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Gibson Betting On ‘Limited Run’ Guitars–52 New Models For 2007
Well, if you’re into what I call the pre-determined collector’s item thing you’ll be interested to know that Gibson has announced its new Guitar Of The Week program which will see the guitar maker pumping out a brand new guitar model each week for 2007 (tip of the hat to Matt at Guitar Stuff.) And [...]
Continue reading...Holy Crud! Fender Introduces Digital Stratocaster!
18. January 2007
Acoustic tones from a Stratocaster. Alternate tunings at the turn of a knob. The growl of a humbucker or ‘twang’ of a Tele right at your fingertips… These are a few of the promises of Fender’s new VG Stratocaster––apparently the twisted love-child of a partnership between music behemoths Fender & Roland. According to their new [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Sexy New SG Model: The SG-3
17. January 2007
You’ve gotta’ love NAMM week––there are so many new guitars & amplifiers being released that it’s hard to keep up with them all, let alone write about them. So for the sake of my sanity I’ll try to stick to the ones that actually intrigue me. One of the more interesting new models to come [...]
Continue reading...Guitars, Guitars, Guitars! Eastwood Unveils Three New Models For 2007
16. January 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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25. January 2007
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