Martin J. Andersen of Danish power trio Blindstone chooses Fret-King and Vintage guitars

Sept. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- Martin J. Andersen of Danish power trio Blindstone chooses Fret-King and Vintage guitars

The highly successful Vintage® and Fret-King® lines of guitars continue to entice more professional players by the day, and now Martin J. Andersen of Danish power trio Blindstone has joined the rapidly-growing club.

Blindstone has released three albums on American label Grooveyard Records, with a fourth slated for release early next year. Stylistically, the band is influenced by artists like Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower, Black Sabbath, Funkadelic and Audioslave.

Martin is known as an explosive, yet emotionally-charged and expressive guitarist, with great technical command over his instrument, and as an outrageous performer and showman. He's played on records and shared stages with the likes of Bobby Womack, Europe guitarist John Norum, Ty Tabor of King's X, and many others, and has appeared on albums also featuring artists as diverse as Prince and Del the Funky Homosapien.

Although primarily known as a rock guitarist, Martin also held the spot as the guitar player in the award nominated remix-project Funk Royal, showing his funk rhythm-chops on several chart-topping remixes. He is also a session player, and has appeared on anything from Children's records, to Electronica, to just about the heaviest Metal imaginable.

For all these eclectic styles, Martin turns to his trusty Fret-King Elan Super 60 and his Vintage V100MRPGM Lemon Drop. He said: “The Elan Super 60 is an astounding guitar, with incredible features. The two humbuckers (which can be rolled back to single coils) combined with the P-90 in the middle, make it a very sonically versatile guitar, which is something I need, both in my work with Blindstone, and when playing on sessions. The Elan Super 60 sounds and looks like a million bucks, and it plays like a dream!”

“The Vintage Lemon Drop is simply amazing! I love the vintage-flavored tones it offers, which are extremely useful for for the type of music I play, and it feels and plays great! It looks beautiful, and is so comfortable and effortless to play that it practically plays itself!”

Fret-King and Vintage guitars are distributed worldwide by John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. For more information, visit the JHS website.

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Useful links:

Blindstone:
http://www.myspace.com/blindstonedenmark

Fret-King:
http://www.fret-king.com

Vintage Icon guitars at JHS:
http://www.jhs.co.uk/vintageiconguitars.html