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Fender Debuts New Custom Shop Website

14. December 2006

Cool… I noticed this morning that Fender has launched a new website for its famous Custom Shop––including a sleek new design, a guitar gallery, and of course full descriptions and specs for their complete line of Custom Shop instruments. Also included are a Fender Custom Shop Store (strictly merchandise,) a list of soon-to-be-retired guitars (really [...]

Rare Find: Eastwood Town & Country Video Review

11. December 2006

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This morning I was lucky enough to stumble onto Guitar One Magazine’s new video review of the Airline Town & Country DLX––one of Eastwood’s recent remakes of the classic Valco, Supro & National guitars, albeit with higher quality hardware and a chambered mahogany body, among other upgrades. While original Res-O-Glas Valco’s continue to fetch upwards [...]

J Man & J Cat: Parker Unleashes Two Fat Jazz Boxes

11. December 2006

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Parker Guitars, makers of the unique Parker Fly, have announced two new hollowbody jazz guitars which are expected to debut at next month’s NAMM 2007 Conference in Anaheim. If I’m not mistaken, the guitars––known as the PJ12 J Man & the PJ14 J Cat––are Parker’s first foray into hollowbody electrics (though they do have two [...]

Campbell American Announces Limited Edition Nelsonic Transitone

7. December 2006

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Well, it looks like the good folks at Campbell American are at it again––this time with a strictly limited edition run of their new Nelsonic Transitone: a hand-made, double humbucker beauty, with funky retro styling, top-shelf hardware, and enough attitude to go around. The Transitone was born out of a collaboration between Campbell American and [...]

New From Chicago Blues Box: The Buddy Guy Signature Amplifier

4. December 2006

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Well, I haven’t seen any official word from the manufacturer yet, but according to Guitar Player Magazine, Chicago Blues Box’s new Buddy Guy Signature Series Amplifier is now available for purchase. The amp, which is based on Blues Legend Buddy Guy’s much-loved 1959 Fender Bassman, is being sold not so much an exact replica, but [...]

Gibson’s New Website & Forum For The HD 6X Digital Les Paul

4. December 2006

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If the comments on one of my recent posts are any indication, there seems to be a whole lot of confusion over what exactly Gibson’s new HD 6X Digital Les Paul has to offer, and how exactly the guitar can be integrated into a digital workflow (yikes… I just used the words “workflow” & “guitar” [...]

Return Of The Epi Les Paul Custom Silverburst!

1. December 2006

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What a nice Holiday surprise… ever since writing about the Epiphone Les Paul Custom Silverburst back in June I’ve received numerous e-mails asking if I knew where to get a hold of one of these uniquely beautiful instruments. Unfortunately, for a good portion of this year they’ve been completely sold out, but now it looks [...]

Your Chance To Win A Line 6 Floor POD

1. December 2006

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Thank gawd it’s finally Friday… that’s all I can really say. And in typical Friday fashion I thought I’d point you towards something fun and free––Line 6′s Floor POD Giveaway (Deadline Passed.) Yep, you have until December 15th to sign-up for a chance to win one of Line 6′s popular new Floor POD digital modeling [...]

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