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Swappable Tube Preamps: Randall MTS Series Hits The Stores
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #27 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
25. July 2007
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 [...]
Continue reading...Eco-Friendly Hemp Guitar Cabinet Hits The Market
20. July 2007
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 [...]
Continue reading...Clapton & Mayer To Perform On Good Morning America Tomorrow
19. July 2007
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 [...]
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8. August 2007
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