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And The Award For Ugliest Stompbox of 2008 Goes To…

15. February 2008

The Ibanez Steve Vai Jemini Distortion Pedal… two channels of overdrive and distortion, each with individual Drive, Tone & Level controls, and all packed into a zinc die-cast chassis decked out to perfectly complement Vai’s famously color-challenged JEM guitar. Ibanez is calling this one Vai’s “first Signature Distortion pedal…” Can that be correct? I’m not [...]

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Month #1 :: SG Diablo

14. February 2008

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Wow… this thing sure is gaudy ;) Apparently not ready to repeat last year’s rather “love it or hate it” Guitar Of The Week program (we gear hounds sure can be picky, can’t we?) for 2008 Gibson has slowed custom guitar production a bit and will instead be offering the Guitar Of The Month. First [...]

Ouch! ESP Unveils More Than 50 New Guitars & Basses

16. January 2008

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Well you’ve got to hand it to ‘em––ESP’s R&D department certainly wasn’t resting on their laurels this past year. The company has announced that for 2008 over 50 new and improved guitars and basses will be added to their line-up. And these are just the six strings…

Gretsch Kicks Off 125th Year With Gorgeous Chet Atkins G6120-125

10. January 2008

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25 Pieces Worldwide Wow… talk about a Limited Edition. To celebrate their first 125 years in the guitar-making business, Gretsch today announced the upcoming release of the Chet Atkins G6120-125––an instrument built the way Gretsch used to build them: hand-crafted, and detailed down to the bone. The gorgeous 125th Anniversary Chet Atkins model will be [...]

Reverend Unveils Ron Asheton Signature Guitar

7. January 2008

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Nice… based on their popular Flying-V styled Volcano, Reverend this weekend officially announced the release of the new Ron Asheton Signature guitar––named after Iggy Pop & The Stooges guitarist/songwriter Ron Asheton. The guitar will feature a solid Korina body with raised center, optional tremolo, and a dual-action truss rod (with headstock access,) but the real [...]

Ibanez To Introduce SV Prestige At Winter NAMM 2008

4. January 2008

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The Ibanez SV5470 Prestige––no specs yet, but I’ll keep you up to date as more info becomes available…. you can check out the full page here.

Gibson Releases 1968 Les Paul Custom Chambered

5. December 2007

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Perhaps I missed the announcement during my grief (ongoing,) but it looks like Gibson has introduced a newly innovated re-issue of their ’68 Custom Les Paul––the aptly titled Custom Shop 1968 Les Paul Custom Chambered. As Gibson puts it, a “More resonant, lighter version of a classic.” I’d heard rumor that this was already happening [...]

The Countdown’s On: 7 Days To The Release Of “Lenny”

5. December 2007

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Just a quick reminder for all you rabid SRV fans––Fender’s Limited Edition Stevie Ray Vaughan “Lenny” Replica is going on sale a week from today, December 12th, and exclusively through Guitar Center. As stated in our previous coverage, Guitar Center has commissioned just 185 units of the “Tribute Series” Lenny Stratocaster to be sold here [...]

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