Alesa Lajana:
Equiped with both an accoustic guitar and accoustic lap-steel slide guitar, Alesa conjures a magical language that draws on the complex ornamentation of traditional Scottish and Irish bagpipe and fiddle tunes, blues, and the music of Eastern Europe.
Alesa grew up in Southern Queensland, Australia, where she attended the Brisbane Independant
School. From an early age, she showed promise in Visual Art, Dance and Music. As a youngster, she studied the Middle Eastern dance discipline of Raks Sharki performing with a dance troupe at multicultural events. At 16 she took up guitar, inspired by some of the outstanding performers she had witnessed at World and Folk Music Festivals in Australia ...
Tone samples page is now located in the menubar for easy access to tone samples submitted by Rivera artists, such as the new Knucklehead Reverb 100 tone sample by Jim Root of Slipknot.
The ALL-NEW Knucklehead TRE is shipping! Contact us for more details on our latest amp...
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Slipknot's Mick Thompson has submitted tone samples of the Knucklehead Reverb 100 Mick Thompson model. Check them out here!
We've added owner's manuals to the site...
We've also got a Sedona tone sample recorded by Doyle Dykes online now, so be sure to check it out. Suprema 55-112 tone samples recorded by Mike Herring are now up as well.
More tone samples are coming so keep coming back to the all-new Rivera website!
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The Steinberger story began in 1979, when Ned Steinberger designed the award winning L-2, a one piece headless bass made entirely of carbon-graphite composite material. Today, Steinberger carries forth Ned's vision with a uniquely innovative offering of guitars and basses ...
Langley Guitars /Builders of hand-crafted headless custom guitars using top quality materials and creators of the D-head drop tuner for headless guitars and basses.
The D-head allows "headless" guitar players to drop tune the Low E down to B and anywhere in between--Or--tune up to a pitch higher than E and drop to your pre-set pitch. Once set, you have a simple turn of the thumb-wheel to change between pitches so it can easily be done during a song if you so desire ...
Steinberger: 1975
Ned Steinberger, a graduate of the Maryland Institute of Art with a BFA in sculpture, begins working for Thronet Industries designing industrial furniture sharing space with bass luthier Stuart Spector in a Brooklyn, NY woodworking co-op.
1976
Ned Steinberger designs NS models for Stuart Spector.
1977
Several prototypes made of graphite reinforced epoxy are manufactured.
1979
Ned designs the L2 in Brooklyn, NY. The L2 is introduced at the summer show of the National Association of Music Merchants. Three prototypes are sold at The Guitarman to John Entwistle (The Who), Tony Levin (King Crimson) and Andy West (The Dregs).
1980
Steinberger Sound Corporation is founded. Ned Steinberger is granted patent on the design of his L2 bass.
1981
At the Frankfurt Musik Messe, the L2 leaves the music world amazed over its design. The L2 is awarded the coveted Industrial Designers Excellence Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America (ISDA). Time Magazine declares the L2 one of the Five Best Designs of 1981 ...