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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #20 :: Les Paul Studio Satin Ebony

5. June 2007

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Talk about a subtle beauty––Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week #20 has turned out to be a suped-up Les Paul Studio, all decked out in black chrome-plated hardware, and dressed to the nines in a fine Satin Ebony finish. Specs are still a bit murky this morning, as the guitar apparently boasts a pair of EMG [...]

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REVIEW: Fender Highway One Stratocaster (’06 Upgrade)

5. June 2007

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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 [...]

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Squier Continues Its Push Into “Vintage” With Telecaster Thinline

4. June 2007

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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 [...]

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Your Chance To Win A ’59 Les Paul… USB Flash Drive, That Is!

1. June 2007

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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 [...]

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Poll Results: “What’s Your Absolute Dream Guitar?”

1. June 2007

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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 [...]

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Check It Out: Slick New Gibson ES-Series Microsite

31. May 2007

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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 [...]

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Free Demo: AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix Is A Helluva’ Lot Of Fun

30. May 2007

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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 [...]

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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #19 :: Les Paul Classic Antique Zebra Wood

30. May 2007

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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 [...]

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