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

11. September 2007

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Eastwood’s Airline Twin Tone Recreates The ’62 SUPRO Dual Tone

5. September 2007

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Nice… yet another classic guitar re-make from my favorite “new vintage” guitar builders (hey, I think I just coined a new term.). Eastwood Guitars yesterday unveiled its latest vintage six-string recreation––the new Airline Twin Tone. Essentially a re-issue of the classic and fairly hard to find 1962 Supro Dual Tone, Eastwood appears to have stayed [...]

Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #33 :: Les Paul Classic Antique Mahogany Top

4. September 2007

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Well, I hope all of you here in the US had a great 3-day, and that everyone else around the world had a nice weekend as well. To help us get the new week started off on the right foot, here’s a little bit of eye candy from Gibson… The company today unveiled what is [...]

See & Hear Gibson’s New ES-339 In Action

3. September 2007

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When the news broke on Friday that Gibson had launched a new ES model guitar––the ES 339––specs were readily available, but there was no official product page on Gibson’s website. Anyway, not only is there now a full product page, but Gibson has also published a high-quality video demo of the ES-339, including some nice [...]

Gibson Launches New ES Model, ES-339 Semi-Hollowbody

31. August 2007

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Brand New ES Series From Gibson Well, Gibson this morning released full specs on its latest six-string creation––the ES-339––and it’s looking like a real beauty. The guitar is basically an ES-335 packed into a Les Paul sized body, and includes all of the traditional accoutrements of the classic 335, including its hardware, body shape (if [...]

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