Old Cars & Hot Guitars Oooh, even more good giveaways… the Gibson Custom Shop and Hot Rod Magazine have apparently teamed up to give away a heavily customized, one-of-a-kind LP – what they’re calling the Hot Rod ‘58 Les Paul. According to the official contest website the instrument sports a host of seriously stylin’ features, including a [...]
Continue reading...12. September 2006
Here’s Your Chance To Get In On The Insanity Epiphone’s latest guitar giveaway promo includes not just the difficult-to-look-at but seriously shreddin’ Zakk Wylde Buzzsaw Custom Les Paul, but also a life-sized cut out of the man himself…. wielding two of his signature guitars no less! The Epiphone Zakk Wylde Buzzsaw features a bound maple top, solid [...]
Continue reading...7. September 2006
Well, I’m going to be away from the computer for the next couple of days (I’ll be posting again on Monday,) but before I disappear I thought I’d leave you with this lovely little monster from Fender – the John 5 Signature Telecaster… John 5 is probably best known for his work with gender-bending musical madman [...]
Continue reading...5. September 2006
Well, the big news in signature guitars last week was Gibson’s announcement of their new Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior – an apparently accurate reproduction of the Green Day front-man’s original 1956 LP Junior affectionately known as “Floyd.” (Hehe, you can’t make this stuff up!) Speaking as a guy who grew up neck-deep in [...]
Continue reading...31. August 2006
It’s funny… I was just a kid when AC/DC were truly at their heyday during the late ’70s, but that didn’t stop their particularly provocative, infectious brand of rock ‘n roll from being one of the major players in the soundtrack of my childhood – heck, you just couldn’t get away from “Highway To Hell” [...]
Continue reading...29. August 2006
Just in time for the first Anniversary of the destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, Epiphone & Music Rising last week announced the release of the new limited edition Music Rising Epiphone Les Paul. The guitar, which sports all the standard Les Paul features, including a mahogany body & neck, carved top, rosewood fretboard, body [...]
Continue reading...24. August 2006
OK, it may not be what we would strictly consider a Signature Guitar, but Fender’s Jeff Beck Tribute Esquire Relic is just too cool to leave out of the discussion. Beck of course (no, not that Beck you little whippersnapper,) is one of the most prolific guitar players in history, and is virtually synonymous with [...]
Continue reading...22. August 2006
Nice! I was hitting my usual online guitar haunts this morning when I came across an announcement over at Fender’s website that they’ve got new 16-month Custom Shop 2007 Guitar Calendars available from their online shop. Unfortunately, they don’t have a gallery of the other photos that are included (what are they thinking?,) but if the [...]
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12. September 2006
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