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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #28 :: Les Paul Classic Custom W/Dual P-90s
Gibson this morning released full specs on its latest Limited Edition Guitar Of The Week instrument, and while I’m not generally a big fan of gold hardware I’d have to say that the Les Paul Classic Custom with dual P-90s is one of the finer looking guitars to come out of this whole series. Apparently built [...]
Continue reading...Summer NAMM 2007: Two More Sweet Hollowbodies From Ibanez
30. July 2007
Moving right along with our ongoing NAMM 2007 coverage (I promise, this won’t last much longer,) Ibanez unveiled yet two more handsome additions to its Artcore line of hollowbody guitars this weekend––the semi-acoustic AS73B, and the Artcore Custom AS103BM. Both instruments feature the same basic double-cutaway design, sound block-mounted pickups (for increased sustain,) rosewood fingerboards, 22 [...]
Continue reading...Summer NAMM 2007: Ibanez Introduces Artcore Custom AF105SM
30. July 2007
I’ve been a big fan of Ibanez’s low-cost Artcore Series of jazz boxes since they were first introduced in 2002, so I’m more than happy to see that the line is continuing to expand, and looking better all the time. Over the weekend, at Austin’s Summer NAMM 2007 show, Ibanez introduced this gorgeous new hollowbody archtop––the [...]
Continue reading...Summer NAMM 2007: Ibanez Unleashes The Monsterous RGR320EX
27. July 2007
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty sure that if the Grinch banged heads the Ibanez RGR320EX would be his weapon of choice. Playing off the popularity of its truly classic RG series of shredders (heck, these guitars have been around for over 20 years,) Ibanez today announced the release of this dangerously green beasty––the [...]
Continue reading...Summer NAMM 2007: Squier Announces Avril Lavigne Telecaster
27. July 2007
Moving right along with our NAMM 2007 coverage… Fender today unveiled another new addition to its recent run of Squier artist-branded guitars––the Squier Avril Lavigne Telecaster. The guitar boasts a number of unique Lavigne-inspired features, the most obvious being a distinctive checkerboard pickguard, 5th fret fingerboard inlay in the shape of Lavigne’s star logo, artist signature [...]
Continue reading...Summer NAMM 2007: Gretsch Unveils LTV White Penguin & Synchromatic Archtop
27. July 2007
Unlike my good friend IG, I absolutely love NAMM. I do––I love it like Christmas. Sure, it’s pretty much the definition of “commercial,” and my eye is known to linger upon instruments that could quite literally bankrupt me, but just like that gift-giving holiday that everyone loves to hate, NAMM gives me the kind of warm [...]
Continue reading...Speed Linking: Robert Johnson’s Johnson, WMD Warbeast, Crate’s Miniscule Modeler
27. July 2007
Me & The Devil Was Walkin’ Side By Side - Everyone’s favorite smack-talkin’, home-wrecking’, soul-tradin’ blues legend, Robert Johnson, was kind enough to drop Stratoblogster a line for a quick no-nonsense interview from the other side. Johnson appears in top form, though his bitterness about missing out on the whole Cynthia Plaster Caster thing seems to [...]
Continue reading...A Fender Tele With Active EMGs? Meet The Jim Root Signature Telecaster
25. July 2007
More Pre-NAMM Goodness From Fender Well, we’re literally days away from the kick-off of this Summer’s NAMM 2007 show, and as usual I’ve donned my best cat-burglar outfit and spent the last few days digging around for whatever scraps I can gather for all you guitar freaks and gearheads. While there is yet to be an official [...]
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31. July 2007
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