Howard "Buzz" Feiten II (born November 4, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist,

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, and

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. He is a lead and rhythm guitarist and patented a tuning system for guitars and similar instruments. Feiten also manufactures and markets solid-body electric guitars.

Early years

Feiten grew up in Huntington Station and Centerport, New York, where he was known by schoolmates and friends as "Buzzy". The son of a musical mother, Pauline (a classical pianist), and an airline pilot, Howard Sr., Feiten received training in classical music as a child. His older sister Paula was a flautist and fashion model in the mid-1960s. A younger brother, Jon, was also involved in music and the arts. In youth, he studied several musical instruments, settling on the

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. As a teenager, he played in all-county (Suffolk) and all-state (New York) youth orchestras on the instrument. Feiten first played

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in 1966 on French horn in American Youth Performs. In 1966, he auditioned at the

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on French horn but was not admitted. In high school he fronted for a group called 'The Reasons Why' with Steve Beckmeier (rhythm guitar), Al Stegmeyer (drums), Danny Horton (lead guitar), and Daniel Kretzer (keyboards). The band was successful on Long Island, and two songs, "Tell Her One More Time" and "Same Old Worries", were mentioned in a ''

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'' 'new singles' article in the summer of 1966.

Career

Still known as "Buzzy", in late 1968 or early 1969 Feiten was a student at the

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in New York City. Feiten replaced

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in the

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Blues Band, and recorded on the group's fifth album, '' Keep on Moving''. With Butterfield, Feiten toured internationally and played at the Atlantic City Pop Festival and the

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. In 1970–71, Feiten stepped in as lead guitarist for Long Island group, The Rascals (formerly 'The Young Rascals') on their albums '' Peaceful World'' and '' Island of Real''. His debut 'project' album ''Full Moon'' was released in 1972 by Warner Bros. and included band members Neil Larsen, Gene Dinwiddie, Phillip Wilson and Freddie Beckmeier, (brother of Steve from 'The Reasons Why'), with 'sidemen'

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, and Tasha Thomas. A 2002 sequel, ''Buzz Feiten & The New Full Moon'' also featured Beckmeier on bass, Jai Winding, Brandon Fields, and

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. Another notable 1998-99 Feiten affiliation was with the Dave Weckl Band on the albums Rhythm of the Soul and

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. The artists he has worked with include

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, The Brecker Brothers,

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, Michael Franks,

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, Neil Larsen,

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, and

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Tuning system

Feiten patented a tuning system for guitars, marketed as the Buzz Feiten Tuning System, which is intended to correct problems of the standard

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. The system can be retrofitted by a repair shop or

that has paid a licensing fee and received specific training. The system consists of a compensated string nut (or "shelf nut") and a method for intonating the bridge. The system was licensed to

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(1995–2010) and

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. The tuning system is intended to create more accurate tonality of notes played on the lowest three or four frets.

Guitars

In 2012, Feiten announced the founding of Buzz Feiten Guitars to manufacture and market solid-body electric guitars. The firm initially offered five models, the Blues Pro, T Pro, Signature Elite, Classic Pro, and Elite Pro. In 2018, the company was renamed Buzz Feiten Guitar Research, and began offering three solid-body models with the brand name 'SuperNova': the 'Classic' (two

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pickups), the 'Futura' (bridge humbucker and neck single-coil pickup), and the 'Futura Super-Trem' (three single-coil pickups with synchronized vibrato). The "Buzz Feiten Tuning System" is mentioned only with regard to the Supernova Classic.

Discography

As leader

* ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1980) * ''Full Moon'' with Full Moon (Warner Bros., 1982) * ''Whirlies'' (Ulftone Music, 2000) * ''Buzz Feiten & the New Full Moon'' (Dreamsville, 2002)

As sideman

With

* ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1970) * '' Sweet Passion'' (Atlantic, 1977) * ''

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'' (Arista, 1981) With

* ''

'' (Warner Bros., 1979) * ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1981) * '' The Magazine'' (Warner Bros., 1984) * '' Flying Cowboys'' (Geffen, 1989) With Neil Larsen * ''Jungle Fever'' (Horizon, 1978) * ''High Gear'' (Horizon, 1979) * ''Through Any Window'' (MCA, 1987) * ''Smooth Talk'' (MCA, 1989) With

