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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 does sport some nice amenities––including a [...]

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REVIEW: Fender Classic Player ’60s Stratocaster

9. April 2007

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Model Fender Classic Player ’60s Stratocaster Intro A very considerable step up from Fender’s lower-end Classic ’60s Strat, the Classic Players ’60s Stratocaster pushes Mexican-made quality into a whole new arena. The guitar, while being assembled in Mexico, was designed by none other than Master Builder Greg Fessler of Fender’s famous Custom Shop, and it [...]

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REVIEW: Fender Classic ’60s Stratocaster

27. February 2007

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Model Fender Classic ’60s Stratocaster Intro The Classic ’60s Strat is Fender’s low-cost, Mexican made answer to the seemingly endless fascination we guitarists have with the Stratocasters of yester-year. While far from being on a par with its costly American made counterpart––the American Vintage ‘62 Stratocaster––the Classic ’60s Strat still manages to fill a particular [...]

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My Quest For The Perfect Strat

16. February 2007

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It’s funny, I’ve been playing the electric guitar for over twenty years now, and in all that time, while I’ve owned numerous great guitars, I’ve never owned a basic Stratocaster… not a single one. I’ve owned Gibsons, Gretchs, and Guilds, a Rickenbacker and a few Teles to boot, but never a Strat. Sure, I’ve played tons [...]

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REVIEW: ESP’s LTD EC-400AT Archtop

22. January 2007

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Intro The LTD EC-400AT Archtop is Japanese guitar maker ESP’s low-cost answer to the much more expensive Gibson Les Paul or even LP Studio. While it comes in two different finishes (Gold and Black,) the metallic Gold model is clearly aimed at guitar players like myself who long for the classically stylish good [...]

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REVIEW: Effectrode’s Tube-Vibe

14. November 2006

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Liquid Tones, Vintage Good Looks, 100% Tube Signal Path The Tube-Vibe is Effectrode’s homage to the classic––some would say historic––Shiftee U-915 Uni-Vibe pedal, which was first introduced to the U.S. back in ‘69, and went on to gain legendary status at the hands of many great guitar players, perhaps most notably Jimi Hendrix, who was obviously [...]

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REVIEW: Aslin Dane’s Bohemian

13. November 2006

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Model Aslin Dane Bohemian Intro If Aslin Dane’s Bohemian looks familiar to you it’s probably because the guitar is essentially an unofficial re-release of the earlier Brian May Signature model (based on May’s legendary Red Special)––minus the artist’s actual endorsement. While the full story behind the relationship between Aslin Dane and Queen’s Brian [...]

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REVIEW: The J3 Pro 6

16. October 2006

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Light Weight, Coil Tapping, Double Octave Fun J3 Guitars hasn’t been around all that long––they introduced their first line of instruments at the Summer NAMM show in 2005––but I can assure you that the three men behind the company (all named John––hence the name J3) definitely know a thing or two about designing guitars. In fact, I’ve [...]

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