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REVIEW: Fender Highway One Stratocaster (‘06 Upgrade)
Model Fender Highway One Stratocaster Intro Introduced in July of 2006, the upgraded Highway One Stratocaster is Fender’s least expensive American Made Strat, and as such has been highly touted as the obvious answer for those guitar players longing for American Made quality at a reasonable price. The guitar sports some nice amenities––including a set [...]
Continue reading...Squier Continues Its Push Into “Vintage” With Telecaster Thinline
4. June 2007
Well, it looks like Squier must be seeing some success from its recently debuted Vintage Modified line, because this morning the company expanded the series with a brand new addition––the Vintage Modified Telecaster Thinline. Yep, based on Fender’s classic ‘69 Tele Thinline (you can read my review here,) the Squier VM Telecaster Thinline will sport the [...]
Continue reading...Your Chance To Win A ‘59 Les Paul… USB Flash Drive, That Is!
1. June 2007
Well, before I sign out for the weekend I just wanted to point you all towards this fairly amusing new giveaway from Gibson–– Yep, now you can have your own little pocket-sized ‘59 ‘Burst Les Paul (tiny case included,) and the miniature replica even functions as a 1GB USB Flash Drive to boot. According to the contest [...]
Continue reading...Poll Results: “What’s Your Absolute Dream Guitar?”
1. June 2007
Hehe… I had every intention of summing up last week’s Reader Poll (What’s Your Absolute Dream Guitar?) nice and neatly, but the response was so large, and the list has grown so unwieldy, that I’ll have to let you peruse it yourself. As a quick rundown, though, there were a few of the usual suspects (‘59 [...]
Continue reading...Check It Out: Slick New Gibson ES-Series Microsite
31. May 2007
Fans of Gibson’s legendary ES-335, not to mention all the other great “Electric Spanish” model hollowbodies, will definitely want to check out Gibson’s slick new microsite. There’s a ton of great info here, including an entire collection of video footage shot behind the scenes at Gibson’s Memphis Custom Shop, a look at the history of the [...]
Continue reading...Free Demo: AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix Is A Helluva’ Lot Of Fun
30. May 2007
IK Multimedia’s highly anticipated AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix modeling software finally made it to stores last month, but the big news for me––yep, I’m a bit of a cheapskate––was the release of their free demo, which contains the full working product, and is good for ten days. I don’t know about you, but I like to take [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #19 :: Les Paul Classic Antique Zebra Wood
30. May 2007
Gibson this morning launched the latest addition to their year-long Guitar Of The Week series––this week’s model being the new Les Paul Classic Antique in Zebra Wood. At first glance the name may seem like a bit of a misnomer––the guitar doesn’t really look anything like the other LP Classic Antiques that it’s based on––but aside [...]
Continue reading...Fuller’s Vintage Guitar Gets LTD “Deluxified” Gretsch Models
29. May 2007
Wow… check out these bad boys. According to Gretsch’s website, Fuller’s Vintage Guitar (in Houston Texas,) is now the proud home, not to mention sole distributor, of these three retro-classic beauties––Custom Limited Edition versions of the G6120W-55 Nashville Western, G6136-55 White Falcon, and the G6120-55 Nashville. The three new models are apparently decked out in full-on “Deluxified” [...]
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5. June 2007
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