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* '' Private Passion'' (Warner Bros., 1986) * '' Worth Waiting for'' (Verve Forecast, 1993) * ''Midnight'' (Zebra, 1998) With Adam Mitchell * ''Redhead in Trouble'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1979) With

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* ''Just Like You'' (RCA Victor, 1979) * ''The Almost Eve of Everything'' (Next of Skin, 2001) * ''Trust'' (Dreamsville, 2002) With

* ''Taking Off'' (Warner Bros., 1975) * ''Voyeur'' (Warner Bros., 1981) * ''As We Speak'' (Warner Bros., 1982) * ''Backstreet'' (Warner Bros., 1983) With Tom Scott * ''Street Beat'' (Columbia, 1979) * ''Desire'' (Elektra Musician, 1982) * ''Smokin' Section'' (Windham Hill, 1999) With

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* '' Rhythm of the Soul'' (Stretch, 1998) * ''

'' (Stretch, 1999) * ''The Zone'' (Stretch, 2001) With others *

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, '' Cheat the Night'' (RCA, 1983) *

, ''

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'' (Capricorn, 1973) *

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, ''Boogie Woogie'' (Mainland for Life, 1988) *

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, ''Guitar Workshop in L.A.'' (Invitation, 1988) * Stephen Bishop, ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1980) * Butterfield Blues Band, ''Keep on Moving'' (Atco, 1969) *

, ''Live at Rockpalast 1978'' (MIG, 2019) * Doug Cameron, ''Journey to You'' (Narada, 1991) * Luis Cardenas, ''Animal Instinct'' (Allied Artists, 2012) *

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, ''Destiny'' (Bearsville, 1975) * Felix Cavaliere, ''Castles in the Air'' (Epic, 1979) *

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, ''Forever Begins Today'' (Polydor, 1991) *

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, ''Changing Horses'' (Sisapa, 1990) *

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, ''Windsong'' (Warner Bros., 1982) *

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, ''No Prisoner'' (Empire, 1988) *

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, ''City Lights'' (Horizon, 1978) *

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, '' Change of Season'' (Arista, 1990) *

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, ''Blues at Midnight'' (Rock of Ages, 2000) *

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, ''Touch the Feeling'' (MCA, 1982) *

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, '' Restless Eyes'' (Columbia, 1981) *

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, ''Reasons for Thousand Lovers'' (Om, 1989) * Thomas Jefferson Kaye, ''Not Alone'' (Hudson Canyon, 1992) *

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'' (Columbia, 1985) *

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, ''Emergency'' (Arista, 1983) * Bobby Martin, ''Bobby Martin'' (Sunset Dreams, 2016) *

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, ''Murray McLauchlan'' (True North, 1972) *

, ''

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, ''

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, ''Busca Una Mujer'' (WEA, 1988) *

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, ''Mr. X'' (Lightyear, 1996) *

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, '' Merciless'' (Casablanca, 1983) * Mr. Mister, ''

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, ''Rockinghorse'' (Atlantic, 1992) *

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, ''Cityscape'' (Mosaic, 1982) *

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, ''Arrows in My Eyes'' (TM Factory, 1998) *

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, '' Dolly, Dolly, Dolly'' (RCA Victor, 1980) *

, ''American Soul Man'' (Motown, 1987) *

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, '' Bobby's Girl'' (Columbia, 1982) * The Rascals, '' Peaceful World'' (Columbia, 1971) * The Rascals, ''

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'' (Columbia, 1972) *

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, '' Love Life'' (A&M, 1981) *

Evie Sands Evie Sands (born July 18, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. Sands' music career spans more than 50 years. In the mid-1960s, while still a teenager, she began her career and eventually found chart success in 1969. Sands retired ...

, ''Suspended Animation'' (RCA Victor, 1979) *

Boz Scaggs William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a bandmate of Steve Miller (musician), Steve Miller in the Ardells in the early 1960s and a member of the Steve Miller Band from 1967 to 196 ...

