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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #24 :: Firebird Studio

3. July 2007

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never been a huge fan of Gibson’s Firebird (based purely on aesthetics mind you,) but I rather like this one for its Frankenstein-ish good looks. The Firebird Studio is Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week #24, and it looks like a beauty, but unfortunately, as has happened on [...]

REVIEW: Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster

29. June 2007

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Model Fender Eric Johnson Stratocaster Intro The long awaited Eric Johnson Stratocaster was introduced in January of 2005, and has received accolades across the board ever since. Walk into your local music store, take one off the rack, and you’ll quickly see why. Simply put, the guitar is beautifully built, with all the vintage vibe [...]

Gibson Accidentally Lets The Cat Out Of The Bag :: Guitar Of The Week #36?

29. June 2007

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Well, it’s still more than thirteen weeks away, but EGR reader Sten Nygren wrote this morning to let me know that an apparent glitch at Gibson.com has exposed what is potentially Guitar Of The Week #36––the Explorer New Century in Satin Ebony (here’s a screen shot for when they inevitably take the page down.) More [...]

Line 6 Goes Small With Pocket POD & TonePort GX

27. June 2007

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Line 6, makers of what is easily some of the most affordable digital modeling gear available to guitarists today, have released two new products that appear to be aimed squarely at those looking for portable solutions to their signal processing needs. The Pocket POD is an extension of Line 6′s popular POD line of digital [...]

Speed Linking: Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week #23, Epi Les Paul Ultra Giveaway…

26. June 2007

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Gibson released Guitar Of The Week #23 this morning, but the instrument––a standard Les Paul Money Bass in Natural Satin––was so yawn-inducing I didn’t think you’d want to read a whole post about it. Anyways, for the sake of the Guitar Of The Week Index I thought I’d better at least provide a link. Now [...]

Vintage Guitar Magazine Reviews The PRS SE Custom Semi-Hollow

25. June 2007

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If you’ve been drooling over a PRS guitar but don’t exactly have the pocket change to drop on one of their top-of-the-line instruments, you might want to take a look at the company’s less-expensive import models. Import models? Yep, the PRS SE Series was apparently created at the urging of Carlos Santana, in the hopes [...]

Eric Clapton Crossroads Stratocaster & Crossroads ’57 Twin Go On Sale July 20th

25. June 2007

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Missed out on a Blackie Strat? Well here’s yet another Clapton/Fender collaboration that’s destined to become an instant collector’s item––the extremely limited edition Crossroads Stratocaster, and matching Crossroads ’57 Twin. To raise money for Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Center, Antigua––a drug & alcohol addiction rehabilitation facility the guitarist founded in 1998––Clapton has once again teamed up [...]

Amnesty International, Epiphone, And WB Giving Away John Lennon Casino

21. June 2007

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In an effort to promote their Campaign To Save Darfur, including the release of the new Instant Karma CD (a musical collaboration that includes many contemporary artists plus the works of John Lennon,) Amnesty International has apparently teamed with Epiphone & WB Records to give away an Epi John Lennon Casino––one of the nicer guitars [...]

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