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      DEC/30/2009  
      3 Acoustics Tour  GREGOR HILDEN, RICHIE ARNDT, TIMO GROSS: "3 ACOUSTICS TOUR" 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
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DEC/21/2009     DEC/07/2009  
Lubos Bena 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 format.   Risa Ukulele NEW METAL & WOODEN UKES
Amistar has just finished the next reso ukes for the RISA Co., Germany.

1. RISA/Amistar Reso-Uke, Style 3 "Lily-of-the-Valley" engraving, Bell-brass body, Nickelplated, acoustic, Tenor scale, Mahogany neck

2. RISA/Amistar Reso-Uke, Wooden model, Mahogany body and neck, Vintage parts, acoustic, Concert scale

For more info contact: www.ukulele.de
 
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DEC/02/2009     NOV/22/2009  
Jonathan JONATHAN NEWS Dear friends, I invite you to visit my web page at www.myspace.com . You can find my songs, photos, videos with my Amistar Tricone there. I hope you enjoy it. (Jonathan)   Style6  AMISTAR HAS FINISHED THE NEW ENGRAVED PATTREN Tricone STYLE 6 "AUTUMN LEAVES". Can be made on all metal body models in Vintage or Nickeplated finish. 
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NOV/12/2009     NOV/12/2009  
WHF-2009 Lubos Bena an Amistar player & his friend a singer and harp player Matej Ptaszek were honored as the Hohner Newcomer of 2009 and they performed at the World Harmonica Festival 2009 in Trossingen, Germany. You can see some pictures from the festival.   PAPA GEORGE NEWSLETTER NOV/09/2009 Hi Blues friends. You will find that Papa George (Amistar player) is extending his social networking, so, if you're on any, or some, of the sites listed, I'm sure he'd be happy to hear from you. Download newsletter here.
 
         
         
OCT/26/2009     OCT/25/2009  
NEW AMISTAR STAGER BOUZOUKI AND OCTAVE MANDOLIN
- Vintage finish
- 8 string
- Duotone system
  AMISTAR AT YOUTUBE.COM
Here are some of videos from a resophonic player called Bottleneck John. You can see and listen to sound of Tricone, Single Cone, Tricone & Singlecone compared together
... and more at youtube.com.
 

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SEP/24/2009     SEP/24/2009  
RICHIE ARNDT & TIMO GROSS from Germany have finished an all accoustic album. They recorded several tracks with their Amistar guitars. The album will be out in Decebmer 2009 and Amistar guitars will be use during their tour. We will bring other news as soon as possible.   PEDRO GALHOZ plays Amistar Delta Queen Duotrone with his rock Portuguese band called Plastica Music.
 

 

   

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SEP/15/2009     SEP/08/2009  
NEWS FROM BARCELONA
"Hi Amistar. Finaly we made the recoring I told you when I rote you asking for the guitar. The new CD "Shine" will be out next week and Im really happy with it. Last week I met Bob Brozman and we made a gig together. For me it was
very important because I admire his tecnique but I got surprised when
he said the same about me". CHINO from Spain plays the special custom made Amistar 14fret Tricone, Vintage, Duotone.
 
  LUBOS BENA: AMERIKANISCHE LANDMUSIC Interview for New Scene: Akustik Gitarre 05/2009.Von Stefan Woldach: Elvis spielte den ‚Jailhouse Rock‘. Johnny Cash trat im ‚Folsom Prison‘ auf. Auch Lubos Bena und Matej Ptaszek waren im Gefängnis. Das tschechisch-slowakische Duo nahm sein aktuelles Album im Gefängnis von Mirov ... more
         
AUG/26/2009     AUG/26/2009  
AMISTAR HAS MOVED Dear Amistar friend, partners and fans. I would like to inform you that we moved our company to the new bigger house and better bigger spaces. Since September 1st we stay at the new address.   STOLEN INSTRUMENT ALERT Just letting you guys know that I got the stolen Amistar Tricone back 2 weks ago and have been using it to finish up my new CD that will be out Oct. 20th. I used it on 4 cuts and I will send them to you when I get the CD mastered and finished. I am very glad to have her back and will be using her first thing in the morning on Mason Douglas’ CD for Rural Rhythm Records. I hope all is well over there. -Sincerely, Randy Kohrs
         
         
         
AUG/26/2009   JUL/07/2009  
RISA/AMISTAR METAL UKULELE
- Concert Scale
- Bell -brass body
- Vintage  finish
- "Garden Flower" engraving
- Mahogany neck
- Amistar Uke Biscuit piezo pickup

More information:
RISA Musical Instruments
Mr. Rigk Sauer, www.ukulele.de

 
  GUITARIST OF THE YEAR 2001 Gwyn Athton, this great South Australia's blues-rock guitar player presented his new CD and the Amistar Stager model on his Czech Tour 2009.

"Hi Franta & Amistar. I would like to say thank you for letting me use your wonderful guitar. It sounded, looked and felt great!" -Gwyn Ashton
 
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JUN/25/2009     JUN/25/2009  
TENOR FOR JOE CRAVEN Amistar has just finished the custom Tenor guitar for te geat US musician Joe Craven - a member of the D. Grisman Quintet and many more.

