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BOSS Recreates Roland RE-201 Space Echo In A Digital Pedal

12. July 2007

Apparently continuing with their recent push towards digitally re-creating some of the world’s most beloved analog guitar gear, BOSS today unveiled the RE-20 Space Echo twin pedal––a digitally modeled re-working of the classic RE-201 tape echo machine. The original Space Echo (right,) which was first offered by Roland beginning in the early-’70s (and stayed on [...]

Gibson Introduces Limited Edition John Lennon Les Paul

11. July 2007

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Gibson today announced yet another handsome addition to its small but illustrious Inspired By series of Custom Shop guitars–the new Limited Edition John Lennon Les Paul. The guitar, which will be produced in a very limited run of just 300 instruments, is a replica of the rather substantially modified early model Les Paul Junior that [...]

Random Acts Of Blandness: Eight Random Things About Cary

11. July 2007

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I was sitting around this morning feeling annoyed by the general lack of good guitar news, when I was pleasantly surprised to find that I’d been tagged by IG as part of the Eight Random Things About Me meme that is going around. So in following the rules of this little game of “online tag,” [...]

Holy Crud! Joe Strummer Telecaster Replica To Be Unveiled At NAMM

11. July 2007

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“This is a public service announcement… with guitar!“ ––The Clash, Know Your Rights Legendary punk band The Clash’s Joe Strummer was one of my earliest guitar heros, so when he passed away in 2002 of an apparent congenital heart defect, like a lot of thirty-somethings who grew up on punk rock I found myself mortified, [...]

Reader Poll: What’s Your Absolute Dream Guitar Rig?

10. July 2007

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Some folks dream of wailing away in front of a menacing wall of Marshall stacks, a few dozen road-weary stompboxes blinking at their feet… others long for the simplicity of a low-powered Class A, dressed in tweed and barely the size of a small suitcase, with nothing more than a dependable boost pedal thrown in [...]

Electro-Harmonix Unveils Old-School Germanium OD Pedal

10. July 2007

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OK, maybe it’s because a mid-’70s Big Muff was the very first effects pedal I ever owned, but I’ve been an Electro-Harmonix fan as long as I can remember, and I’m always a bit excited when they announce a new gizmo for the guitar. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t tend to be really good at PR, [...]

Fender Giving Away John Mayer’s Master-Built Continuum Stratocaster

9. July 2007

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You know me––I’m a sucker for a guitar giveaway, and this one is better than most. According to a page that went up one their website this afternoon, Fender will be giving away the actual Custom Shop Master-Built Strat that John Mayer is using extensively on this Summer’s Continuum Tour. Currently there aren’t any specs [...]

Line 6 Dave Mustaine Signature Amp: Coming To A Store Near You?

8. July 2007

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Well, I don’t usually post on the weekends, but I came across some intriguing info this morning that I thought might interest a few of you–– Line 6 has apparently finished a year-long collaboration with Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine to produce the Dave Mustaine Signature Amplifier, which can be heard in full force on the band’s [...]

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