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L. A. Guitars

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About Me

My name is Lance Alonzo and I make and repair guitars in Hollywood California. I am also a teacher at the Musicians Institute's Guitar Craft Academy program where I teach other people about making and repairing guitars. I like my work and the fact that it allows me to meet people from around the world. Some of the musicians that play my guitars and basses are Greg Harrison of Shredzilla, Menno Verbaten of The Cauterized, Darren Carter of Getting Even, Mark Thomas and Charissa Nicole. The latest addition to the family is Aaron Nordstrom of Synapse.

My Interests

Music, making guitars, the news on KCRW, the music on KCRW, coffee, donuts, spending time with my friends, checking out bands, frozen candy bars...music.

Music:

The Beatles, Cheap Trick, Garbage, UFO, Aerosmith (first album thru to "Done with Mirrors"), Nirvana, NIN, Radiohead, Thin Lizzy, Ozzy Ozbourne's first four albums, Steve Wonder (70's albums), Snow Patrol, Metallica (first album thru to "And Justice for All") Iron Maiden, Saxon, Rilo Kiley, Liz Phair, Ministry, David Bowie, Azure Ray, Racer X, Al Green, pretty much any half way decent rock band from 1965 to 1983, and a bunch of the new independant label bands.

Movies:

Godfather 1&2, Star Wars episodes 4&5, High Fidelity, Mel Brooks' first five or six movies, Zoolander, Annie Hall, Cheech and Chong's Next Movie, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Pulp Fiction, Full Metal Jacket, almost any drama from the 70's, anything with Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin in it, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, the original Pink Panther movies, Being There, and a whole bunch more.

Television:

I don't get to watch much TV but when I do its this: The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, South Park, Adult Swim...Jesus, these are all cartoons! The History Channel and the Discovery Channel. The old favorites are Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, The Addams Family, The Munsters, Barney Miller, Dark Shadows, and Cheers. Oh, and sumo wrestling back when it was broadcast in Japanese on channel 18. I don't speak Japanese, but it just wasn't the same on ESPN.

Books:

The Lord of the Rings, East of Eden, High Fidelity, The Harry Potter series, Woody Allen's collected short stories, Allen Moore, Neil Gaimen, and Johnen Vasquez's work.(God I'm a looser.) Books on history.