Archive | Guitars
Video Demo: New Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker
If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time you probably know I’m a huge Electro Harmonix fan, and I can’t resist getting a chance to take a closer look at their stuff. Actually, it’s been fun watching them over the past year or two, because they’ve really been pumping out some great [...]
Continue reading...Text Gibson, Win A 50th Anniversary ’59 Les Paul Standard?
23. January 2009
Yum. That’s one nice looking LP. And hey, Gibson’s giving it away for free––my favorite price point. But seriously, I’m a sucker for these contests, and they’ve made this one exceedingly easy to get in on: you just text the words “LPburst” to Gibson’s hotline. I’d give you their number here, but for legal reasons [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Limited Run Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood
22. January 2009
Well, it’s that time again folks… time for the boys and girls with the big bucks to throw down some serious scratch on yet another pre-destined collector’s item––Gibson’s new limited run Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood. All right, while I’m fairly sure I myself will never purchase one of these Artist Replica-type instruments, I [...]
Continue reading...Gibson’s New 1937 L-00 Legend… A Boy Can Dream, Right?
21. January 2009
Okay, so I’ve been playing a lot of acoustic guitar recently (mostly fingerstyle blues and general Americana,) and I’ve developed a serious crush on this new re-issue from Gibson — the 1937 L-00 Legend. Talk about a looker… check out that striped tortoise shell pickguard! Sure, I’d love an original L-00, but unfortunately I don’t [...]
Continue reading...Vintage Guitar Reviews Radial’s Loopbone, Cabbone, and Switchbone
20. January 2009
Personally, I run a pretty straight-ahead rig –– guitar > pedal board > amp > ears –– but I know a lot of folks who like to get a bit more complex in their set-up. If you’ve ever wished you could easily run two heads into a single cabinet and switch between them effortlessly, or [...]
Continue reading...PRS Gets Back In The Amplifier Business
19. January 2009
I’m still catching up on all the news coming out of the 2009 Winter NAMM show, but one of the bigger stories this year was that PRS Guitars is getting back in the business of amplifiers. Apparently they’ve been collaborating with amp guru Doug Sewell for nearly four years to bring three new high-end guitar [...]
Continue reading...Fender Shows Off ‘Road Worn’ Series, New Amps @ NAMM 2009
16. January 2009
Yep, it’s that time again… Winter NAMM 2009 is now in full swing, and even though difficulties in my offline life have kept me from attending for the last two years straight, I’m certainly there in spirit! The big news from Fender this season (at least as far as electric guitar enthusiasts are concerned,) is [...]
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23. January 2009
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