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Continue reading...Gibson Releases Limited Run Of Just 50 Zakk Wylde ZV Buzzsaws
9. September 2008
Well, it’s been nearly a year since rumors first started flying around the web about Gibson producing this beast, but the latest news coming out of Nashville is that the company is now releasing a strictly limited run of just 50 Inspired By Zakk Wylde ZV Buzzsaw guitars. Looking like some kind of twisted SG/Flying [...]
Continue reading...Vintage Guitar Reviews Epiphone’s Valve Special & Valve Junior
26. August 2008
If you’re in the market for a low-cost guitar amp with reasonable amounts of real tube-mojo you might want to check out Vintage Guitar Magazine’s review of the Epiphone Valve Special and Valve Junior. Granted, these are decidedly cheap amplifiers, but as has been suggested in numerous reviews around the web, both of these Class-A [...]
Continue reading...Eastwood Releases Limited Edition Airline 2P LTD In Metallic Margarita
25. August 2008
Hehehe… these guys are complete madmen –– Eastwood has once again upped the ante on seriously funky vintage-style guitars, with the limited release of an Eastwood Airline 2p LTD in Metallic Margarita finish. The guitar will be built in a run of just 48 instruments (24 with Bigsby Vibrato, 24 hardtail,) and is apparently sporting [...]
Continue reading...Gretsch Recreates ’56 Stereo Chet Atkins G6120… With Faux F-Holes!
12. August 2008
Nice… I swear, over the last twelve months or so Gretsch has put out more truly drool-inducing Limited Edition guitars than you can shake a stick at. Latest in this lineup is the just-announced G6120-CGP––a recreation of the prototype “Stereo” guitar that Gretsch built for Chet Atkins back in 1956. So early was the prototype [...]
Continue reading...Sneak Preview Of Fender’s Upcoming Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster
8. August 2008
Just a quick note that Fender this morning has finally published more info on its not-so-secret-anymore Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster. They’ve got some photos of the frighteningly scalloped guitar––masterbuilt by Custom Shop madman John Cruz––plus links and a calendar of events and such, but most interesting to me was the new “trailer,” which gives [...]
Continue reading...Gibson’s “Robot Guitar” Now Available In Sixteen Different Styles
7. August 2008
Just when I thought it was safe to pull out my pocketbook again, Gibson announces a full range of new “Robot Guitars,” including both a Les Paul and an SG in what may be the single most popular finish produced in recent years (if searches on this site are any indication,)… Silverburst. Self-tuning robotics aside, [...]
Continue reading...Love It Or Hate It, Vintage Guitar Hedge Fund In The Works
6. August 2008
Hahaha… I would LOVE to get in on this. An actual hedge fund based on Vintage Guitar Magazine‘s dreamy “42 Guitar Index” According to several financial media sources, Anchorage Capital, a London investment firm, is expected to launch the Guitar Fund. Set up as a hedge fund, the Guitar Fund will seek investment returns by [...]
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12. September 2008
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