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Gibson & Hot Rod Giving Away A Hot Rod ’58 Les Paul

12. September 2006

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, [...]

Win Your Very Own Zakk Wylde… Oh Yeah, And A Les Paul, Too!

12. September 2006

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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 [...]

Fender Introduces John 5 Signature Telecaster: Bigsby Included

7. September 2006

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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 [...]

New From Gibson: The Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior

5. September 2006

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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 [...]

One Year Later: Epiphone Introduces Music Rising Les Paul

29. August 2006

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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, [...]

Comfy As An Old T-Shirt: Fender Announces Jeff Beck Esquire Relic

24. August 2006

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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 [...]

Must-Have: Fender’s New 2007 Custom Shop Guitar Calendars

22. August 2006

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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 [...]

Rockabilly Bad Boy: Gretsch Releases Brian Setzer Hot Rod

17. August 2006

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Brian Setzer is a long-time favorite guitarist of mine (since way back when I was a teenager, and Setzer was still in the Stray Cats,) and if you know anything about the man you know he’s a Gretsch fanatic. In fact, the last time I checked he had something like five different Brian Setzer Signature [...]

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