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One Year Later: Epiphone Introduces Music Rising Les Paul

29. August 2006

Just in time for the first Anniversary of the destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, Epiphone & Music Rising last week announced the release of the new limited edition Music Rising Epiphone Les Paul. The guitar, which sports all the standard Les Paul features, including a mahogany body & neck, carved top, rosewood fretboard, [...]

Read ‘Em & Weep… I’m Off To See The Chili Peppers!

24. August 2006

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Well, I’m about to skip town for the evening to head over to Oakland, CA to catch the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the West Coast leg of their Stadium Arcadium Tour. While I’ve pretty much loved all of the Chili Peppers’ albums, it’s worth noting that Stadium Arcadium is their most guitar-centric album in [...]

Comfy As An Old T-Shirt: Fender Announces Jeff Beck Esquire Relic

24. August 2006

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OK, it may not be what we would strictly consider a Signature Guitar, but Fender’s Jeff Beck Tribute Esquire Relic is just too cool to leave out of the discussion. Beck of course (no, not that Beck you little whippersnapper,) is one of the most prolific guitar players in history, and is virtually synonymous with [...]

REVIEW: Campbell American’s Precix

22. August 2006

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I suppose this will come as no great surprise to most of my readers, but one of the nicest benefits of writing at EGR is that I get to play a whole lot of great instruments that I’d probably never have access to otherwise. Call me crazy, but this is the greatest job in the [...]

Must-Have: Fender’s New 2007 Custom Shop Guitar Calendars

22. August 2006

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Nice! I was hitting my usual online guitar haunts this morning when I came across an announcement over at Fender’s website that they’ve got new 16-month Custom Shop 2007 Guitar Calendars available from their online shop. Unfortunately, they don’t have a gallery of the other photos that are included (what are they thinking?,) but if [...]

Rockabilly Bad Boy: Gretsch Releases Brian Setzer Hot Rod

17. August 2006

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Brian Setzer is a long-time favorite guitarist of mine (since way back when I was a teenager, and Setzer was still in the Stray Cats,) and if you know anything about the man you know he’s a Gretsch fanatic. In fact, the last time I checked he had something like five different Brian Setzer Signature [...]

Gibson Releases Pete Townshend Signature Les Paul Deluxe #9

16. August 2006

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I’m gonna’ lay this on the line right from the get-go – Gibson’s Pete Townshend Deluxe Les Paul #9 looks like one seriously sweet guitar. On top of an incredible set of features, and of course its singular style, this one’s pretty much bound to be a collector’s item if for no other reason than [...]

Epiphone Giving Away A DOT Studio!

15. August 2006

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If you’re one of the many folks who found themselves getting a bit excited over the introduction of Epiphone’s new DOT Studio, you might be interested to know they are now giving one of these lovely guitars away as a promo. You pretty much just have to sign-up to be entered in the contest, which [...]

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