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A Reader Reviews Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week #21: The SG-3 Fireburst

1. October 2007

Over the weekend EGR reader Jarrod Perkins left us a great review of his new Limited Edition Gibson SG-3 Fireburst (Guitar Of The Week #21,) and I thought I’d post it here so more of you would get to read it. Enjoy–– So my SG3 arrived yesterday. After giving it a proper workout, I’m very [...]

Guitar World Reviews New Fender Princeton Recording Amp

28. September 2007

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There’s an excellent review of Fender’s new Princeton Recording Amp over at Guitar World right now, so if you’re into the whole low-power/big-tone tube amp thing like I am, you might want to check it out. As usual, they’ve got a pretty decent demo video as well, though getting it to buffer smoothly can be [...]

It’s Official… Gibson Unveils The Dave Grohl ‘Inspired By’ DG-335

27. September 2007

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Well, you heard it here a few weeks ago, but today it became official: Gibson’s Custom Shop has announced the release of the new Dave Grohl DG-335––part of Gibson’s small but illustrious Inspired By series of signature guitars. As called out by more than a few of our readers, the guitar is based on the [...]

Line 6 Debuts TonePort UX8 – Eight Channel USB Audio Interface

26. September 2007

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Nice… for the last two years I’ve been using Line 6 TonePort products to record sound samples here at EGR, and I have to say I’ve been more than satisfied with the results––not to mention the sheer affordability. Now, hot on the heel of last week’s POD X3 announcement, Line 6 has unveiled yet another [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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