As recently announced on our Products Page, Bill Nash of NASH Guitars is now accepting new and used Gibson (must be Gibson) Les Paul's from his dealers to perform his magic relic treatment on. As a result, we are now in the market to purchase some select pieces. If you have a Gibson Les Paul Standard, Classic or Traditional that you are not playing and would like to sell, please email us to let us know. We may be interested in buying from you for cash or an equivalent trade. Email us here to get the conversation rolling.

As promised, Godin product continues to arrive in our store. Most recently, more of the super value Godin Session's in some of their solid color offerings. The blue and the red are great. We must say, the pictured red is not nearly as nice as the real thing. Not being a huge fan of red guitars in general, I wasn't really looking forward to it but I have to say this slightly darker tone red is pretty nice, for red that is. Anyhow, these as well as the trans black and many of the other colors are all in stock for you to see. Drop in.. For more information about the Sessions, click here.

Tags: Godin, session, strat

Ever since it's inception, the KAOS website has been handled pretty much exclusively by me, Bill. This single person approach has worked well for us for a number of reasons. One, we're a small company and we don't have a ton of money available to hire a big firm to produce a website for us. Two, given our small number of people, we only have so much time in a day to serve customers, buy product, receive it etc etc etc leaving us very little time to be creative. Bottom line, having me take care of it on my own was a good working solution and to be honest, I really enjoy learning how to do it as I go. Also, it gave me a chance to work more from home which is a perfect fit for me right now as I have two young children who love having me around. I'm told that doesn't last forever so I'm trying to take advantage.

The down side of having only one person work on a website is that it gets difficult to continually come up with new content. As any regular visitor to our site would know, we have been continually moving towards a model of more product content. Our videos are a prime example and our product page, while still pretty basic is improving all of the time. Also, our Gbase.com presence is a move to improve our online product offerings. The KAOS blog is well read but my area of expertise is business not music as much so I only have so much to offer beyond announcements. Point is, I find it difficult to come up with what I think is interesting content for our customers to read week after week.

So, with that said, I am happy to announce that starting very soon both Jay and Lou will begin contributing to their very own KAOS Blogs. Lou's blog will concentrate on amps and guitars. He'll talk about new stuff, old stuff, how stuff is made, how it ought to be made, basically anything related to guitars and amps. Jay will concentrate more on effects, recording, software and hardware devices. He'll talk about things to do with making you sound better and how to record it.

Adding Lou and Jay is an exciting move for us. As a good friend of KAOS recently pointed out to me, Lou and Jay are two of the industries best kept secrets. What he meant was that both of these guys have almost 20 years of experience each and are both seasoned experts in their fields. The problem is that most people don't know about them. Those who do, visit the store and benefit regularly from their knowledge. We're hoping that these new blogs will serve to expose their knowledge to a far bigger audience, hence improving the appeal of our website. Watch for these new blogs soon under "The KAOS Blog" menu on our website.

We've been waiting eagerly for the Performing Artist Martin's to arrive. Yesterday the DCPA-1 finally arrived ahead of schedule thanks to the prolonged warm spell in the weather. Martin has a strict policy about shipping their Standard Series guitars when the temperature is below what they feel is a safe temperature to transport a guitar without damaging it. Not surprisingly to us, the dreadnaught member of this family did not disappoint. Awesome Martin tone, the magic of the Aura pick up system combined with the beauty of its contemporary design make this guitar the most exciting piece that we've received in some time. For anyone in the market for a top end guitar with one of the best performance pick up system available, this guitar is one strong contender. Stop by to have look and strum a few bars. For more information from Martin click here.

Being one of the industries most progressive companies can't be easy. Godin, the mother company of Godin, Seagull, Art & Lutherie and La Patrie seems to be up to the challenge. Most recently, Norman announced a number of new improvements to their existing models. Among some more minor design changes was the announcement that their very popular ST40 model was about to become an all solid wood guitar. With its new design the ST40 is now an all solid wood guitar for less the $500. Combined with Norman's legendary quality this new all solid specification makes the already popular ST40 just that much more of a great value, not to mention just that much better sounding. The all solid ST40 is now in stock for you to check out in our store.

