Archive | Guitars
Line 6 Goes Small With Pocket POD & TonePort GX
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 [...]
Continue reading...Speed Linking: Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week #23, Epi Les Paul Ultra Giveaway…
26. June 2007
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 [...]
Continue reading...Vintage Guitar Magazine Reviews The PRS SE Custom Semi-Hollow
25. June 2007
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 [...]
Continue reading...Eric Clapton Crossroads Stratocaster & Crossroads ’57 Twin Go On Sale July 20th
25. June 2007
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 [...]
Continue reading...Amnesty International, Epiphone, And WB Giving Away John Lennon Casino
21. June 2007
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 [...]
Continue reading...Guitar Player Puts Four Looping Pedals Through Their Paces
21. June 2007
There’s a great in-depth comparison and review of four different looping pedals over at Guitar Player right now, and reading through it made me realize just how far the whole technology of looping has come since I first messed around with it in a very primitive form nearly two decades ago. The pedals covered here [...]
Continue reading...Marshall’s New Bass Amps, Lemmy & Jack Daniels, ESP Goes “Relic”
20. June 2007
Speed-linking for the four-string set… I tend to be fairly six-string-centric around here, but yesterday I came across so many interesting bass guitar links I thought I’d better lay ‘em down for you. Marshall this week announced a new line of bass amplifiers, titled the MB Series. The amps appear to run the full gamut, [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #22 :: Les Paul Supreme Gold
19. June 2007
Wow, I can’t believe we’re already 22 weeks into this thing… early this morning Gibson announced yet another installment in their limited-run Guitar Of The Week series, and it’s definitely a beauty––the new Les Paul Supreme Gold. The guitar appears to possess the same slightly over the top accoutrements as the other instruments in the [...]
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27. June 2007
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