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Holy Crud! Joe Strummer Telecaster Replica To Be Unveiled At NAMM

11. July 2007

“This is a public service announcement… with guitar!“ ––The Clash, Know Your Rights Legendary punk band The Clash’s Joe Strummer was one of my earliest guitar heros, so when he passed away in 2002 of an apparent congenital heart defect, like a lot of thirty-somethings who grew up on punk rock I found myself mortified, [...]

Reader Poll: What’s Your Absolute Dream Guitar Rig?

10. July 2007

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Some folks dream of wailing away in front of a menacing wall of Marshall stacks, a few dozen road-weary stompboxes blinking at their feet… others long for the simplicity of a low-powered Class A, dressed in tweed and barely the size of a small suitcase, with nothing more than a dependable boost pedal thrown in [...]

Electro-Harmonix Unveils Old-School Germanium OD Pedal

10. July 2007

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OK, maybe it’s because a mid-’70s Big Muff was the very first effects pedal I ever owned, but I’ve been an Electro-Harmonix fan as long as I can remember, and I’m always a bit excited when they announce a new gizmo for the guitar. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t tend to be really good at PR, [...]

Fender Giving Away John Mayer’s Master-Built Continuum Stratocaster

9. July 2007

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You know me––I’m a sucker for a guitar giveaway, and this one is better than most. According to a page that went up one their website this afternoon, Fender will be giving away the actual Custom Shop Master-Built Strat that John Mayer is using extensively on this Summer’s Continuum Tour. Currently there aren’t any specs [...]

Line 6 Dave Mustaine Signature Amp: Coming To A Store Near You?

8. July 2007

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Well, I don’t usually post on the weekends, but I came across some intriguing info this morning that I thought might interest a few of you–– Line 6 has apparently finished a year-long collaboration with Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine to produce the Dave Mustaine Signature Amplifier, which can be heard in full force on the band’s [...]

GP’s Video Roundup: 19 Guitar Effects Pedals Tested

5. July 2007

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If you’re a reader of Guitar Player Magazine (Hunny, I swear, I only read it for the articles,) you may have caught their recent effects pedal “Pow-Wow” (July, 2007 issue.) It turned out to be a fine roundup of a whole slew of new effects, but the big news for me is that they’ve just [...]

Your Chance To Win A Gibson SG-3 With Three Singlecoils

5. July 2007

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Well, I hope everyone here in the States had a great day of BBQ & fireworks yesterday, and for those of you around the world who don’t celebrate America’s Independence Day, well… I hope you had a lovely Wednesday just the same. To ease ya’all back into the short work week I just thought I’d [...]

Vintage Guitar Magazine Reviews Eastwood’s Airline H44 DLX

3. July 2007

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If my memory serves me correctly, Eastwood first introduced their Airline H44 back in January of this year (at Winter NAMM 2007,) as an inexpensive, updated & upgraded remake of the classic Harmony H44 Stratotone––a funky little slide guitar from the ’50s, with a neck the size of a small tree trunk, and some seriously [...]

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