The Backless Special strikes again

Following a successful exhibition of the TurkbyTone Mach III Custom Backless Special guitar at the Palmerston North City Library during May (Kiwi Music Month), this precious instrument is now back under lock and key. No, wait, it's just under lock actually. It would be stupid to leave the key right next to the lock, wouldn't it?
Potential upcoming exhibitions may or may not include a brief showing at Medusa Bar in Wellington tonight (Friday June 1st) when the Bing Turkby Ensemble play at the Carnival Of Sin!
There's a stonkingly eclectic lineup of bands for this one, it should be a blast.
So Jim Keltnenhausen has hauled on his managerial robes and suggested that the Backless Special make an appearance, completely ignoring the fact that it can't stay in tune and is horrible to play.
When I pointed this out to Jim he gave one of his trademark smirks (TM) and said "who's gonna notice any difference?", which I understood to be a remark about the paucity of my guitaring chops, skills and technique.
If anyone would like to prove their powerful prowess on the Backless Special, as you can see from the photo above, you can still buy a tribute model from the Rockshop for a mere $1699.
Or if you have an old broken guitar, you could make one yourself for free!

Details for the Carnival of sin here.

Momentum

Einstein once said "energy is neither created nor destroyed, it's just, like, you know, around the place, and stuff." So true, right?

We at TurkbyTone Rekkids HQ have just emerged from a lengthy period of not doing much at all, and are discovering that once you get the band together, that ol' energy is still there!

So we've asked Jim K to suss out some gigs for us, so that we can get out and share that energy with people.

Until we get to your house, have a listen to this: Definitely 4th (YouTube clip)

In unrelated news, I have designed a new TurkbyTone Mach IV multi-angle guitar speaker cabinet. I just need to employ a couple of mad scientists to make it a reality. It's going to be freakin' amazing! It'll have one speaker pointing forward so that the audience can hear my precise, soulful and slightly cliched guitar runs, and another speaker pointing up at my earhole so I can hear that stuff too. It will possibly be made out of cardboard - a lightweight but acoustically sound material - and the speakers will be of carbosiliconundunum or some other space-age substance.

Bam! It's out there. Welcome to the future, acolytes of Turkbyism!