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A Tantalizing Look At The Electro Harmonix Hum Debugger

13. March 2007

As a long time fan of Electro-Harmonix (not to mention the fact that I live in a 100-year-old house with really funky wiring,) I was more than a little intrigued last year when the company announced their new hum eliminator––the aptly titled Hum Debugger. I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled ever since for a good [...]

Converting A Cheap Amp Into A Class-A Tone Machine

9. March 2007

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Lookin’ for a fun weekend project? How about spending some quality-time with your soldering iron while converting a cheap Epiphone Valve Junior amplifier into a faux-Fender Tweed Champ? I was looking for some interesting DIY mods for tube amps this morning when I came across Premier Guitar Magazine’s article titled: Rags To Riches––Turning an inexpensive [...]

Fender To Produce Limited Release Rosewood Telecaster

9. March 2007

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Fender has announced a limited production run of their new Custom Shop Rosewood Telecaster––a re-creation of one of Fender’s now extremely rare vintage 1960s guitars built entirely of hand-selected rosewood… yep, that’s a rosewood body, neck, and fingerboard. The original instrument is perhaps most famous for showing up in the hands of George Harrison during [...]

Mini-Site: Jimmy Page Signature Double Neck

8. March 2007

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Just a quick note for those of you following this story––Gibson now has a complete mini-site for the new Jimmy Page Signature Double Neck Guitar (which, by the way, went on sale yesterday.) The site includes photos, full specs, the history of the Gibson Double Neck, an interview with Jimmy Page, Biography, and more… definitely [...]

Replacement Strat Pickups Compared: Check Out These MP3 Samples!

7. March 2007

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If you’ve found yourself in the market for a set of replacement pickups for your Stratocaster––or heck, maybe you’re just in the early research phase of doing some hack & slash guitar mods––you really need to check out the Strat Pickup Sound Clips page over at Acme Guitar Works. These guys are in the business [...]

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #7 :: Les Paul Money Bass

7. March 2007

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Well, Tuesday has just about passed us by (heck, it’s nearly 10pm as I write this,) and Gibson has jut now gotten around to updating their website with this week’s Guitar Of The Week––the Les Paul Money Bass in Manhattan Midnight Finish. Like earlier offerings in the new series, this version of the Money Bass [...]

Jimmy Page Double Neck VOS & “Aged” Series Go On Sale This Month

5. March 2007

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Well, the dust has barely settled from the media blitzkrieg surrounding the release of Fender/Guitar Center’s $24,000 ‘Blackie’ Stratocaster replica, but it’s already time to start thinking about that second mortgage again… That’s because this week marks the beginning of a whole new collectable-guitar frenzy––the release of Gibson’s Limited Edition Jimmy Page Double Neck Guitar [...]

Marshall Introduces Zakk Wylde Microstack

2. March 2007

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Hehe… thank gawd it’s Friday : ) According to their website Marshall has seen fit to add a second edition to their recently re-born Microstack line of practice amplifiers––the new Zakk Wylde Microstack. The amp, which is based on Wylde’s infamous “Wall of Doom,” packs two channels (clean & overdrive) into a 15-watt head powering [...]

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