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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #29 :: Reverse Flying V

7. August 2007

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Sure enough, Gibson today announced what is easily the most unique instrument to come out of their year-long Guitar Of The Week program to-date––the aptly titled Reverse Flying V. While the guitar’s flamboyant design is most definitely an acquired taste (you wouldn’t necessarily catch me playing one on stage,) there’s little doubt in my mind that [...]

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Gibson Releases Custom Shop 50th Anniversary Les Paul Goldtop… Now With More Gold!

1. August 2007

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To celebrate the 50th birthday of their watershed ‘57 LP Goldtop, Gibson recently announced the release of this extremely Limited Edition Custom Shop model––the aptly title 50th Anniversary Les Paul Goldtop. The guitar, which pushes the boundaries of taste with its engraved & gold-plated 50th Anniversary headstock veneer, not to mention full-body antique gold finish (top, [...]

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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #28 :: Les Paul Classic Custom W/Dual P-90s

31. July 2007

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Gibson this morning released full specs on its latest Limited Edition Guitar Of The Week instrument, and while I’m not generally a big fan of gold hardware I’d have to say that the Les Paul Classic Custom with dual P-90s is one of the finer looking guitars to come out of this whole series. Apparently built [...]

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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #27 :: Les Paul Classic Antique

25. July 2007

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Sure enough, spoiler or no, Gibson yesterday unveiled this week’s addition to their Guitar Of The Week program (hey, we’re more than half way through,) and since I set out to catalog all 52 instruments, well, here it is––the Les Paul Classic Antique in Faded Cherry. Simply put, this is one of the finest looking LPs [...]

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Eco-Friendly Hemp Guitar Cabinet Hits The Market

20. July 2007

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Hard Truckers, the ambitious folks who managed to design, build, and maintain the Grateful Dead’s infamous 26,400-watt Wall of Sound (both on and off tour,) have introduced a new eco-friendly speaker cabinet made of pressed hemp, covered in renewable bamboo, and boasting two 12” Tone Tubby Hempcone Speakers. Aimed at professional guitar players and weekend warriors [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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

12. July 2007

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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 the [...]

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