Electric Guitar Review

Fender Announces Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Thinline & Custom

Well, the Winter 2010 NAMM show has come and gone, and we’ve got plenty of instrument announcements to take a look at. Fender has added to its Squier brand of instruments with the debut of two more vintage-inspired ‘Classic Vibe’ guitars –– the Classic Vibe Telecaster Thinline and Classic Vibe Telecaster Custom –– based on their [...]

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Fender Reveals New ‘American Special’ Line Of Guitars

Well, it’s NAMM time again folks, and that means new guitars and gear coming out of the woodwork. For its part, Fender this week announced the release of a whole new line of guitars, dubbed the American Specials. Comprised of the American Special Telecaster, American Special Stratocaster, and American Special Stratocaster HSS, this latest edition to [...]

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Gibson Unveils Jimmy Page ‘Number Two’ Les Paul Replica

Lordy, they’re trying to kill me… Gibson this week finally pulled the veil on their latest super-high-end Custom Shop re-creation (read: cha-ching!) –– a painstaking replica of Jimmy Page’s iconic “Number Two” Les Paul. Based on Page’s original ‘59 Les Paul ‘Burst –– which was massively modified by the guitarist in order to explore its full [...]

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Gibson Releases Les Paul Tribute 1952 Goldtop

Hot on the heels of their Epiphone branded Les Paul Tribute Standard, Gibson this week announced the release of a high-end Custom Shop model –– the Les Paul Tribute 1952 –– in honor of the legendary musician/innovator behind the name, Les Paul himself. Billed as the closest match yet to Les’ original specs, the guitar looks [...]

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Gibson Unveils Three New Angus Young SG Models

Hell yes… Gibson this morning unveiled a whopping three new Angus Young SG models, including a standard Gibson USA production run version, plus two new Limited Edition Custom Shop versions –– in Aged and VOS (Vintage Original Spec) finishes. Apparently not meant to be an exact replica of Young’s iconic guitar, according to Gibson the Custom [...]

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Gibson Giving Away Tickets To Les Paul Tribute Concert, Plus A Les Paul Studio

Sweet… according to Gibson this morning the company will be giving away ten pairs of tickets to the upcoming Les Paul Tribute Concert –– to be held November 19th at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN –– with one lucky winner receiving a grand prize of not only two tickets to the concert, but also a [...]

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PRS 25th Anniversary Guitars Now Online

Just a quick note for all you rabid PRS fans –– the company’s recently announced 25th Anniversary line of limited edition guitars is now online and ready to be ogled. There are a bunch of gorgeous instruments here, but stand-outs for me are the 25th Anniversary Carlos Santana model (check out the purfling on that figured [...]

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Epiphone Debuts New Limited Edition ‘59 Les Paul “Burst”

In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, Epiphone has announced yet another beautiful reissue of the classic 1959 Les Paul Standard “burst” — this time in a strictly limited run of 1,959 instruments. The guitar looks to be highly accurate to its nearly royal lineage, boasting a whole host of appointments you’d expect from a ‘59 LP, [...]

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