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It’s Finally Official: Fender Reveals Elvis Costello Signature Jazzmaster
Well, after all but flat-out denying it for many months, Fender this week has finally revealed on its website the highly anticipated Signature Series Elvis Costello Jazzmaster… and just when I thought it was safe to put away my wallet. According to Fender, while Costello’s original Jazzmaster has seen numerous modifications over its 30-plus years in [...]
Continue reading...Eastwood Releases Limited Edition Of Just 24 Electric Indigo Airline Map Guitars
3. April 2008
As if Eastwood’s remake of the classic National Newport wasn’t already beckoning to me to let go of my hard-earned cash, along comes word that the company has just released a strictly Limited Edition of just 24 Airline Map guitars decked out in Electric Indigo. Like its predecessors, the guitar will feature a bound maple neck [...]
Continue reading...Gretsch Releases New Double Cutaway Electromatic Hollow Body
31. March 2008
Nice… over the weekend Gretsch announced the latest addition to its popular low-cost Electromatic line of guitars––the Double Cutaway G5122DC Hollow Body. While I haven’t a clue what actual sales figures have been like for this line, I can tell you that my posts covering earlier Electromatic releases continue to get more hits per day than [...]
Continue reading...Speed Linking: Marshall’s Lemmy Signature Stack, EH Gets A New Site, More…
27. March 2008
Wow… slow posting this week as my *offline life* gets increasingly chaotic. Hope to be back up to par on Monday. Still, came across a few fun things this morning, and thought I’d drop you all some quick links. • Marshall 1992LEM – Yep, Marshall has produced a Signature Series Super Bass 100-Watt Head in honor of [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Reveals ‘Inspired By’ Steve Jones Les Paul Custom
25. March 2008
I have to admit, I never could have conceived of Gibson crafting a signature Inspired By instrument for Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, but it still makes me smile… the man is a true guitar anti-hero. Still, there’s something strangely, sadly ironic about producing a frighteningly expensive guitar replica for a guy whose musical persona* eschewed [...]
Continue reading...Chop Shop: Building The BYOC Optical Compressor
21. March 2008
Wow… I had originally planned on writing a whole series of posts on my experience building the BYOC OptiComp Optical Compressor –– but the build had so few parts, and was so easy to put together that I think I can cover it all on one shot. Total build time for me was about three hours. [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Unveils Robot Les Paul Studio & Robot SG Special
19. March 2008
After the scorching success of their limited edition Robot Guitar launch in December––in which some 4,000 self-tuning instruments sold-out in just four days––Gibson is back with a robotic guitar for the masses. Make that two robotic guitars for the masses––the Robot Les Paul Studio LTD and the Robot SG Special LTD. As I understand it, both [...]
Continue reading...First Impressions: Gibson’s ‘67 SG Special Reissue w/P-90’s
17. March 2008
Intro OK, I know I promised photos, but so far I haven’t had a chance to take anything decent… still, I wanted to give you my first impressions since receiving my latest toy––Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week #37. First off, while you should never judge a book by its cover, or a guitar by its finish, [...]
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11. April 2008
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