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

19. September 2007

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Gibson Giving Away A PowerTune Equipped Les Paul Studio

14. September 2007

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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