Archive | News
Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #10 :: SG Standard With 3 Single Coil Pickups
I have to admit that Gibson caught me totally off guard with this one… the guitar maker has just released specs on this week’s installation of their Guitar Of The Week series, and it’s a unique instrument to be sure––introducing the SG Standard with 3 Single Coil Pickups! While most of the guitar’s specs will [...]
Continue reading...Gretsch To Produce 59 Limited Edition Brian Setzer Tribute Guitars
27. March 2007
According to my extra-super top secret sources, the Gretsch Custom Shop is hard at work building a replica of Brian Setzer’s classic ’59 Gretsch 6120––the guitar that Setzer used while rocketing to stardom with the Stray Cats. The guitar, dubbed the Limited Edition Brian Setzer Tribute, will bear the markings of a seriously worn-in Gretsch, [...]
Continue reading...Fender Introduces Dual Humbucker Spalted Maple Custom Telecaster
26. March 2007
Fender this morning released specs on what is undoubtedly one of the sexier instruments they’ve introduced this year––the new Spalted Maple Custom Telecaster, the latest edition to Fender’s Special Edition Series. According to their website the guitar will feature a number of unique stats, not least of which is a gorgeous Spalted Maple veneer top, [...]
Continue reading...Death By Audio Unleashes Interstellar Overdriver Supreme
23. March 2007
Death By Audio today announced the release of its latest 100% analog overdrive creation––the divinely titled Interstellar Overdriver Supreme. Apparently an evolutionary step up from the exceedingly simple Interstellar Overdriver pedal, the new Interstellar Overdriver Supreme features two independent channels: one that pumps out classic old-school overdrive tones, the other one capable of producing six [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #9 :: Les Paul Supreme Autumn Burst
23. March 2007
Late last night Gibson finally released specs on the latest member of its Guitar Of The Week series of limited run instruments––the gorgeous Les Paul Supreme in Autumn Burst. Like the other guitars in Gibson’s LP Supreme line, the instrument will be decked out in gold, including gold hardware, gold speed knobs, gold Grover keystone [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Limited Edition Johnny A. Standard
22. March 2007
Just a few days after lifting the veil on their new Warren Haynes Les Paul Standard, Gibson has announced yet another addition to their popular Inspired By series––the Limited Edition Johnny A. Standard. While Johnny A. collaborated with Gibson back in 2003 to create his original Signature Model guitar, the Inspired By Johnny A. Standard [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Unveils Warren Haynes Les Paul Standard
20. March 2007
Hehe… not every artist can say he’s got a guitar finish named after him. Yesterday Gibson unveiled its latest addition to the much-drooled-over Inspired By series of Signature guitars––the new Warren Haynes Les Paul Standard. The guitar, which was built in direct cooperation with Warren Haynes––famous for his 16 years with the Allman Brothers band, [...]
Continue reading...Eastwood Produces Guitar With 27 Useable Tones
20. March 2007
I don’t have to tell you that when I first read the description of Eastwood’s new Joey Leone Signature RBC I was more than skeptical of Leone’s claims of a full 27 different, not to mention useable, guitar tones. Hey, but I guy can be pleasantly surprised, right? While I didn’t actually count the distinct [...]
Continue reading...
27. March 2007
11 Comments