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Video Demo Of The New Electro-Harmonix Micro POG
When Electro-Harmonix announced the release of their new Micro POG effects pedal––essentially a miniaturized version of their incredibly cool POG polyphonic octave generator––I had to wonder how they were going to replicate the original pedal’s functionality in such a small configuration. As a dyed-in-the-wool Electro Harmonix fan I came about this close to purchasing the POG [...]
Continue reading...Eastwood Releases Limited Run Metallic Copper LTD Airline DLX
17. October 2007
Well, Eastwood has done it again… just when I was beginning to feel content with my current guitar line-up, along comes word that the world’s most prolific “retro” guitar builder is producing an extremely limited run of these classic Airline 2P DLX guitars––in stunning Metallic Copper finish. And when I say “limited” I mean limited: they’ll [...]
Continue reading...Fender Introduces Stevie Ray Vaughan “Lenny” Tribute Stratocaster
7. October 2007
I was just beginning to wonder whether we’d see anything new from Fender before Winter NAMM, only to discover this morning that the company had announced yet another pre-determined collector’s item––the Stevie Ray Vaughan “Lenny” Stratocaster. Part of Fender’s illustrious Tribute Series, the SRV “Lenny” Strat is apparently being commissioned by Guitar Center––which purchased Stevie’s original [...]
Continue reading...VOX Expands Heritage Collection With Three New Models
5. October 2007
If you remember, VOX started this year off with a bang when they announced their new Heritage Collection line of guitar amplifiers––including the super-slick Limited Edition AC15H1TV––meant to celebrate the company’s 50th Anniversary in the rock & roll business. Today the company upped the ante when it announced three new additions to the Heritage Collection: the [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Player’s Video Review Of The Campbell American Caledonian
5. October 2007
Just finished watching Guitar Player Magazine’s recent video review of the Caledonian––one of Campbell American’s newer models. I take a keen interest in pretty much everything Campbell American does these days, because when I did my hands-on review of their first model, the Precix, back in August of ‘06, I really fell head over heels for [...]
Continue reading...Ibanez & Bungie Giving Away Custom Halo 3 Xiphos Guitars
5. October 2007
If you’re a mad Master Chief fanatic like me (much to my beautiful wife’s dismay,) you’ll definitely want to get in on this giveaway from Ibanez and Bungie. As if the Halo 3 marketing juggernaut weren’t already powerful enough––they’re pawning off energy drinks for gawd’s sake––Ibanez is now set to give away three Custom Halo 3 [...]
Continue reading...Rare Find: Moonlander Stereo Drone-Guitar For Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo
4. October 2007
Noise-guitarist extraordinaire Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, is apparently the happy recipient of this custom built Moonlander guitar from experimental luthier Yuri Landman. The instrument, one of just two in existence (Landman owns the other,) is a bi-headed stereo drone guitar armed with a whopping 18 strings––6 standard and 12 sympathetic. While the six standard strings are [...]
Continue reading...A Closer Look At Guitar Of The Week #37 :: The ‘67 SG Special Reissue w/P-90’s
4. October 2007
Over the past thirty-seven weeks Gibson’s put out a few real lookers, a few clunkers, and a wide array of just so-so semi-customized Guitar Of The Week instruments, but yesterday’s release of the ‘67 SG Special Reissue with P-90 pickups is easily the one guitar from this program that I’d really like to own. Week 37 [...]
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18. October 2007
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