Salient
Salient has risen to the forefront of independent music with its dynamic live show, melodic rock sound, and lyrics that depict the universal search for hope and redemption in a broken world. Salient originally formed in the fall of 2002 and gained momentum quickly. A full-length album was independently produced and released in June of 2004,
and an EP showcasing the growth of the band’s sound followed in January 2006. The EP resulted in the first acclaimed Salient song “Immortalize Me” thanks to [...]
Kose of This Grace
Kose is one of the two guitar players for This Grace, a five-piece rock band formed in 2005 in northern Italy. 
”7 Faster Heartbeats”, the full-length debut, was completed in the spring of 2008, after a very intensive recording session. Soon after the band was chosen from over 2600 Italian bands to play at Heineken Jammin’ Festival in Venice, backing up renowned bands such as Linkin Park, Queens Of The Stone Age and Sex Pistols.
The video clip for [...]
Gino DiGeso of Stoned Fire
Stoned Fire is a New York City Classic Rock Band featuring Singer Petar Krsikapa, Guitarists Gino DiGeso & Sean Battista, Bass player, David Alva and Keyboard player Georgios Pesios. Stoned Fire is upcoming rock band that is making a statement in the rock scene. “Once you hear us, you will feel dirty!” See what the NYC venues are saying about us .
“Stoned Fire is the type of band i love to see reppin in this music scene of ours. A Straightup [...]
Gino Meregillano
Gino Meregillano is the U.S. guitarist for the Guana Batz. Now based in the United States, the Guana Batz were one of the founding fathers of English Psychobilly
in the mid eighties. When Gino’s not on the road with the Batz, he can be found playing Surf Guitar around southern California with the group Mo’ Wasabi as well as fronting his own three piece Rockabilly/Vintage Rock and Roll band, Gino and the Lone Gunmen. The Lone Gunmen’s self produced debut CD (featuring [...]
New 2011 Products!
We wanted to share our new products with you. The first is Duraplex, this material has been in the guitar pick market for years! We use the highest form of the material to resist notiching and give ultimate strength. We offer these picks in 6 gauges and 3 shapes! Next we have Exotic picks. These picks are available in 4 different materials. Sheesham wood is an amazing organic material that will leave you shocked at the warm tone it creates. This pick also has a natural wood grain vertically down the pick that helps tone better flow from your strings [...]
Guitar Pick Collecting
I found this amazing article on Guitar Pick collecting that was done by The Ottawa Citizen. It incredible how popular and lucrative pick collecting has become. I love how they mention a $1,000 Johnny Cash pick going for sale on ebay. I love that since we worked with Johnny Cash for several years making him custom Black Acetal Custom guitar picks with his signature on them a long long time ago…. Read more here at a past blog posting. 
You can read [...]
Kyle Gass and John Konesky of Tenacious D at the Clayton NAMM Booth 2011
This year we were so happy to have the amazing Kyle Gass of Tenacious D come sign at our booth for a 2nd year in a row! Tenacious D has a very loyal fan base, and the lines were wrapping very long all over the place to get to meet Kyle and John this year! Very amazing! This year he brought along the VERY talented John Konesky also of Tenacious D. Kyle and John are both Clayton Endorsed. They were there to promote their youtube channel called Guitarings, which shows you how to play many of the popular Tenacious D [...]
Twlight Star Booboo Stewart and Fivel Stewart Clayton Booth NAMM 2011
We had lots of different artists singing at our NAMM 2011 booth this year, which included Booboo and Fivel Stewart of “Booboo and Fivel”. You may recognize Booboo from the very popular Twlight Saga movies. He plays the youngest werewolf Seth Clearwater in the series. Him and his sister Fivel are currently in the band “Booboo and Fivel”, and have released a single titled “Rainy Day”. You can view the video at the bottom of this post. Booboo is an official endorsed artist at Clayton, Inc. so we brought him into NAMM to help promote his amazing talents as a [...]
