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6-Months & Counting: Where Has The Time Gone?

14. April 2008

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Well, believe it or not, next week will mark a full six months since the death of my lovely wife Lori at the age of just 31. While it’s been a helluva’ roller coaster ride, I’d very much like to thank those of you who’ve stuck with me through this most trying of times. I suppose [...]

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It’s Finally Official: Fender Reveals Elvis Costello Signature Jazzmaster

11. April 2008

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Well, after all but flat-out denying it for many months, Fender this week has finally revealed on its website the highly anticipated Signature Series Elvis Costello Jazzmaster… and just when I thought it was safe to put away my wallet. According to Fender, while Costello’s original Jazzmaster has seen numerous modifications over its 30-plus years in [...]

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Eastwood Releases Limited Edition Of Just 24 Electric Indigo Airline Map Guitars

3. April 2008

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As if Eastwood’s remake of the classic National Newport wasn’t already beckoning to me to let go of my hard-earned cash, along comes word that the company has just released a strictly Limited Edition of just 24 Airline Map guitars decked out in Electric Indigo. Like its predecessors, the guitar will feature a bound maple neck [...]

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Gretsch Releases New Double Cutaway Electromatic Hollow Body

31. March 2008

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Nice… over the weekend Gretsch announced the latest addition to its popular low-cost Electromatic line of guitars––the Double Cutaway G5122DC Hollow Body. While I haven’t a clue what actual sales figures have been like for this line, I can tell you that my posts covering earlier Electromatic releases continue to get more hits per day than [...]

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Speed Linking: Marshall’s Lemmy Signature Stack, EH Gets A New Site, More…

27. March 2008

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Wow… slow posting this week as my *offline life* gets increasingly chaotic. Hope to be back up to par on Monday. Still, came across a few fun things this morning, and thought I’d drop you all some quick links. •  Marshall 1992LEM – Yep, Marshall has produced a Signature Series Super Bass 100-Watt Head in honor of [...]

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Gibson Reveals ‘Inspired By’ Steve Jones Les Paul Custom

25. March 2008

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I have to admit, I never could have conceived of Gibson crafting a signature Inspired By instrument for Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, but it still makes me smile… the man is a true guitar anti-hero. Still, there’s something strangely, sadly ironic about producing a frighteningly expensive guitar replica for a guy whose musical persona* eschewed [...]

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Chop Shop: Building The BYOC Optical Compressor

21. March 2008

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Wow… I had originally planned on writing a whole series of posts on my experience building the BYOC OptiComp Optical Compressor –– but the build had so few parts, and was so easy to put together that I think I can cover it all on one shot. Total build time for me was about three hours. [...]

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Gibson Unveils Robot Les Paul Studio & Robot SG Special

19. March 2008

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After the scorching success of their limited edition Robot Guitar launch in December––in which some 4,000 self-tuning instruments sold-out in just four days––Gibson is back with a robotic guitar for the masses. Make that two robotic guitars for the masses––the Robot Les Paul Studio LTD and the Robot SG Special LTD. As I understand it, both [...]

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