{"id":420,"date":"2024-02-03T22:44:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T22:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/?page_id=420"},"modified":"2025-03-13T03:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T03:33:31","slug":"artists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/?page_id=420","title":{"rendered":"Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We are fortunate to have many very talented musicians playing our guitars.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This page is to recognize and thank all of the hard-working musicians who do so! We’re a pretty small company and can’t afford to give guitars away for free. Some of these players have major endorsements with other companies but still buy our guitars. I guess we couldn’t ask for a better compliment. It means the world to us! So, check them out; visit their websites; buy their music; go see them in concert and support live music!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Bill is a long-time endorsee of Alsip Guitars.\u00a0 We are honored to have a player of his caliber as a part of our family. Not only is Bill and original member in the band, “FireHouse”, but he also records his own original music.\u00a0 You need to check that stuff out too if you’re a fan of virtuoso guitar-laden music!<\/p>

Bill plays a custom DC neck-through model<\/a> with Seymour Duncan Pickups and a Floyd Rose Tremolo.\u00a0 Check out his band FireHouse<\/a> or his original music here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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People ask us all the time if we make basses.\u00a0 We do, maybe not as often as we make guitars, but here’s the proof.\u00a0 Allen is a great addition to FireHouse and we sure are glad to have him on our artist roster!<\/p>

Allen plays a custom bass that is based on our DC neck-through model<\/a>.\u00a0 Check out the band FireHouse<\/a> online or catch a live show to see Allen tearing it up on his Alsip bass guitar!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Phil is the lead guitarist in Def Leppard*, arguably one of rock music’s biggest rock bands of all time. Phil is a great player and a long-time friend of Alsip Guitars.\u00a0 We are humbled that he plays our guitars even though he has his own signature line of guitars. They say, “variety is the spice of life”.\u00a0 And we are thrilled that Phil digs our guitars enough to have a few.<\/p>

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*Phil Collen\/Def Leppard is not affiliated with this company for promotional purposes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Scott shares guitar duties with Jason Null in the band Saving Abel.\u00a0 \u00a0Here’s what Scott thinks of the guitar we built for him: “I\u2019ve been playing guitar for F#$%in\u2019 ever. This guitar makes me rethink everything\u2026and it\u2019s now a part of the arsenal!” \u2013 Scott Bartlett<\/p>

You can catch Scott playing a custom Tejas-T guitar with a hand-carved heart representing his charity.\u00a0 Check out the band Saving Abel<\/a> online or catch a live show!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Frank is a long-time friend of Alsip Guitars.\u00a0 We are honored to have him playing our guitars.\u00a0 \u00a0Not only is Frank an original member in the band, “Tesla”, but he also records music under his own name.\u00a0 \u00a0Frank is one of those guys that seems to know how to play any song you could think of.\u00a0 He loves playing and is always looking to “sit-in” with a band after the show.\u00a0 \u00a0So, don’t be surprised if you catch him sitting in with a local band at a bar later that night after Tesla has rocked a show in your town!<\/p>

Frank plays both our custom DC neck-through model<\/a> and our Tejas series<\/a>\u00a0guitars with Seymour Duncan Pickups and a Floyd Rose Tremolo.\u00a0 Check out his band Tesla<\/a> or his solo project here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Jason Woodward is social media and stage phenom who is gaining popularity at an insane rate. He is world class improv guitarist who’s fingerboard prowess seamlessly transitions from one genre to the next. Jason is a self-taught multi-instrument artist with over three decades of experience in performing.<\/p>

Jason plays a custom VLP model<\/a> with a custom Smoke and Ember hand dyed finish on a 5a flame maple top which is mounted to a Honduran Mahogany body. This axe is also equipped with a 5 ply purple heart and maple thru neck, custom dragon etched Bare Knuckle Silos, an 84 original red\/black Floyd Rose mounted to our patented S.E.S system, a 25.5″ scale ebony fingerboard with custom red dot and “W” inlay, dual micro toggle coil splitting, paper and oil capacitors, and treble bleed options.<\/p>

“I have played thousands of guitars over the last 30 plus years. The level of craftsmanship I’ve found in C.R. Alsip Guitars is what makes a player fall in love with the instrument again. My C.R. Alsip SC is the first guitar haven’t had to do any tweaking or modifications. The S.E.S system is an absolute game changer in the Floyd Rose world. You can honestly feel every flutter and vibration throughout the entire guitar, and the sustain is on another planet. His neck and fret work are second to none, and I couldn’t be happier working with C.R. Alsip Guitars.” -Jason Woodward<\/p>

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Thad is lead guitarist for YouTube\/iTunes Texas recording artist Rodney Smith, and has played in everything from a Dwight Yoakam tribute band in the DFW Metroplex, all the way down to San Antonio with The Mo-Dels. Throughout the years he has shared the stage with a number of pretty famous people.<\/p>

\u201cThis is my first Alsip guitar, and I absolutely love it. Combination of the Gretch neck pick up with the powerful traditional Tele bridge pick up, are a fantastic combination, giving me far more tonal versatility than any of my other tele\u2019s ever had. Also, width of the neck, just so happens to be perfect for my hand\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Adam Stone is a Chattanooga, TN based multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is an adept player in just about any genre, but primarily focuses in Jazz and Progressive Rock. You can hear Adam playing around Chattanooga nearly every day of the week in various projects ranging from Jazz combos to Classic Country cover bands. Catch him regularly around the Southeast with his original Rock groups Le Gato<\/a>, and Et Cetera<\/a>.<\/p>

Adam plays a Custom Tejas Model<\/a> outfitted with Lollar pickups. Here is what Adam thinks about his custom C.R. Alsip build:<\/p>

“I’ve played some of the biggest name brand guitars around, and nothing has compared to the quality and craftsmanship I’ve found in my C.R. Alsip. It is the most inspiring instrument I have ever owned, and you can feel the meticulous work that Jake puts in each of his builds”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Patrons and Fans We are fortunate to have many very talented musicians playing our guitars. This page is to recognize and thank all of the hard-working musicians who do so! We’re a pretty small company and can’t afford to give guitars away for free. Some of these players have major endorsements with other companies but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":88,"href":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cralsipguitars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ffolder&post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}