, ''

Other Roads ''Other Roads'' is the tenth studio album by Boz Scaggs released in 1988. After an eight-year hiatus from recording, Scaggs returned in 1988 with this album, a record aimed primarily at the adult contemporary music, adult contemporary market. T ...

'' (Columbia, 1988) *

Ben Sidran Ben Hirsh Sidran (born August 14, 1943) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer. Early in his career he was a member of the Steve Miller Band and is the father of Grammy-nominated musician, composer and ...

, ''The Cat and the Hat'' (Horizon, 1979) *

Edwin Starr Charles Edwin Hatcher (January 21, 1942 – April 2, 2003), known by his stage name Edwin Starr, was an American singer and songwriter. He is best remembered for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the num ...

, ''Stronger Than You Think I Am'' (20th Century Fox, 1980) *

Curtis Stigers Curtis Stigers (born October 18, 1965) is an American jazz singer. He achieved a number of hits in the early 1990s, most notably the international hit " I Wonder Why" (1991), which reached No. 5 in the UK and No. 9 in the US. Career S ...

, ''

'' (Arista, 1991) *

Livingston Taylor Livingston Taylor (born November 21, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. Born in Boston and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, he is the brother of singer-songwriter James Taylor, singer-songwriter Kate Taylor, singer ...

, ''

Over the Rainbow "Over the Rainbow", also known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film '' The Wizard of Oz'', in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role ...

'' (Capricorn, 1973) *

Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. During her career Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood ...

, ''

Should I Do It Should I Do It may refer to: * "Should I Do It" (song), a song Tanya Tucker, and later by the Pointer Sisters * ''Should I Do It'' (album), a 1981 album by Tanya Tucker {{dab ...

'' (MCA, 1981) *

Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley (June 6, 1951 – October 18, 2023) was an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the top 20 hit singles " I'm on Fire" (1975) and "Girls" (1984). His music is associated with the power pop style. Twilley and Phil ...

, ''

Jungle jungle is land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in tropical climates. Application of the term has varied greatly during the past century. Etymology The word ''jungle'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''jaṅgala'' ...

'' (EMI, 1984) *

Jennifer Warnes Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter who has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet " Up Where We Belong", and in 1987 fo ...

, '' Shot Through the Heart'' (Arista, 1979) *

Tim Weisberg Jules Timothy Weisberg (born January 1, 1943) is an American flutist, vocalist, and record producer. A collaboration album with singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, " Twin Sons of Different Mothers," achieved platinum status from the Recording Indus ...

, ''Party of One'' (MCA, 1980) *

Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American actor. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'' (1985–1989) and has appeared in over one hundred films, gaining ...

, ''The Return of Bruno'' (Motown, 1987) * Bruce Willis, ''If It Don't Kill You, It Just Makes You Stronger'' (Motown, 1989) *

, ''

Music of My Mind ''Music of My Mind'' is the fourteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 3, 1972, by Tamla Records, and was Wonder's first to be recorded under a new contract with Motown that allow ...

'' (Tamla, 1972) *

Betty Wright Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 – May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul music, soul and Rhythm and blues, R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career ...

, ''Betty Wright'' (Epic, 1981) *

Gary Wright Gary Malcolm Wright (April 26, 1943 – September 4, 2023) was an American musician and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs " Dream Weaver" and " Love Is Alive". Wright's breakthrough album, '' The Dream Weaver'' (1975), came after he h ...

, ''Headin' Home'' (Warner Bros., 1979) *

Syreeta Wright Syreeta Wright (born Rita Wright, February 28, 1946 – July 6, 2004), known mononymously as Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wright's career heights were songs ...

, ''

Syreeta Syreeta Wright (born Rita Wright, February 28, 1946 – July 6, 2004), known mononymously as Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wright's career heights were songs ...

'' (MoWest, 1972) *

Jesse Colin Young Perry Miller (November 22, 1941 – March 16, 2025), known professionally as Jesse Colin Young, was an American singer and songwriter. He was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the Youngbloods. After their dissolution in 1972, ...

, ''The Perfect Stranger'' (Elektra, 1982)

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External links

Buzz Feiten Guitar Research
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