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Randall’s George Lynch Signature Series Preamp Modules Now Available
Well, we’ve got it on good authority that tomorrow Randall will be announcing the general availability of four new pre-amp modules for its innovative MTS Modular Tube Guitar Pre-Amp System––the highly-anticipated George Lynch MTS Signature Series. If you’re lucky enough to own one of Randall’s MTS amps, or of course the custom Lynch Box, you’ll [...]
Continue reading...Line 6 And Bogner Unveil Hybrid Tube/Digital Modeling Amplifier
28. August 2007
And They Call It The Spider Valve Well, it looks like the cat’s finally out of the bag… Line 6 has been alluding to something big for the last few weeks, and today they finally let us in on it. In a collaboration with renowned tube-amp maker Bogner, Line 6 has apparently developed a whole [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #32 :: SG Special With EMGs
28. August 2007
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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29. August 2007
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