Electric Guitar Review

Welcome To The EGR Chop Shop: Let’s Build Us A Boost Pedal

20. July 2007

Inspired by my recent successful foray into Strat mods, not to mention IG’s great “Gator Muff” Pedal Build Project, I’ve decided to tack a new department onto Electric Guitar Review––the EGR Chop Shop. Heck, I figure if I’m gonna’ get my hands dirty poking around inside various guitars, amps, stompboxes and the like I may as [...]

Clapton & Mayer To Perform On Good Morning America Tomorrow

19. July 2007

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Details are a bit sketchy at this point, but according to an e-mail going out from Fender, John Mayer and Eric Clapton are expected to perform on ABC’s Good Morning America between 8:00-9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning (Friday, July 20.) I’m not sure if this is purely a promotional tie-in, but Mayer was apparently Fender’s first customer [...]

Shielding Your Strat For Buzz-Free Playing: Quieting The Beast

17. July 2007

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If you’re one of the many guitar players who’s been told over and over again that there is little to be done about the dreaded 60-cycle hum that emanates from your beloved Strat whenever you plug it in––it’s time to rethink things. Sure, a good old fashioned shielding job can help a bit, but even most [...]

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #26 :: ‘61 SG Reissue Classic White

17. July 2007

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Late last night Gibson posted specs for this week’s Guitar Of The Week, but I was too damned wrapped up in HBO’s Big Love to post… anyway, here it is: GOTW #26––the ‘61 SG Reissue done up in Classic White. As far as I can tell the only thing setting this instrument apart from Gibson’s production [...]

Vintage Guitar Reviews The VOX Limited Edition Brian May Custom AC30

16. July 2007

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Someone must have forgotten to give me the memo, because I wasn’t even aware that VOX was producing a Limited Edition Brian May Custom AC30 until I came across this review over at Vintage Guitar Magazine’s website. The big news here is that the amp, which was developed in conjunction with legendary Queen guitar-man Brian May, [...]

Hear Amplitube Jimi Hendrix In Action… Courtesy Of Guitar Player Magazine

16. July 2007

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As a companion piece for their upcoming review of IK Multimedia’s Amplitube Jimi Hendrix digital modeling software, Guitar Player Magazine’s Michael Ross has recorded a pretty impressively authentic Hendrix-style jam in Ableton Live, and uploaded it to their website as an mp3. For the recording he apparently used a vintage ‘65 Strat fitted with DiMarzio Virtual [...]

First Look: Effectrode’s All-Tube Phaseomatic Deluxe

13. July 2007

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Before I sign off for the weekend I just wanted to leave you all with a quick look at this beautiful stompbox I just got in for review––a brand spankin’ new prototype of Effectrode’s Phaseomatic Deluxe. The pedal is essentially a re-ingeneered “Deluxe” version of the world’s first photo-optical, vacuum tube phaser, and like its predecessors [...]

It’s Official: Fender Announces The Joe Strummer Telecaster

13. July 2007

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Well, it’s official––Fender today confirmed what we reported a few days ago: the imminent release of the new Joe Strummer Telecaster, which will be based on the battered & beaten ‘66 Tele that Strummer played throughout his career, including his time heading British punk royalty the Clash, and his later work with the Mescaleros. Having survived [...]

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Welcome To The EGR Chop Shop: Let’s Build Us A Boost Pedal

Clapton & Mayer To Perform On Good Morning America Tomorrow

Shielding Your Strat For Buzz-Free Playing: Quieting The Beast

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #26 :: ‘61 SG Reissue Classic White

Vintage Guitar Reviews The VOX Limited Edition Brian May Custom AC30

Hear Amplitube Jimi Hendrix In Action… Courtesy Of Guitar Player Magazine

First Look: Effectrode’s All-Tube Phaseomatic Deluxe

It’s Official: Fender Announces The Joe Strummer Telecaster

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