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PRS 305 Takes MIPA Award & Guitar Player Magazine’s ‘Editor’s Pick’
There’s a ton of great press going around for Paul Reed Smith’s new 305 model guitar, and I just wanted to point some of it out to you –– in the last few months this gorgeous guitar has won both the Musikmesse International Press Award (or MIPA,) and the June 2010 ‘Editor’s Pick’ from Guitar [...]
Continue reading...Fender Announces ‘Tele-bration’, Celebrating 60 Years Of The Telecaster
13. April 2010
According to Fender’s Custom Shop website, the company is celebrating 60 years since the advent of the Telecaster with a ‘Tele-bration’ that includes the release of a number of gorgeous Custom Shop relics. The real stand-out to me is the 60th Anniversary Limited Telecaster Proto (left), which reproduces one of the earliest prototypes of the [...]
Continue reading...It’s Back… Gibson Releases 50th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul ‘Black Beauty’
8. April 2010
Wow, Gibson’s running fast and furious with the ’50th Anniversary’ models these days… the latest in the line, announced earlier this week, will be the 50th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Custom ‘Black Beauty’ –– a re-creation of one of Gibson’s most popular and iconic guitars. The guitar appears to have all the bells and whistles [...]
Continue reading...ESP Announces 11 New LTD Guitars & Basses For Spring 2010
5. April 2010
If you follow ESP at all you’re probably aware that a few times a year they throw-down with a bunch of new models… and I mean a bunch –– in fact back in January of 2008 they released a whopping 50 new instruments all at once. Anyway, they’re at it again, as last week the [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Debuts The Joan Jett ‘Blackheart’ Melody Maker
25. March 2010
Wow, tons of new stuff coming out of Gibson these days… hot on the heels of the recently announced Slash ‘Appetite For Destruction’ Les Paul and gorgeous 50th Anniversary 1960 ES-335TD comes word that the company has released yet another ‘artist model’ guitar, the Joan Jett Blackheart. Apparently based on Jett’s heavily modified mid-’60s Melody [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Officially Announces Slash ‘Appetite For Destruction’ Les Paul
12. March 2010
Well, they’ve been talking about it off and on for months, and a few photos have even gone around the web, but Gibson yesterday officially announced the release of their new Slash ‘Appetite For Destruction’ Les Paul, and based on the photos it’s a real beauty (take a look at that wood grain, yum…) To [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Releases Free iPhone App – Tuner, Metronome, Chord Dictionary
5. March 2010
Well, if you haven’t bit the bullet yet on a dedicated guitar app for your iPhone (or even if you have, really,) you might want to take a look at Gibson’s new offering. Hey, it’s free, it’s good looking, and it’s loaded up with all the basics, including a tuner that supports multiple popular tunings, [...]
Continue reading...Gretsch Introduces Tim Armstrong Electromatic Hollowbody
26. February 2010
Looking for a totally murdered-out Hollowbody? Look no further –– Gretsch this month announced the availability of their latest signature model and it’s a black beauty –– the G5191BK Tim Armstrong Electromatic, in honor of talented Rancid/Operation Ivy guitarist and songwriter Tim Armstrong. All done up in black and gold –– yep, that includes all [...]
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19. April 2010
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