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Gibson Debuts New SG Standard VOS W/Maestro
Somebody Pinch Me! What can I say? For an old-school SG fan like myself, news that Gibson will be producing the SG Standard Vintage Original Spec With Maestro is absolutely drool-inducing… it’s got style, grace, and presumably a whole lot of humbucking power. Based on Gibson’s early, and now utterly classic SG, this new SG [...]
Continue reading...VOX Releases DA15 Digital Guitar Amp
1. May 2006
Big Things Come In Small Packages Not content to be one of the main contenders on top of the tube-amp market (sorry, valve-amp for those in Europe,) VOX has now released two incredibly small amps that pack a powerful punch in the digital guitar effects department: the tiny VOX DA5, and it’s slightly larger cousin [...]
Continue reading...Full-Throttle: Electro-Harmonix Announces Metal Muff Distortion
27. April 2006
New Spin On A Classic Distortion Pedal Well, it looks like Electro-Harmonix has done it again – they’ve apparently just updated their venerable line of distortion pedals (whose pedigree starts way back in the ’70s with the classic Big Muff,) with the newly-released Metal Muff – a distortion pedal aimed squarely at the metal-head demographic. [...]
Continue reading...Love At First Sight: Fender Introduces Super-Sonic 112 Combo
26. April 2006
ALL-TUBE PERFECTION? OK, first off I think Fender has been reading my mind… seriously, according to their website Fender’s new Super-Sonic 112 Combo may be the all-in-one guitar amplifier I’ve been dreaming of for, I don’t know, the last 20 years! Anyone who follows this blog knows that after years of loading equipment on and [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Custom ’57 LP Black Beauty
18. April 2006
Ok, most of us will never have the kind of scratch lying around to allow us to just go out and purchase one of these, but hey– a boy can dream, right? If you haven’t seen it yet, here it is: Gibson’s new Custom 3-Pickup ’57 Les Paul Black Beauty. Oh yeah, if this one [...]
Continue reading...A Rare Beauty: Fender Introduces Special Edition Koa Telecaster
13. April 2006
If you’re lookin’ for something a bit more exotic than your typical ash or alder Tele, you might want to check out Fender’s new Special Edition Koa Telecaster — it’s Fender’s first offering to make use of tropical koa wood outside of their gorgeous, but rather expensive Custom Shop models. It looks like Fender’s managed [...]
Continue reading...Discovery: The Ukulele Makes A Great Travel Guitar!
11. April 2006
I’m Back From The South Pacific Well, I got in late yesterday from a much needed two-week vacation on Hawaii’s Big Island, and not being content to stay away from a stringed instrument for all that time I ended up picking up a cheap-o ukulele in a Farmer’s Market in Kona for just $12. Amazingly, [...]
Continue reading...I’m Off To Hawaii! Introducing The Gold Tone Lap Steel Guitar
25. March 2006
VACATION TIME! Well, tomorrow I’m off to the Big island of Hawaii for a much needed two weeks of rest, relaxation, and mai-tais. But don’t worry – I’ve pre-posted enough stuff to keep you all busy while, so Electric Guitar Review will continue to be updated automagically while I’m gone :) In parting, I thought [...]
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3. May 2006
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