Archive | February, 2007

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #3 :: SG Standard Silverburst

9. February 2007

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Well, we’re only two weeks into Gibson’s new Guitar Of The Week program, and the company already looks to be falling behind a bit… on Tuesday they managed to post a photo of the program’s latest instrument––this gorgeous limited edition SG Standard Silverburst––but Friday is here and so far there are no specs to be [...]

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John 5 Gets Another Signature Guitar: Fender’s J5 Triple Tele

8. February 2007

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According to their website Fender has released yet another John 5 Signature instrument––the new J5 Triple Tele Deluxe––which looks to be based on a classic ’70s Tele Deluxe, albeit with some modern, high-power modifications. John 5’s other signature model guitar is of course the J5 Bigsby Telecaster. Unique features of the J5 Triple Tele Deluxe will [...]

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Hear The Budda Superdrive Series II Amplifier In Action

7. February 2007

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It looks like Budda Amplification has begun posting some high quality sound samples of their Superdrive Series II amplifiers, and they’re well worth a listen if you’re in the market for a seriously shreddin’ high-gain, all-tube boutique guitar amp. These are really nicely produced recordings, with the caveat that a number of them contain extra accompaniment, [...]

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It’s Official: Fender Unveils Andy Summers Telecaster

7. February 2007

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We hinted about it back in October, but now it’s official: Fender has announced its Andy Summers Tribute Telecaster, a replica of Summers’ heavily-modified ‘61 Tele, which he apparently bought in the ’70s for a staggering $200 ;) The guitar will be produced in a limited run of just 250 instruments, the first of which is [...]

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Speed Linking: Low-Powered Amps, Digital Les Paul, And More…

6. February 2007

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Well, my rather messy offline life kind of caught up with me this week, so things have been a bit quiet around here. Never fear, I've got a great new series of guitar reviews beginning next week (Strats, Strats, Strats!,) but in the mean time I wanted to drop a few noteworthy links.

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Wow… Real People Really Do Win These Things!

2. February 2007

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Too cool… it’s Friday again, and to end the week right I thought I’d share this with you––EGR reader Tim Shelton sent me an e-mail about a month ago to let me know that he’d been informed by ESP/Hot Topic that he was chosen as one of the 300 winners in their “Ultimate Guitar Giveaway,” [...]

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