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Gibson Jumps The Gun, Reveals Next Twelve Guitar Of The Week Models
Oops! I have to admit I took a double-take when I cruised over to Gibson’s website this afternoon only to discover that they’d rather unceremoniously pulled the veil off all but four of the remaining sixteen Guitar Of The Week instruments. Now, I have no way of knowing if it was intentional or not––heck, someone in [...]
Continue reading...New York’s Music Zoo Gets Exclusive Ultimate Relic Series Strats
2. October 2007
If you’re looking for something a little different in the way of a “Relic,” you might want to check out New York’s Uber Fender Custom Shop Dealer The Music Zoo––these guys have collaborated with CS guru John Cruz to develop a line of exclusive “Ultimate Relic” Strats, and the current batch is looking pretty stellar. According [...]
Continue reading...Leaked! Gibson Guitar Of The Week #48: RD Standard Reissue Silverburst
1. October 2007
Well, it looks like yet another online guitar retailer has inadvertently released specs and photos of a not-yet-announced guitar from Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week program, this one being GOTW #48––the RD Standard Reissue Silverburst. Yep, what you’re looking at is a reissue of the ill-fated RD Standard, circa the late ’70s, finished off in Gibson’s [...]
Continue reading...A Reader Reviews Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week #21: The SG-3 Fireburst
1. October 2007
Over the weekend EGR reader Jarrod Perkins left us a great review of his new Limited Edition Gibson SG-3 Fireburst (Guitar Of The Week #21,) and I thought I’d post it here so more of you would get to read it. Enjoy–– So my SG3 arrived yesterday. After giving it a proper workout, I’m very happy [...]
Continue reading...Guitar World Reviews New Fender Princeton Recording Amp
28. September 2007
There’s an excellent review of Fender’s new Princeton Recording Amp over at Guitar World right now, so if you’re into the whole low-power/big-tone tube amp thing like I am, you might want to check it out. As usual, they’ve got a pretty decent demo video as well, though getting it to buffer smoothly can be a [...]
Continue reading...It’s Official… Gibson Unveils The Dave Grohl ‘Inspired By’ DG-335
27. September 2007
Well, you heard it here a few weeks ago, but today it became official: Gibson’s Custom Shop has announced the release of the new Dave Grohl DG-335––part of Gibson’s small but illustrious Inspired By series of signature guitars. As called out by more than a few of our readers, the guitar is based on the old [...]
Continue reading...Line 6 Debuts TonePort UX8 – Eight Channel USB Audio Interface
26. September 2007
Nice… for the last two years I’ve been using Line 6 TonePort products to record sound samples here at EGR, and I have to say I’ve been more than satisfied with the results––not to mention the sheer affordability. Now, hot on the heel of last week’s POD X3 announcement, Line 6 has unveiled yet another new [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #36 :: Explorer New Century In Satin Ebony
25. September 2007
Well, I’m happy to say that the prediction we made back in June was correct… Gibson today announced its Guitar Of The Week #36, and as expected it’s the rather industrial looking Explorer New Century in Satin Ebony. As mentioned in our previous post, the big news here is that the “New Century” line of guitars, [...]
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2. October 2007
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