ist dies allein schon ein Grund, gespannt zu sein. Die drei Ausnahmegitarristen Gregor Hilden, Richie Arndt und Timo Gross haben dies getan und verlassen sich dabei ganz auf ihr Können und ihr Gespür für das Besondere. Herausgekommen ist ein Album, das in der deutschen ... more.




 

DEC/21/2009
AMISTAR AT RADIO CLASSIC 21 BLUES:
Every month, Classic 21 offers listeners the Blues Café, private concert inviting more biggest names in blues from Belgium and abroad. The Blues Cafe is recorded live and broadcast Live Classic 21 Blues. Francis Delvaux will present on the 14th, December 2009 live show Lubos Bena (plays Amitar Stager) & Matej Ptaszek (vocal, Hohner harps). You can listen to this show in ... mp3.