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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #32 :: SG Special With EMGs
Gibson this morning pulled the veils off its latest Guitar Of The Week offering––a smooth new SG Special armed with a pair of active EMG humbuckers. I like the stripped down look… the guitar is part of Gibson’s low-cost SG Special line, so while it shouldn’t dent your pocketbook too much, being a Limited Edition GOTW [...]
Continue reading...First Look: Guyatone Ultron & Ultrem Optical Hybrid Effects
28. August 2007
Just got these two beauties in from the good folks over at Godlyke, and I thought I’d better give you all a sneak peek before we get too deep into the review process. Ultrem Optical Tremolo & Ultron Optical Auto Wah What you’re looking at here are the Guyatone Optical Hybrid Effects––a pair of pedals that mix [...]
Continue reading...Building The BYOC TriBooster: Part 4 – Finishing It Up
27. August 2007
OK, so at this point all of the various parts and pieces have pretty much been installed into our BYOC Tri-Booster, short of two things––the vast majority of the wiring, and of course the star of the show, our Germanium transistor. Clip, Solder, And Repeat Probably the single most annoying step in this whole build is the [...]
Continue reading...Vintage Guitar Magazine Reviews The PRS 513
27. August 2007
PRS’s newly updated 513 is named for it’s unique electronics layout––namely, five proprietary single-coil pickups, producing a full thirteen different tonal configurations via two separate pickup switches: a traditional 5-way pickup selector, and en extra 3-way “mode” switch (for your choice of: single-coil, clear humbucking and heavy humbucking modes.) By all accounts the 513 can quickly [...]
Continue reading...REVIEW: Fender American Vintage ‘62 Stratocaster Re-Issue
24. August 2007
Model Fender American Vintage ‘62 Stratocaster Intro First introduced in 1998, and in constant production ever since, the American Vintage ‘62 Stratocaster is a reissue of Fender’s now classic and highly sought after ‘62 Strat––one of the true watershed instruments in Fender’s illustrious arsenal of six-strings. Comfort-contoured, with a traditional Alder body, and Maple neck––not [...]
Continue reading...And The Winner Is…
24. August 2007
Well, we quite literally drew numbers out of a hat on this one, and the first place winner of our George Thorogood Custom Guitar Slide Giveaway is… Chris Goulden, of The Crow Flies. He’ll be receiving a copy of the newly re-mastered 25th Anniversary Edition of George Thorogood and the Destroyers‘ album Bad to the Bone, along [...]
Continue reading...Last Chance To Win A Guitar Slide Hand-Made By George Thorogood
23. August 2007
Hey, just a quick reminder that you’ve got just twelve more hours to get in on the George Thorogood Custom Guitar Slide Giveaway we announced last week. To enter for a chance to win a slide hand-made and signed by Thorogood himself, just leave a comment (using a valid e-mail address so we can contact you) [...]
Continue reading...Building The BYOC TriBooster: Part Three – Fillin’ Up the Chassis
22. August 2007
Well, with Part 2 out of the way it’s time to finish populating the circuit board on our BYOC Tri Booster, and then get to filling up that chassis. Installing The Transistors & Capacitors If you check out Step 7 in the official PDF instructions you’ll see that our next move is to install two of [...]
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28. August 2007
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