Archive | September, 2006

It’s Alive!

20. September 2006

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Well, my sincere apologies for being so scarce around here over the last three or four weeks – I won’t bore you all with the details, but serious medical issues in my immediate family have kept me busy recently, and things are just now getting back to normal. Anyways, I’ve got big things planned at EGR [...]

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36 Years Ago Today… The Death Of Jimi Hendrix

18. September 2006

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Well, I didn’t want to let the morning pass without at least mentioning that today marks the 36th Anniversary of the passing of James Marshall Hendrix–better known to the world as Jimi. Hendrix’s death, at the age of just 27, left a hole in the music world that has never been adequately filled (IMHO.) While there [...]

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Gibson & Hot Rod Giving Away A Hot Rod ‘58 Les Paul

12. September 2006

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Old Cars & Hot Guitars Oooh, even more good giveaways… the Gibson Custom Shop and Hot Rod Magazine have apparently teamed up to give away a heavily customized, one-of-a-kind LP – what they’re calling the Hot Rod ‘58 Les Paul. According to the official contest website the instrument sports a host of seriously stylin’ features, including a [...]

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Win Your Very Own Zakk Wylde… Oh Yeah, And A Les Paul, Too!

12. September 2006

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Here’s Your Chance To Get In On The Insanity Epiphone’s latest guitar giveaway promo includes not just the difficult-to-look-at but seriously shreddin’ Zakk Wylde Buzzsaw Custom Les Paul, but also a life-sized cut out of the man himself…. wielding two of his signature guitars no less! The Epiphone Zakk Wylde Buzzsaw features a bound maple top, solid [...]

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Fender Introduces John 5 Signature Telecaster: Bigsby Included

7. September 2006

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Well, I’m going to be away from the computer for the next couple of days (I’ll be posting again on Monday,) but before I disappear I thought I’d leave you with this lovely little monster from Fender – the John 5 Signature Telecaster… John 5 is probably best known for his work with gender-bending musical madman [...]

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A Closer Look: Fender’s New Highway One Stratocaster

6. September 2006

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Back in July we covered the release of Fender’s newly upgraded Highway One line of guitars, but now that some time has passed I thought it might be nice to take a deeper look at what is easily the most popular of the bunch – the Highway One Stratocaster. Now, the Highway Ones have always offered [...]

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New From Gibson: The Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior

5. September 2006

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Well, the big news in signature guitars last week was Gibson’s announcement of their new Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior – an apparently accurate reproduction of the Green Day front-man’s original 1956 LP Junior affectionately known as “Floyd.” (Hehe, you can’t make this stuff up!) Speaking as a guy who grew up neck-deep in [...]

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Speed Linking: New Guitar Blogs

5. September 2006

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Well, I hope everybody here in the States had a good three-day weekend, and that the rest of you are off to a good start on your work week (uggh!) To get the short week off to a good start I thought I’d drop some very quick links to a few new guitar blogs that [...]

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