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Guitars, Guitars, Guitars! Eastwood Unveils Three New Models For 2007
Well, NAMM 2007 is just two days away, and as usual there’s a ton of great guitar news going around the net. The big boys have announced a few minor tweaks to their guitar lines, but as usual I’m finding myself more intrigued by the boutique guitar makers. Eastwood Guitars, easily 2006’s poster child for affordable [...]
Continue reading...Fender Busts Out With Two New Stratocasters
11. January 2007
As I wrote a few days back, Fender has apparently released a whole new model line for 2007––the Vintage Hot Rod Series––including the previously mentioned Vintage Hot Rod ‘52 Tele, and the two new Strats shown here: the Vintage Hot Rod ‘62 Stratocaster & the Vintage Hot Rod ‘57 Stratocaster. As far as I can tell [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Keeping Quiet On Kiefer Sutherland Guitar (Kind Of)
9. January 2007
So far there doesn’t seem to be any official “announcement” from Gibson, but if you cruise over to their Custom Shop website you’ll see that the latest splash screen (screenshot here,) indicates a Kiefer Sutherland guitar will be added to the Gibson Inspired By Series this month––more than likely to be debuted at NAMM. So far [...]
Continue reading...Fender Introduces The Vintage Hot Rod ‘52 Telecaster
8. January 2007
Well, I have yet to see any kind of official press release, but Fender have apparently released three new guitars for 2007, including the one pictured here––Fender’e new Vintage Hot Rod ‘52 Telecaster. There isn’t a lot of information available, but the guitar appears to be a seriously upgraded remake of the ‘52 Tele, with some [...]
Continue reading...Schecter Announces New C-1 Exotic Star
8. January 2007
Wow… over the weekend Schecter announced its latest addition to the popular C-model line of guitars––the new C-1 Exotic Star––and if the photos are any indication it looks like it’s going to be a strangely beautiful instrument. The Exotic Star will apparently feature a highly-quilted maple top over an arched mahogany body, and will be available [...]
Continue reading...New Class-A From Peavey: The Windsor Studio Amp
4. January 2007
Sure enough, another major amplifier manufacturer has busted out with a low-powered Class-A guitar amp that “gives guitarists the classic guitar tones of rock’s golden era” along with a few modern extras for those of us who have gotten spoiled by multiple channels, direct “mic-simulated” output and the like. The new 15-watt Windsor Studio is the [...]
Continue reading...NAMM ‘07 Preview: Eight New Guitars From PRS
2. January 2007
Wow… PRS is expected to debut a whopping eight new guitar models at this month’s Winter NAMM ‘07 Conference in Anaheim, including three new three double cutaway instruments, and five single cutaways (the PRS SE One is shown here.) I’m actually really glad to seem them branching out from their traditional style (even if it’s just [...]
Continue reading...Epiphone & Shout! Factory Giving Away A Sheraton II
27. December 2006
Well, if you’ve ever wished you could get into one of Epiphone’s popular Sheraton II model archtops on the cheap, now might be your chance… it doesn’t get much cheaper than free :) Of course, the chances of winning are probably slim to nothing, but hey, it doesn’t cost anything to enter, so what do you [...]
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16. January 2007
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