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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #36 :: Explorer New Century In Satin Ebony

25. September 2007

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Well, I’m happy to say that the prediction we made back in June was correct… Gibson today announced its Guitar Of The Week #36, and as expected it’s the rather industrial looking Explorer New Century in Satin Ebony. As mentioned in our previous post, the big news here is that the “New Century” line of guitars, [...]

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REVIEW: Guyatone’s ULTRON Optical Auto Wah & ULTREM Optical Tremolo

24. September 2007

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I’d been in the market for an envelope filter for more than a few months when Godlyke approached me about reviewing their new Guyatone Optical effects pedals… so needless to say I just couldn’t resist taking them for a test drive. For those of you who aren’t already acquainted with this latest line of effects from [...]

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SG Meets Flying V: Gibson Producing Zakk Wylde ZV

21. September 2007

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What’s got black & white stripes, the wings of a Flying V, and the devilish horns of an SG? You guessed it––the soon to be announced Gibson Zakk Wylde ZV… otherwise known as the Zakk-V. No, we don’t have anything in the way of official specs yet, but based on the photo (which is just one [...]

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Line 6 Unveils POD X3 & POD X3 Live Guitar Effects

20. September 2007

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Well, it was leaked late last month, and the whole thing got kind of overshadowed by the news that Line 6 had developed a new line of hybrid tube/digital-modeling amps with Bogner, but today the company officially unveiled their latest line of POD products––the POD X3 and POD X3 Live. While the two products have entirely [...]

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Collaborating With Randall On Signature Line Of Amps

19. September 2007

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According to my top secret source, Randall Amplifiers and Metallica’s Kirk Hammett have been working on a Kirk Hammett Signatures Series of guitar amplifiers––including heads, combos and MTS pre-amp modules––to be announced officially tomorrow. It’s apparently too early for photos, or even further details, but according to my man-in-the-know the Kirk Hammett series will help your [...]

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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #35 :: ‘61 SG In Satin Antique Walnut

18. September 2007

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Gibson today unveiled the newest member of its Limited Edition Guitar Of The Week line, and while the instrument isn’t overtly customized––by all appearances only the finish is truly “custom”––to my eyes it’s one of the better looking guitars to come out of the program so far this year. Dressed in a classy Satin Antique Walnut [...]

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Speed Linking: The Nash Firecaster, BYOC’s New Compressor, Gibson’s VOS Series

17. September 2007

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Well, if it seems like I wasn’t around much last week you’re absolutely right… I was up to my eyeballs working on a seriously long review of the optical pedals that Guyatone recently sent me. Anyway, you can expect the review to go live sometime this week (with lots of sound samples,) possibly even tomorrow. [...]

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Rare Find: One Of A Kind ’60 Stratocaster NoNeck Relic In 3-Tone Sunburst Sparkle

14. September 2007

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If I had $5,000 in my pocket this thing would already be sold. Masterbuilt by Jason Smith––apprentice of recently deceased Fender Custom Shop Guru John English––and available exclusively from New York’s Music Zoo, the guitar pictured here is a one of a kind ’60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic NoNeck in gorgeous 3-Tone Sunburst Sparkle finish. According to the [...]

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