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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #3 :: SG Standard Silverburst

9. February 2007

Well, we’re only two weeks into Gibson’s new Guitar Of The Week program, and the company already looks to be falling behind a bit… on Tuesday they managed to post a photo of the program’s latest instrument––this gorgeous limited edition SG Standard Silverburst––but Friday is here and so far there are no specs to be [...]

John 5 Gets Another Signature Guitar: Fender’s J5 Triple Tele

8. February 2007

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According to their website Fender has released yet another John 5 Signature instrument––the new J5 Triple Tele Deluxe––which looks to be based on a classic ’70s Tele Deluxe, albeit with some modern, high-power modifications. John 5′s other signature model guitar is of course the J5 Bigsby Telecaster. Unique features of the J5 Triple Tele Deluxe [...]

Hear The Budda Superdrive Series II Amplifier In Action

7. February 2007

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It looks like Budda Amplification has begun posting some high quality sound samples of their Superdrive Series II amplifiers, and they’re well worth a listen if you’re in the market for a seriously shreddin’ high-gain, all-tube boutique guitar amp. These are really nicely produced recordings, with the caveat that a number of them contain extra [...]

It’s Official: Fender Unveils Andy Summers Telecaster

7. February 2007

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We hinted about it back in October, but now it’s official: Fender has announced its Andy Summers Tribute Telecaster, a replica of Summers’ heavily-modified ’61 Tele, which he apparently bought in the ’70s for a staggering $200 ;) The guitar will be produced in a limited run of just 250 instruments, the first of which [...]

Speed Linking: Low-Powered Amps, Digital Les Paul, And More…

6. February 2007

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Well, my rather messy offline life kind of caught up with me this week, so things have been a bit quiet around here. Never fear, I've got a great new series of guitar reviews beginning next week (Strats, Strats, Strats!,) but in the mean time I wanted to drop a few noteworthy links.

Wow… Real People Really Do Win These Things!

2. February 2007

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Too cool… it’s Friday again, and to end the week right I thought I’d share this with you––EGR reader Tim Shelton sent me an e-mail about a month ago to let me know that he’d been informed by ESP/Hot Topic that he was chosen as one of the 300 winners in their “Ultimate Guitar Giveaway,” [...]

Fender To Produce 300 Limited Edition ’57 Amps

31. January 2007

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Well, Fender may be far from what you’d call a small-time player, but in spite of their stature (not to mention the general hoopla around NAMM,) I had to dig around quite a bit to discover this beauty––the ’57 Amp. According to their website the ’57 Amp––a 12-watt, all tube guitar amplifier based on Fender’s [...]

Come On… Show Us Your Gear!

31. January 2007

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Hey, we’ve been having some fun showing off our guitars and gear over at the new Tube Freaks Guitar Forum, and I just wanted to invite you all to join in––you’re welcome to post photos of your guitars, amps and the like, or just cruise the threads or even start one of your own. Guitars [...]

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