"My incredible AMISTAR custom resonator tenor guitar! The most beautiful and the best quality resonator tenor I’ve ever played! Thank you, Amistar, for building such an amazing instrument! Thank you as well, Todd! This guitar really surpassed my expectations. I will proudly show this off to folks, perform and record with it. The tenor project is coming, (it slowed down at the moment due to summer touring) I'll get back to it this Fall. All the Best". -Joe Craven
 
  THE MIROV PRISONERS christen with non-alcohol strawberry – champagne. On the 26th of May 2009, the blues duo Beňa & Ptaszek came back to the prison to christen their new album: Beňa & Ptaszek v kriminále. Those behind the iron bars became the christening-fathers of this album with the prison band: Work Therapy. "Have you got a knife" joked the Amistar player Lubos Bena when he couldn't open the champagne at the hardened prison of Mirov during the christening of their new album. "Inside this album are all of your authentic voices, applause and atmosphere" Lubos Bena , told to the convicted murderers.
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MAY/19/2009     MAY/13/2009  
AMISTARS JAZZ QUARTET at the International Blues Festival in Kolin, Czech Repulic May 16th, 2009. Franta Javurek plays Amistar wooden Tenor guitar.   A DAY AT MUSIKMESSE in Frankfurt. At Amistar, I once again bumped into Claus Boesser-Ferarri and Woody Mann, both of whom freuently perform with Amistar resonator instruments ... and a demonstration by Slovakian blues man Lubos Bena served up convincing resonator tones ... more.
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MAY/13/2009     APR/14/2009  
TOKIO UCHIDA (JP) the Amistar player on a Japan Tour 2009 wih Bob Brozman(US). see follwing video, Tokio plays wooden Amistar Stager.   NEW MODELS You can see and download new Amistar models presented at Musik Messe 2009 in Frankfurt (D). The special painted custom model Triolian Single Cone or Tricone and Vintage Tricone Stager with thin body without feedback on the stage.

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APR/06/2009     MAR/23/2009  
AMISTAR AT MUSIK MESSE 2009 Same as every year (April 1-4, 2009) Amistar presented may new model of resophonic guitars in Frankfurt (D). A lot f great players visited the Amistar booth - Woody Mann (USA), Dave Goodman (CA), Claus B. Ferrari (DE) and many more. The Blues Duo Beňa & Ptaszek played their Music of the Mississippi River for all fans of Amistar instruments. More info will come soon!
 
  AMISTAR AT THE PRISON In the autumn of 2008, an Amistar player Lubos Bena from Slovakia and his Czech accomplice Matej Ptaszek found themseles behind the bars of Mírov. However, they did not start their prison term here. They came to play the Mississippi River blues. The concert was recorded by Studio Indies to preserve the authentic atmosphere of the performance, which you can become a part of while listening to this cd "Bena & Ptaszek at the prison".

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MAR/10/2009     FEB/26/2009  
HI MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN MONZ I´m from Munich, Germany and I play Guitar in a little Ragtimebluesbnd. Around 1 Year ago I bought an Amistar Crossroas Style "0". Wow ... man, that guitar is absolute great. I never owned a better guitar than that...   RICHIE OVENS & AMISTAR
Richie Owens has went on to produce, engineer, and or perform with everyone from the Georgia Satellites to Dolly Parton. Alway active in the music community with his band The Farm Bureau. Owens plays the Custom-engraved Amistar Tricone with Duotone system.

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FEB/12/2009     FEB/12/2009  
REVIEW FROM VINTAGETENORSGUITARS.COM
I became aware that Amistar Resophonic Instruments in the Czech Republic have re-started the radtion of building resonator instruments in the style of the U.S. Dopyera Brothers, also of Czech heritage, who established National Guitars and Dobro Guitars in the U.S. in the 1920s and 30s. For more info download pdf format.
 
  PRESTON REED WITH HIS AMISTAR GUITAR is going to Australia at the end of February 2009 for his first Australian tour. We hope that audience will love the Amitar resophonic sound in the hands of this great guitarist and we wish him a big success during this tour. Here you have the Guitar Buyer and Guitarist magazine articles in pdf formats on Preston where the Amistar got a mention.

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FEB/09/2009     JAN/25/2009  
NEWS FROM BELGIUM
Bart Peeters
(plays AMISTAR Brown Sugar Duotone) won 1 award for The Best Dutch Song, but Milow Amistar Duolian Duotne)won 5 awards: The best Solo Man - The Best Videoclip - The Best Pop - The Most Downloads on the net - The Best Song. He won this with the videoclip
"Ayo Technology" and the only one instrument in the clip is Amistar Duolian Duotone Vintage. He bought the guitar from the great Amistar Belgian partner The Guitar Villa Co.
 
  AMISTAR CUSTOM SHOP New 12string Tricone will come to Denmark.
- Style 3 "Lily-of-the-Valley" engraving
- Maple neck
- Duotone system
- Nickelplated

 

 

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JAN/16/2009     JAN/08/2009  
GREAT AMISTAR STARS "Blues & Jazz Virtuoso" Woody Mann's Japan tour went successfuly. or this tour, Woody ture with his good friend Tokio Uchida who is a Japanese well-known accoustic blues fingerpicking guitarist. And as a special guest, another Japanese excellent guitarist Rynten Okazaki.
www.tab-guitar-school.co.jp
 

RETRO BLUES This band creates spontaneous atmosphere on the stage and for the audience as well. Two bluesmen from the Czech Republic. Petr "Dzetro" Ritzka plays resophoni guitar and he sings in native language (which is Czech) and writes Czech lyrics to the blues traditionals. Nowadays is second member harp player and resophonic guitar player Lubos Khyr. His own songs are mostly folk based, but ground is the blues.

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