Archive | October, 2006

$24,000 For A ‘Blackie’ Replica, Cigarette Burns Included

20. October 2006

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Unless you were hiding in a hole yesterday you probably caught mention of Fender’s latest press release announcing the upcoming debut (slated for November) of their new Limited Edition Custom Shop recreation of Eric Clapton’s iconic black Stratocaster –– affectionately known as Blackie. The ‘Blackie’ replica, which is part of Fender’s Tribute Series of guitars, is [...]

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Epiphone Introduces So Cal 50H Head & 412SL Cabinet

17. October 2006

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Last week Epiphone announced it’s latest foray into the tube-amp market, with what looks to be another solid performer––the new So Cal 50H Amplifier. According to Epiphone the amp features a 100% tube signal-path, paired with a solid state rectifier and tube powered reverb. At the same time they introduced their new So Cal 412SL cabinet [...]

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Check It! Stewart’s Stow-Away Travel Guitar

17. October 2006

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Hehe… I came across this post over at Real Tech News this morning, and I thought I’d better share the goods with you all––it’s the Stow-Away Travel Guitar from Stewart Guitars. This electric guitar, which features an alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard and a trio of single-coil pickups, is apparently so collapsible you can fit [...]

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REVIEW: The J3 Pro 6

16. October 2006

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Light Weight, Coil Tapping, Double Octave Fun J3 Guitars hasn’t been around all that long––they introduced their first line of instruments at the Summer NAMM show in 2005––but I can assure you that the three men behind the company (all named John––hence the name J3) definitely know a thing or two about designing guitars. In fact, I’ve [...]

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Price Drop! Line 6 Spider II 210 Modeling Amp

13. October 2006

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Here’s a little bit of fun for Friday––in line with Line 6’s recent announcement of all new pricing on their popular Spider II line of digital modeling amps, music123.com has dropped their price on the cool Spider II 210 Combo. Like the other Spider II amplifiers, the 210 Combo is apparently all about versatility, sporting twelve [...]

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Rare Find: Myrareguitars.com

12. October 2006

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Trust me, if you’re not looking to absolutely destroy your productivity for the rest of the day then by all means do not follow this link over to My Rare Guitars. Michael Robinson, the man behind Eastwood Guitars, and to whom we owe a huge debt of gratitude for recreating so many incredible old guitar designs, [...]

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Prototype For Fender’s Highway One Strat Is Now Up For Grabs

10. October 2006

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Most of the big guitars makers end up giving away a fair number of great instruments as part of their promotional campaigns (if you follow this blog you might have noticed that Gibson & Epiphone are particularly proficient at this) but the latest contest from Fender seriously ups the ante. While IMHO any free guitar is [...]

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Schecter Announces Limited Edition Leatherface Avenger

10. October 2006

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Well, just in time for Halloween, and the release last Friday of the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel––“TCM: The Beginning,” Schecter Guitar Research sent out an e-mail yesterday with a sneak peek of their latest shredder, the Leatherface Avenger. There isn’t much in the way of specs available at this point (the instrument doesn’t have an [...]

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