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Fender Unveils G.E. Smith Signature Telecaster
More good stuff from Fender: the company has announced a rather intriguing new signature model for its 2007 lineup––the G.E. Smith Signature Telecaster. The guitar, which was created in cooperation with G.E. Smith, decade-long bandleader from Saturday Night Live, is apparently intended to be a mash-up between a Fender lap steel from the ’40s and [...]
Continue reading...Schecter Announces New Shredder: Hellraiser Tempest
9. February 2007
Shredheads takes note: according to their website Schecter Guitar Research has added a brand new model to their already popular Hellraiser line of metal-centric guitars––the aptly titled Hellraiser Tempest. The Hellraiser Tempest, which is basically a suped-up version of Schecter’s original Diamond Series Tempest, is aimed squarely at the shred-head demographic, with its most obvious [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #3 :: SG Standard Silverburst
9. February 2007
Well, we’re only two weeks into Gibson’s new Guitar Of The Week program, and the company already looks to be falling behind a bit… on Tuesday they managed to post a photo of the program’s latest instrument––this gorgeous limited edition SG Standard Silverburst––but Friday is here and so far there are no specs to be [...]
Continue reading...John 5 Gets Another Signature Guitar: Fender’s J5 Triple Tele
8. February 2007
According to their website Fender has released yet another John 5 Signature instrument––the new J5 Triple Tele Deluxe––which looks to be based on a classic ’70s Tele Deluxe, albeit with some modern, high-power modifications. John 5′s other signature model guitar is of course the J5 Bigsby Telecaster. Unique features of the J5 Triple Tele Deluxe [...]
Continue reading...It’s Official: Fender Unveils Andy Summers Telecaster
7. February 2007
We hinted about it back in October, but now it’s official: Fender has announced its Andy Summers Tribute Telecaster, a replica of Summers’ heavily-modified ’61 Tele, which he apparently bought in the ’70s for a staggering $200 ;) The guitar will be produced in a limited run of just 250 instruments, the first of which [...]
Continue reading...Fender To Produce 300 Limited Edition ’57 Amps
31. January 2007
Well, Fender may be far from what you’d call a small-time player, but in spite of their stature (not to mention the general hoopla around NAMM,) I had to dig around quite a bit to discover this beauty––the ’57 Amp. According to their website the ’57 Amp––a 12-watt, all tube guitar amplifier based on Fender’s [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #2 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
30. January 2007
As expected, today Gibson announced the latest guitar in its new Guitar Of The Week series––the Les Paul Classic Antique. Like the other guitars in the line, this beauty will be produced in a limited run of just 400 instruments, making it a pre-determined collector’s item if there ever was one. According to Gibson’s website [...]
Continue reading...Epiphone Debuts Nick Valensi Riviera P94
29. January 2007
Well, NAMM has come and gone, and I certainly didn’t have time to keep up on all the announcements, so this week I’m going to try to dig out some of the unsung jewels that got overshadowed by the big boys at this year’s conference. While they’re not exactly a small time player, somehow I [...]
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13. February 2007
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