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Biggest Guitar Giveaway Ever In The History Of The World?
Ever since purchasing an EC-400 archtop earlier this year I’ve become a big fan of ESP’s guitars, so I thought I’d point out what looks to be the largest promotional guitar giveaway ever… or at least the largest in my memory. In a PR stunt that’s bound to get them some attention from the shredders [...]
Continue reading...Les Paul BFG Coming In At Less Than $1,000
13. November 2006
Quick Note… A few weeks back when Gibson announced its new Les Paul BFG, they made reference to the fact that the guitar was meant to bring traditional Les Paul tone & performance to the teaming masses––without the traditional hefty Les Paul price tag. While Gibson didn’t publish an MSRP at the time (at least [...]
Continue reading...Your Chance To Win An Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster
9. November 2006
In what I can only assume to be part of the massive promo effort leading up to Black Friday––Nov. 24th, the day Fender’s new “Blackie” Stratocaster replica hits stores––Fender is now giving away another guitar with Clapton’s name written all over it: the Artist Series Eric Clapton Stratocaster. Among other things the Eric Clapton Signature, [...]
Continue reading...The Exotic Classic Bich 10… Now For Mere Mortals
8. November 2006
According to their website B.C. Rich has released an imported, non-handcrafted version of their heavy duty ten-stringed behemoth––the Exotic Classic Bich 10––which was previously available only in a hand-made model. Due to the original’s Custom Shop quality, until now the instrument has been pretty much out of the price range of most starving artists, with [...]
Continue reading...Finally: Gibson’s Digital Les Paul Heading To Stores
8. November 2006
Wow, it’s been a long time coming (when was this thing announced… 2002?) but according to at least two different reports, including an interview with Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, the inexplicably-named Les Paul HD.6X-PRO (aka, the Digital Les Paul,) is finally beginning to ship to stores, though apparently still in limited quantities. I know of [...]
Continue reading...Hear The Fender Princeton In Action!
6. November 2006
If you’re in the market for a recording amp that can produce both classic, sparkling Fender clean tones, and dirty, vintage tube overdrive you might be interested to know that Fender has posted sound-clips for their new Princeton Recording Amp… and they’re pretty freakin’ impressive. The amplifier is Fender’s latest re-working of their popular Princeton [...]
Continue reading...Line 6 To Give Away A Spider III Prototype Every Month
1. November 2006
According to their website, Line 6 will be giving away a prototype of their new Spider III digital modeling amplifier every month for an unspecified amount of time. As if the allure of free equipment weren’t enough, the amps that are up for grabs here are apparently the actual pieces used by various big name [...]
Continue reading...Coffin’s Blood Drive Distortion Pedal Goes Live Tomorrow
31. October 2006
Happy Halloween… Boo! And while we’re on the subject of Ghosts & Ghoulies, you might want to take note that the highly-anticipated Blood Drive Distortion pedal (from the good folks at Coffin Cases––who else?!) is expected to be available in stores starting tomorrow, September 1st, 2006. The coffin-shaped Blood Drive pedal is said to sport [...]
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16. November 2006
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