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Gretsch Recreates ‘56 Stereo Chet Atkins G6120… With Faux F-Holes!

12. August 2008

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Gretsch Recreates ‘56 Stereo Chet Atkins G6120… With Faux F-Holes!

Nice… I swear, over the last twelve months or so Gretsch has put out more truly drool-inducing Limited Edition guitars than you can shake a stick at. Latest in this lineup is the just-announced G6120-CGP––a recreation of the prototype “Stereo” guitar that Gretsch built for Chet Atkins back in 1956. So early was the prototype given to [...]

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Sneak Preview Of Fender’s Upcoming Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster

8. August 2008

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Just a quick note that Fender this morning has finally published more info on its not-so-secret-anymore Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster. They’ve got some photos of the frighteningly scalloped guitar––masterbuilt by Custom Shop madman John Cruz––plus links and a calendar of events and such, but most interesting to me was the new “trailer,” which gives us [...]

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Gibson’s “Robot Guitar” Now Available In Sixteen Different Styles

7. August 2008

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Just when I thought it was safe to pull out my pocketbook again, Gibson announces a full range of new “Robot Guitars,” including both a Les Paul and an SG in what may be the single most popular finish produced in recent years (if searches on this site are any indication,)… Silverburst. Self-tuning robotics aside, guitar [...]

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Love It Or Hate It, Vintage Guitar Hedge Fund In The Works

6. August 2008

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Hahaha… I would LOVE to get in on this. An actual hedge fund based on Vintage Guitar Magazine’s dreamy “42 Guitar Index” According to several financial media sources, Anchorage Capital, a London investment firm, is expected to launch the Guitar Fund. Set up as a hedge fund, the Guitar Fund will seek investment returns by buying [...]

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EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: Misadventures Of A Neck Surgeon!

29. July 2008

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Okay, so as promised, here’s a little look at our Tele Relic’s neck now that it’s been sanded, dinged to hell, tinted with wood stain, and all finished up with vintage amber nitro finish. Over all, we are mighty happy with the results, though it took quite a few tries to get it right… As seen in [...]

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Tune In Tomorrow For… EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: Misadventures Of A Neck Surgeon!

28. July 2008

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Yeah, I know, it’s been a helluva’ long time since my last update… sorry folks, life has taken some strange twists and turns for me over the last nine months, and being a one-man-show here at EGR means this blog has suffered. Anyway, I won’t bore you with all of my apologies, but I thought you’d [...]

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Fender Introduces Billy Corgan Signature Stratocaster

2. July 2008

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Sorry for the disappearance, folks… it would seem that recovery from the loss of a loved one seldom occurs in a nice, straight arc––the last few months have been a real roller-coaster for me. Anyway, I logged in this morning to be pleasantly surprised by the latest Signature Series instrument coming from Fender––the Billy Corgan Signature [...]

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EGR’s Great Tele Relic Experiment: Beatin’ The Hell Out Of That Pickguard

17. June 2008

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As promised, I thought today I’d write down some of my thoughts on the creative process of aging our pickguard. First things first, we tossed aside our Baja Tele’s single-ply black pickguard and went hunting for a nice retro-style mint green one to replace it. Unfortunately, finding a mint-green guard in a 5-hole configuration wasn’t as [...]

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