Category Archives: Chris Ballew
Presidential Axeology pt. 5 – Chris Ballew’s 3-string ukulele
Presidents of the United States of America frontman, Chris Ballew has a studio full of stringed instruments…and most of them are modded in one way or another. This Lanikai uke is suffering from a clipped string (totally intentional) and has … Continue reading
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2 (and 3) STRING GOODNESS – PRESIDENTS: ACOUSTIC!
Check out this killer vid of The Presidents of the United States of America jamming out on 2 and 3 string acoustic. (BTW, we featured Chris Ballew’s killer 2-string Silvertone Bass in an earlier post.) Oh, and check out the … Continue reading
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Presidential Axeology pt. 4 – Chris Ballew’s 3-string banjo
***News: Chris Ballew announces the Caspar Babypants Song-A-Day*** For the entire 2011 year, Chris will be putting some form of song bits or fragments or ideas of notions or completed tunes at his Caspar Babypants website. These will be free … Continue reading
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Presidential Axeology pt.3 – The guitar that started it all
We continue our feature on the heavily modded instruments of Chris Ballew, frontman for the Presidents of the United States of America. Today’s instrument starts with a1960′s fiberglass-body electric guitar made by the Valco Guitar Company. Although unbranded on the … Continue reading
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Presidential Axeology Pt. 2 – The guitars of Chris Ballew
We continue our exclusive series on the heavily modded instruments of Chris Ballew, lead singer and 2-string ‘basitarist’ of the fun-grunge band, The Presidents of the United States of America. This is what Ballew calls a “basitar,” half bass guitar/half … Continue reading
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Presidential Axeology – pt. 1 “The 2-string Silvertone Bass”
I have a friend who’s a real life rock star: Chris Ballew, lead singer of the Presidents of the United States of America. If you know anything about the band, you’ll recall that they perform on simple, modified 2 and … Continue reading
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