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Gibson To Announce Dave Grohl ‘Inspired By’ Signature Guitar

5. September 2007

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Gibson’s pretty much keeping their mouth shut on this one, and I have yet to come across anything in the way of actual specs, but after donning my best cat burglar outfit and crawling around the dark recesses of the web for a few hours I managed to come up with this photo––the soon to [...]

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Eastwood’s Airline Twin Tone Recreates The ‘62 SUPRO Dual Tone

5. September 2007

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Nice… yet another classic guitar re-make from my favorite “new vintage” guitar builders (hey, I think I just coined a new term.). Eastwood Guitars yesterday unveiled its latest vintage six-string recreation––the new Airline Twin Tone. Essentially a re-issue of the classic and fairly hard to find 1962 Supro Dual Tone, Eastwood appears to have stayed true [...]

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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #33 :: Les Paul Classic Antique Mahogany Top

4. September 2007

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Well, I hope all of you here in the US had a great 3-day, and that everyone else around the world had a nice weekend as well. To help us get the new week started off on the right foot, here’s a little bit of eye candy from Gibson… The company today unveiled what is now [...]

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See & Hear Gibson’s New ES-339 In Action

3. September 2007

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When the news broke on Friday that Gibson had launched a new ES model guitar––the ES 339––specs were readily available, but there was no official product page on Gibson’s website. Anyway, not only is there now a full product page, but Gibson has also published a high-quality video demo of the ES-339, including some nice layover [...]

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Gibson Launches New ES Model, ES-339 Semi-Hollowbody

31. August 2007

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Brand New ES Series From Gibson  Well, Gibson this morning released full specs on its latest six-string creation––the ES-339––and it’s looking like a real beauty. The guitar is basically an ES-335 packed into a Les Paul sized body, and includes all of the traditional accoutrements of the classic 335, including its hardware, body shape [...]

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Epiphone Giving Away A Broadway Archtop

30. August 2007

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Before I sign off for the day I just wanted to point you all towards the latest “contest” from Epiphone––they’re giving away a beautiful blonde Broadway Archtop, paired with a copy of the book “Epiphone: The House of Stathopoulo.” The guitar features a top of select spruce, laminated maple body, maple set neck (25.5” scale length,) [...]

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A Closer Look At Ampeg’s Newly Reissued Dan Armstrong Plexi

30. August 2007

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Considering its unique place in the history of electric guitars, the re-release of Ampeg’s classic “see through” Dan Armstrong Plexi at last Summer’s NAMM show really didn’t get very much coverage. I mean, it’s one of the most distinctive guitars on the planet… who can forget a guitar built of transparent acrylic? As it so happens, I [...]

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Speed Linking: Gibson Goes Blogging, WSJ Discovers The Wonders Of The Relic

30. August 2007

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Gibson’s New Website - A couple of days ago I logged onto Gibson’s website only to discover that they’d done a massive overhaul. The new site is divided into two parts––the old “Products” section, and the new-fangled “Lifestyle” section… it’s basically a blog in form, but minus the most basic blog-like function––conversation. There is, however, [...]

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