Archive | Guitars
Eastwood Busts Out With ’67 Messenger Tribute Guitar
Never heard of a ’67 Messenger? Don’t start kicking yourself just yet… I’m a self proclaimed funky-old-guitar junky and I had to do some background research on this one myself. Eastwood this week announced the Limited Initial Run of their new 1967 Messenger Tribute guitar––an instrument based on the aluminum-magnesium necked Messenger first built by [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Three New Limited Edition Slash Signature LPs
19. February 2008
Apparently not to be outdone by Fender’s recent foray into massively over-hyped limited edition guitars, Gibson today announced the upcoming release of not one, but three new Slash Signature Les Paul models––each in a strictly limited edition, and hey… one for every price range. According to Gibson–– “On Tuesday April 1st 2008 three very limited [...]
Continue reading...And The Award For Ugliest Stompbox of 2008 Goes To…
15. February 2008
The Ibanez Steve Vai Jemini Distortion Pedal… two channels of overdrive and distortion, each with individual Drive, Tone & Level controls, and all packed into a zinc die-cast chassis decked out to perfectly complement Vai’s famously color-challenged JEM guitar. Ibanez is calling this one Vai’s “first Signature Distortion pedal…” Can that be correct? I’m not [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Month #1 :: SG Diablo
14. February 2008
Wow… this thing sure is gaudy ;) Apparently not ready to repeat last year’s rather “love it or hate it” Guitar Of The Week program (we gear hounds sure can be picky, can’t we?) for 2008 Gibson has slowed custom guitar production a bit and will instead be offering the Guitar Of The Month. First [...]
Continue reading...Ouch! ESP Unveils More Than 50 New Guitars & Basses
16. January 2008
Well you’ve got to hand it to ‘em––ESP’s R&D department certainly wasn’t resting on their laurels this past year. The company has announced that for 2008 over 50 new and improved guitars and basses will be added to their line-up. And these are just the six strings…
Continue reading...Here They Are: The New Fender American Standard Lineup
15. January 2008
By now you will have no doubt heard about Fender’s newly re-designed American Standard line for 2008. I won’t go into a long re-hash here (Modern Guitars Magazine covered it well, as always,) but since I hadn’t seen much in the way of photos––and yeah, I’m pretty much a junkie for gear pictures––I contacted Fender [...]
Continue reading...Gretsch Kicks Off 125th Year With Gorgeous Chet Atkins G6120-125
10. January 2008
25 Pieces Worldwide Wow… talk about a Limited Edition. To celebrate their first 125 years in the guitar-making business, Gretsch today announced the upcoming release of the Chet Atkins G6120-125––an instrument built the way Gretsch used to build them: hand-crafted, and detailed down to the bone. The gorgeous 125th Anniversary Chet Atkins model will be [...]
Continue reading...Reverend Unveils Ron Asheton Signature Guitar
7. January 2008
Nice… based on their popular Flying-V styled Volcano, Reverend this weekend officially announced the release of the new Ron Asheton Signature guitar––named after Iggy Pop & The Stooges guitarist/songwriter Ron Asheton. The guitar will feature a solid Korina body with raised center, optional tremolo, and a dual-action truss rod (with headstock access,) but the real [...]
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20. February 2008
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