RKS: The Blog

Goddesses with Guitars

2007-05-11T18:26:11Z

eyes on the prize

2007-04-14T02:27:02Z

At this year's Winery Music Awards, artists will compete for a host of great prizes, including the coveted grand prize, an RKS Guitar! We wish everyone best of luck, and may the best band win our guitar!

Snowangeldust

2007-03-29T11:55:07Z

we get the nicest emails: Hello, I got my Rossa Corsa RKS Wave at the beginning of the year and I love it. Great Design, Great Tone, absolutely incredible. I was persuaded to get it after seeing Dave Mason at The Bottleneck Blues Bar. I've included some pictures of me using it with my band "snowangeldust". www.myspace.com/snowangeldust Thanks, Karl Dodson, snowangeldust

BTP -- Hero

2007-03-04T03:28:47Z

powerful stuff from Enik, Sean, Dave, Andre, & Matt

KGSR Anniv with Cyril Neville and Tribe 13 2006

2007-01-04T18:43:44Z

Greetings RKS family!

2006-12-14T16:08:24Z

Greetings, I have very exciting news to share with you, my ever expanding family. I received my new RKS A Bass about a week ago. And my heart was racing before I opened the box. It was like seeing Medusa in person "As I was stone in the funk". I almost lost it folks! The body color is "Indigo blue" with the natural maple; rose and alder perfectly match all around. BAM! RKS also inlayed my signature on the fret board with Abalone. I was told that it's the first one they've done. I feel very special with my very sexy A-Bass! My new bass plays and sound "WiCked" SiCk! I've also discovered that by setting the bass graphic or parametric EQ on the amp and treble, mid, and bass also flat. Then with all my controls wide open on the bass, it's PHAT with rock solid presence. Pictures of my new bass coming soon to a blog near you! The fine pixies at RKS have done it once again...cheers! Love and respect, Courtney Audain

Lucas rocks!

2006-12-05T20:11:47Z

from :: MySpace.com

BTP on mtvU

2006-11-07T21:53:48Z

RKS artists Burning Tree Projekt are currently number ONE on mtvU (best music on campus) -- let me say that again -- NUMBER ONE on mtvU! you can head on over there and rate their video a 5, or sign up and leave a comment.

Cyril Neville & Tribe 13 Osaka Japan 2006

2006-11-01T17:37:47Z

Courtney & Jimmy playing RKS Guitars in Osaka Japan 2006 My RKS A Bass Roc K S! Courtney & Jimmy playing RKS guitars in Osaka Japan 2006 Courtney with his RKS A Bass sound Osaka Japan 2006 Jimmy with his RKS Black Sun guitar Osaka Japan 2006 Cyril Neville & Tribe13 Osaka Japan 2006 Unite For New Orleans Festival Cyril Neville & Tribe 13 Osaka Japan 2006 That's all folk's!

Test Drive Results Are In for My New RKS!

2006-10-26T00:41:03Z

Acquired a new RKS Natural Redhead Solidbody about a month ago as a changeup from my other axe, a 1959 Reissue Les Paul Custom. I am thrilled with the quality of the RKS - construction, aesthetics, ergonomics, electronics and, most of all, its sound!]]> My configuration: Marshall TSL-122 combo with a 2x12 cab below; PodXT Live effects floorboard, Boss Noise Supressor (for the tube/valve hum). The RKS is set up perfectly from the factory - action is smooth and easy. A little intonation issue with open 4th string, but bridge adjustment fixed that. Harmonics on the 12th fret are dead-on. All selectors are ergonomically placed - volume, tone and pickup selector switch. The 5 pickup settings give flexibility to experiment with phasing. The pickups are not quite as hot as the Gibson Burstbuckers, and that's OK as they're easier to tame. The instrument is about 2 pounds lighter than the Les Paul. It looks modern, sleek, and all my friends say it is way cool - even my college aged daughters (though they also say I can't play very well!). The RKS Solidbodies are absolutely beautiful, play easily, sound very professional and are affordable. The RKS will not replace the Les Paul Custom, but it is a worthy competitor and will receive equal playing time. I highly recommend this fine instrument.

With A Vengeance

2006-10-23T17:38:00Z

You know, here at RKS, we're guitar people, so of course we were stoked to hear about that car company giving away guitars that play through the car speakers -- it's just a cool thing to do. A zippy little car & a cute matching guitar, what could be cooler? A one-off Vengeance Custom motorcycle and a matching RKS? (click for larger image!) yeah. and if you think this is cool? Wait 'till you see what's next.

Neverwonder on YouTube

2006-10-20T16:36:12Z

Here at RKS we _love_ YouTube, because when our artists broadcast themselves, everybody wins (and speaking of winning, this is Neverwonder's entry into the Cingular YouTube Underground Contest, voting starts October 25th) ...

Greetings RKS family I'm back from Japan!

2006-10-20T06:52:01Z

Yes peeps, much respect to the RKS family. I am back from my trip to Japan with Cyril Neville and Tribe 13. I actually got back about a week ago and had to pack and leave again for the weekend. After flying 11 hours on the return trip, I drove 9 hours to our gig. I needed sometime to get over my jet lag. So, what about my Japan trip?...all I can say is that is was the bomb folks! This featival was done by email only for about one year. No press, no flyers radio or TV. And they had about 5000 people the first night and about 7500 the second night. The sound and lighting was top knoch. Once our music hit those people, they had the police busy trying their best to keep the people at bay and from rushing the stage. Japanese audiance can get alittle crazy. And the Japanese musician were going crazy over our RKS guitars and tones. After we performed some of the Japanese musicians got a chance to play the guitars and they were absolutly blown away by the sound, feel and confort of the body style. Since I've been back home, I am back in production mode again at my recording studio Coinhead, where I am currently producing 3 different projects and they're all fun fun fun baby! And I am also busy showing my awesome guitars around Austin and where ever I am performing. Got to get some sleep naaaaaaaaah! I'm working on some footage captured during my trip in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka Japan. Coming soon to my blog soon...so stay tuned to Courtney's Blog! RKS Guitars GET! PS. Again if you don't have RKS in your choice of excellent guitar tones and craftsmanship, you should! It's worlds apart from the others and without ripping off someone elses design! RKS is all that and more... Peace, CA

The Golden Guitar

2006-10-16T22:29:00Z

Sean, as featured on You Tube

Uncle Plum ::UPDATED::

2006-10-12T20:29:53Z

Mike's fans do love him, and this helped convince us to go ahead and send him a Ruby -- for those of you in the Rochester area, this means you will be seeing your favorite guitar player with his new guitar very soon!

::previously::

We ran into Uncle Plum (well, Mike Gladstone, of Uncle Plum) up at MIAC -- and Uncle Mike seemed to take a liking to the Ruby Red: