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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #31 :: Flying V New Century
So here it is: the latest custom Flying V to be born out of Gibson’s year-long Guitar Of The Week series––the newly minted limited edition Flying V New Century. To be perfectly honest, I’m very happy to see Gibson taking the New Century line in a whole new direction, because in case you missed it, those [...]
Continue reading...T-Rex Unveils Their New Viper Vibe Pedal… Sort Of
16. August 2007
Back in May of this year (2007,) and apparently without an ounce of fanfare, T-Rex released their seriously stylin’ new Viper vibrato pedal onto the world. I don’t know how it went unnoticed––wrapped in black & white snake print it’s one of the more striking stomp-boxes I’ve seen in quite some time––but when I stumbled onto [...]
Continue reading...Electro-Harmonix Beefs Up XO Line With Q-Tron+ & Octave Multiplexer
14. August 2007
Wow, these guys just can’t stop… apparently not content with their recent release of six brand new pedals, Electro-Harmonix has added yet two more effects to their new XO Line––updated versions of both the Q-Tron and Octave Multiplexer. Q-Tron+ The Q-Tron+ appears to be a suped-up version of E-H’s classic Q-Tron envelope filter––now loaded into the [...]
Continue reading...Swappable Tube Preamps: Randall MTS Series Hits The Stores
8. August 2007
Tube Freaks Take Note: Randall yesterday announced that its innovative new swappable tube pre-amp system––officially dubbed the MTS Series Modular Tube Guitar Preamp System––is now available for your consumption. I don’t know about you, but as a dyed-in-the-wool tube fanatic the idea of effortlessly hopping back and forth between entirely different tube pre-amps whenever the mood [...]
Continue reading...Gretsch Resurrects Classic ‘59 Chet Atkins Tennessee Rose
7. August 2007
Hell yes… Gretsch today released full specs on its new G6119-1959 Chet Atkins Tennessee Rose––a remake of the stunning red hollowbody that guitar legend Atkins can be seen playing on the cover of his 1961 LP “Chet Atkins’ Workshop.” Incredibly, the instrument is just one of more that twenty guitars to bear Atkins’ name in Gretsch’s [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #29 :: Reverse Flying V
7. August 2007
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 [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Releases Custom Shop 50th Anniversary Les Paul Goldtop… Now With More Gold!
1. August 2007
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, [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #28 :: Les Paul Classic Custom W/Dual P-90s
31. July 2007
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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21. August 2007
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