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Gibson Giving Away A PowerTune Equipped Les Paul Studio

14. September 2007

Well, this week marked the “official” release of the PowerTune Les Paul (yep, Gibson acquired exclusive rights to Tronical’s automated guitar tuning system back in January,) and to get the great big promotional ball rolling the company will apparently be giving away one of these latest LP Studios to some lucky winner. After a bit of [...]

Limited Run Fender “Thin Skin” ‘52 Telecaster Now Available

13. September 2007

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If you missed your chance at the popular ‘06 run you might want to do some digging around at a few of the higher-end guitar retailers (no, GC doesn’t count,) because a new limited run of Fender Thin Skin ‘52 Teles in Butterscotch Blonde is hitting stores, and like their predecessors they’re likely to be [...]

ESP Unveils Ten New LTD Model Guitars For Fall 2007

11. September 2007

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ESP today announced the addition of a whopping ten new guitars to its low-cost LTD line, though to be perfectly honest I think they may be stretching things a bit when they call these “new models”… half of the instruments appear to be existing models with just minor aesthetic changes Metallica Jr. Still, the most [...]

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #34 :: Les Paul Standard 50’s Neck

11. September 2007

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Well, Gibson just unveiled what is evidently Guitar Of The Week #34––the Les Paul Standard 50’s Neck––and while in my mind it’s one of the better looking guitars to come out of this whole year-long series, other than that handsome finish I’m not at all sure what makes it qualify as a custom instrument. Decked out [...]

Peavey’s ValveKing 212 Combo Takes Guitar World’s Gold Award

11. September 2007

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Just a quick note that if you’re in the market for a boutique-style amp without the boutique-style price tag, you might want to take a closer look at Peavey’s ValveKing 212 Combo. The amp has apparently taken Guitar World Magazine’s Gold Award For Overall Value, and for a full-featured Class A-A/B guitar amp, the ValveKing 212 [...]

Carr Unveils “Mini” Version Of The Class A Mercury Tube Amp

7. September 2007

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Nice… Carr this morning announced the release of their new Mini-Mercury tube amplifier––a 10” version of the incredibly retro-cool Mercury 12” Combo. Not only Class A, but featuring an innovative power attenuating circuit that allows the amp to be played at 8, 2, 1/2 and just 1/10 watts “with no appreciable change in tone,” the Mini-Mercury [...]

Guitar Player Reviews The Washburn Idol WI66PROG

7. September 2007

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The Idol WI66PROG appears to be Washburn’s homage to the classic mid-’50s Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, and considering its street price of just around $700 it’s actually been pulling in surprisingly good reviews. Like its legendary role model, the most conspicuous features here are the WI66PROG’s bound and carved gold top, and in this case a [...]

Gibson To Announce Dave Grohl ‘Inspired By’ Signature Guitar

5. September 2007

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Gibson’s pretty much keeping their mouth shut on this one, and I have yet to come across anything in the way of actual specs, but after donning my best cat burglar outfit and crawling around the dark recesses of the web for a few hours I managed to come up with this photo––the soon to [...]

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Gibson Giving Away A PowerTune Equipped Les Paul Studio

Limited Run Fender “Thin Skin” ‘52 Telecaster Now Available

ESP Unveils Ten New LTD Model Guitars For Fall 2007

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #34 :: Les Paul Standard 50’s Neck

Peavey’s ValveKing 212 Combo Takes Guitar World’s Gold Award

Carr Unveils “Mini” Version Of The Class A Mercury Tube Amp

Guitar Player Reviews The Washburn Idol WI66PROG

Gibson To Announce Dave Grohl ‘Inspired By’ Signature Guitar

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