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One Year Later: Epiphone Introduces Music Rising Les Paul
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, [...]
Continue reading...Comfy As An Old T-Shirt: Fender Announces Jeff Beck Esquire Relic
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...Must-Have: Fender’s New 2007 Custom Shop Guitar Calendars
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 [...]
Continue reading...Rockabilly Bad Boy: Gretsch Releases Brian Setzer Hot Rod
17. August 2006
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 [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Releases Pete Townshend Signature Les Paul Deluxe #9
16. August 2006
I’m gonna’ lay this on the line right from the get-go – Gibson’s Pete Townshend Deluxe Les Paul #9 looks like one seriously sweet guitar. On top of an incredible set of features, and of course its singular style, this one’s pretty much bound to be a collector’s item if for no other reason than [...]
Continue reading...Epiphone Giving Away A DOT Studio!
15. August 2006
If you’re one of the many folks who found themselves getting a bit excited over the introduction of Epiphone’s new DOT Studio, you might be interested to know they are now giving one of these lovely guitars away as a promo. You pretty much just have to sign-up to be entered in the contest, which [...]
Continue reading...Monster Of Metal: ESP Unveils James Hetfield Signature Truckster
14. August 2006
A couple of months back we covered ESP’s surprisingly affordable James Hetfield Signature guitar, the LTD Truckster, but I thought today we’d take a look at that instrument’s more refined (and hence more expensive) sibling – the ESP James Hetfield Signature Truckster. I’m guessing just about any serious Metallica fan (and plenty of non-fans too,) [...]
Continue reading...Epiphone Unveils New DOT Studio
10. August 2006
Along with yesterday’s announcement by Epiphone of their new Blues Custom 30 tube amp comes word of another new piece of highly affordable equipment – the DOT Studio Hollowbody… yep, an ES-335 for the rest of us! Like its famous predecessor, the classic Gibson ES-335, the DOT Studio is half way between a solid-body and [...]
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29. August 2006
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