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A Reader Reviews The Gibson Jimmy Page Double Neck VOS
EGR reader Manuel Iglacias managed to scrape together some $30,000 and travel from Mexico to Texas in the hopes of purchasing the “Holy Grail” of his guitar dreams––the #7 edition of Gibson’s new Jimmy Page “Aged” Double Neck. Unfortunately, things didn’t go quite as planned. Still, Manuel did manage to walk away with the less-expensive [...]
Continue reading...Gretsch Debuts White Falcon Long Scale Bass
13. April 2007
There’s no doubt it’s been a good week for all the retro-lovin’ bass players out there. First Eastwood announced their new Airline Map Bass, and then this morning Gretsch let us in on their latest 4-string creation––the White Falcon Long Scale Bass. Since the White Falcon has long been one of Gretsch’s most popular instruments, [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #12 :: Firebird V Zebra Wood
12. April 2007
Well folks, it looks like we have us a matched set… Gibson has finally announced the newest member of its Guitar Of The Week series, and like last week’s pick, this baby’s dressed in flashy Zebra Wood. Officially titled the Firebird V Zebra Wood, the guitar is expected to sport all of the traditional Firebird [...]
Continue reading...Hell Yes! Eastwood Unveils Airline Map Bass
11. April 2007
Too cool… not sure if this was one of the “Top Secret” models first hinted at during this year’s Winter NAMM Show, but Eastwood Guitars has just announced another classically retro addition to their already stellar lineup––the Airline Map Bass. ushing their Airline line of guitars to a whole new low (low-end that it,) the [...]
Continue reading...Fender Building Junkyard Dog ’51 Tele For Garrett Park Guitars
5. April 2007
As part of their LTD Dealer Select Series Fender is building this ’51 Junkyard Dog Telecaster Relic exclusively for Garrett Park Guitars, in Annapolis, MD. According to their website, the Junkyard Tele will be built from original tooling, and as far as I can gather will be a bit of a mish-mash of modern & [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #11 :: Thunderbird IV Zebra Wood Bass
3. April 2007
Nice… Gibson just announced the newest member in its Guitar Of The Week series, and its a beauty––the Thunderbird IV Zebra Wood Bass. The guitar is of course a re-working of Gibson’s popular ’63 Thunderbird IV, though unlike the original, which featured mahogany wings (the center stripe of the body is actually part of the [...]
Continue reading...New From The Custom Shop: Fender Introduces Stratocaster Pro
2. April 2007
And the endless parade of slightly tweaked guitars continues… Fender recently announced one of the latest instruments to come out of its venerable Custom Shop, the new Stratocaster Pro––a guitar apparently aimed at the pro-level market, and sporting a number of features that according to Fender can be found “on the instruments of famous Fender [...]
Continue reading...How Did I Miss This? Gibson Shows Off SG Select
30. March 2007
Wow… while reading through the coverage of this year’s Musikmesse show (Europe’s big music trade event), I came across mention of one of Gibson’s new 2007 models that I’d somehow completely missed until now–the SG Select. This guitar is being billed as “Gibson’s most exquisite SG,” and to that end it completely breaks away from [...]
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17. April 2007
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