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It’s Official: Fender Unveils Andy Summers Telecaster
We hinted about it back in October, but now it’s official: Fender has announced its Andy Summers Tribute Telecaster, a replica of Summers’ heavily-modified ‘61 Tele, which he apparently bought in the ’70s for a staggering $200 ;) The guitar will be produced in a limited run of just 250 instruments, the first of which is [...]
Continue reading...Fender To Produce 300 Limited Edition ‘57 Amps
31. January 2007
Well, Fender may be far from what you’d call a small-time player, but in spite of their stature (not to mention the general hoopla around NAMM,) I had to dig around quite a bit to discover this beauty––the ‘57 Amp. According to their website the ‘57 Amp––a 12-watt, all tube guitar amplifier based on Fender’s 5E3 [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Week #2 :: Les Paul Classic Antique
30. January 2007
As expected, today Gibson announced the latest guitar in its new Guitar Of The Week series––the Les Paul Classic Antique. Like the other guitars in the line, this beauty will be produced in a limited run of just 400 instruments, making it a pre-determined collector’s item if there ever was one. According to Gibson’s website the [...]
Continue reading...Epiphone Debuts Nick Valensi Riviera P94
29. January 2007
Well, NAMM has come and gone, and I certainly didn’t have time to keep up on all the announcements, so this week I’m going to try to dig out some of the unsung jewels that got overshadowed by the big boys at this year’s conference. While they’re not exactly a small time player, somehow I missed [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Betting On ‘Limited Run’ Guitars–52 New Models For 2007
25. January 2007
Well, if you’re into what I call the pre-determined collector’s item thing you’ll be interested to know that Gibson has announced its new Guitar Of The Week program which will see the guitar maker pumping out a brand new guitar model each week for 2007 (tip of the hat to Matt at Guitar Stuff.) And what’s [...]
Continue reading...Wanna’ Talk Guitars? Join Our New Guitar Forum!
25. January 2007
Some of you will have no doubt noticed the links going up, but for those who didn’t––we’ve got a new guitar forum! Tubefreaks.net, otherwise knows as the Tube Freaks Guitar Forum, is an on-line community for guitar players and gear heads, with an emphasis on tube-amps, old-school analog effects, and vintage electric guitars. That said, if you [...]
Continue reading...Holy Crud! Fender Introduces Digital Stratocaster!
18. January 2007
Acoustic tones from a Stratocaster. Alternate tunings at the turn of a knob. The growl of a humbucker or ‘twang’ of a Tele right at your fingertips… These are a few of the promises of Fender’s new VG Stratocaster––apparently the twisted love-child of a partnership between music behemoths Fender & Roland. According to their new VG Stratocaster [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Sexy New SG Model: The SG-3
17. January 2007
You’ve gotta’ love NAMM week––there are so many new guitars & amplifiers being released that it’s hard to keep up with them all, let alone write about them. So for the sake of my sanity I’ll try to stick to the ones that actually intrigue me. One of the more interesting new models to come from [...]
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7. February 2007
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