Every year at this time Ibanez gives us an opportunity to purchase guitars in a fairly large quantity in return for some favorable terms. As a result, we usually stock up on popular models as well as take the opportunity to expand our Ibanez product offerings. This year we have focused in on the Artcore hollow body guitars. Aside from their stylish good looks the Artcore series is famous for being among the best quality, mid priced hollow body guitars available today. This series comes in a big variety of body sizes, pick up configurations as well as bridge options. We have already started to receive our inventory and expect to receive the entire order in the coming weeks. Drop in to check them out. In the meantime, if you'd like to check out the Ibanez website click here.

Hot off the press, the February edition of our KAOS Monthly newsletter is up on our website and ready for you to read. A few announcements, a request for customer input and a number of product reviews. Click here to view it online and if you haven't already joined our email list, click here to be notified about our newsletter, special sales and other cool things.

Despite going head to head with game one of the men's Olympic hockey, the KAOS Jam enjoyed a decent turn out and some great performances. Ryan and the house band entertained the crowd with a new assortment of tunes including an awesome version of The Ocean featuring who else but Lou on guitar. Performances ranged from some KAOS Jam regulars to a few new people who got up the nerve to plug in and perform for their friends and families. As alway, lots of fun had by all. We haven't scheduled the next jam but it should be sometime in May. To view video from last nights Jam, click here.

In the next few weeks, a new section will be completed on our website. The VIDEO section will consolidate a number of different types of videos for our customers. The first two series of videos will be: Phil X in a series of highly entertaining videos that he has shot for California based vintage guitar company Frettedamericana. In these videos, Phil shows the guitars off, explains why they're cool and does some amazing playing and singing. Phil is a Toronto Native and great friend of ours here at KAOS. These videos are awesome. The other series will be a new series of product demos by our very own staff. These videos will feature our guys giving you a quick 'live' look at the products that we sell. Both series will start to appear in about two weeks when the site update is complete. Other valuable and entertaining videos will be added as we discover them. We're pretty sure that you will find this new section of our site fun and helpful. Click here to view the Phil X Videos.

Having just been in Los Angeles for our industries "New Product" show there is a long list of new products slated to be released over the next 6 months. We'll endeavor to keep you up to date about these new products and when they are slated to arrive in our store. Keep an eye on this blog, our newsletters and your email in-box for details as they become available. We just posted some information on the new Martin Performing Artist Series of guitars and some big improvements to the already famous AC series of amps from Vox in our product section. Check them out.

Tags: new products

On Sunday January 10th, we are pleased to be offering our community a FREE concert to celebrate some of our communities unique talent, a brand new and very innovative hybrid digital grand piano by Yamaha and most importantly our appreciation for many years of support by the good people of our neighborhood. The concert will be approx. 60 minutes in length and feature three separate performances. A chamber group, a solo piano performance and a jazz vocal performance will round out the entertainment. Attendees will be welcome to stick around after the performance to take a closer look at the piano and speak with representatives from Yamaha Canada. We are very excited about this event and hope to host more like it in the future. For more information and to request tickets, click here.

Tags: Yamaha, Avant Grand, Tyson Kerr, Sharon Burlacoff, Liza McLennan, Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith, Heather Bambrick

As you have already noticed, our website has been completely revamped. There were a few different goals that we hoped to achieve with this overhaul. Firstly, we wanted to make our site look better, more consistent and more professional. Secondly, we wanted to make it even easier to navigate then the previous version and lastly, I (Bill) wanted to make it easier to maintain. The previous site was based on the iWeb platform that while extremely easy to use, had some serious limitations that was making the upkeep of the site very tedious.

This new site combines the Blog and the Podcast of the previous site into this single Blog. Here you will find all of our blog entries and our Gear Review Podcasts. As well, our used and new product pages have been significantly improved with better photos and categories to make finding stuff easier. More improvements will come as we go after we finish porting all of the content from the old site into this one.

Hopefully, you will enjoy this newly improved site and will continue to visit. Thank you as always for all of your support. Feel free to contact me directly at any time with your questions or comments, billkaos@rogers.com.

Tags: Bill, Welcome, new site