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A tiny, invasive bug and the climate crisis are changing how guitars are made, and shifting the course of music history


A tiny, invasive bug and the climate crisis are changing how guitars are made, and shifting the course of music history
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© Fender; Marianne Ayala/Insider
Fender; Marianne Ayala/Insider
Swamp ash is a wood prized by guitar makers and musicians for its light weight and resonant sound.
But flooding, and a tiny bug, threaten the wood and the sound that is synonymous with rock music.
Fender is phasing out ash after 70 years of use, and ash trees could soon disappear altogether.
In 1970, when Led Zeppelin s Jimmy Page recorded the iconic solo on Stairway to Heaven, he was playing a 1959 Fender Telecaster. ....

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How Guitars Are Changing Because of the Climate Crisis, and a Tiny Bug


Fender; Marianne Ayala/Insider
Swamp ash is a wood prized by guitar makers and musicians for its light weight and resonant sound.
But flooding, and a tiny bug, threaten the wood and the sound that is synonymous with rock music.
Fender is phasing out ash after 70 years of use, and ash trees could soon disappear altogether.
In 1970, when Led Zeppelin s Jimmy Page recorded the iconic solo on Stairway to Heaven, he was playing a 1959 Fender Telecaster.
The guitar was gifted to Page in 1966 by the guitar legend Jeff Beck, who used it himself in the later years of the Yardbirds. Page repainted the guitar, adding an elaborate design of red, green, orange, and blue on the body that vaguely resembled a dragon, giving the instrument its name. ....

United States , Great Lakes , Anderson Tully , Leo Fender , Craig Snyder , Roger Sadowsky , Jeff Beck , Roberta Flack , Jerry Garcia , Bruce Springsteen , Keith Richards , Jimi Hendrix , Henry Ford , Buddy Guy , Justin Norvell , Stephen Marchione , Eric Clapton , Nile Rodgers , Elton John , Environmental Protection Agency , National Oceanic , Atmospheric Administration , Us Forest Service , Led Zeppelin , Jimmy Page , Dragon Telecaster ,