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The Exotic Classic Bich 10… Now For Mere Mortals
According to their website B.C. Rich has released an imported, non-handcrafted version of their heavy duty ten-stringed behemoth––the Exotic Classic Bich 10––which was previously available only in a hand-made model. Due to the original’s Custom Shop quality, until now the instrument has been pretty much out of the price range of most starving artists, with a [...]
Continue reading...Finally: Gibson’s Digital Les Paul Heading To Stores
8. November 2006
Wow, it’s been a long time coming (when was this thing announced… 2002?) but according to at least two different reports, including an interview with Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, the inexplicably-named Les Paul HD.6X-PRO (aka, the Digital Les Paul,) is finally beginning to ship to stores, though apparently still in limited quantities. I know of a [...]
Continue reading...Hear The Fender Princeton In Action!
6. November 2006
If you’re in the market for a recording amp that can produce both classic, sparkling Fender clean tones, and dirty, vintage tube overdrive you might be interested to know that Fender has posted sound-clips for their new Princeton Recording Amp… and they’re pretty freakin’ impressive. The amplifier is Fender’s latest re-working of their popular Princeton Reverb [...]
Continue reading...Line 6 To Give Away A Spider III Prototype Every Month
1. November 2006
According to their website, Line 6 will be giving away a prototype of their new Spider III digital modeling amplifier every month for an unspecified amount of time. As if the allure of free equipment weren’t enough, the amps that are up for grabs here are apparently the actual pieces used by various big name artists [...]
Continue reading...Coffin’s Blood Drive Distortion Pedal Goes Live Tomorrow
31. October 2006
Happy Halloween… Boo! And while we’re on the subject of Ghosts & Ghoulies, you might want to take note that the highly-anticipated Blood Drive Distortion pedal (from the good folks at Coffin Cases––who else?!) is expected to be available in stores starting tomorrow, September 1st, 2006. The coffin-shaped Blood Drive pedal is said to sport a warm [...]
Continue reading...Big News: Gibson Announces Les Paul BFG
30. October 2006
Latest Edition To The Les Paul Family You just never know where your path is going to take you… this morning I was researching a post on another Gibson classic––the SG Special Faded––when I stumbled onto the welcome announcement of this beautiful behemoth: Gibson’s new Les Paul BFG. According to their official mini site, the BFG is [...]
Continue reading...Yes! Electro-Harmonix Nano Pedals Now In Stores
24. October 2006
In a world of rather soul-less digital technology, the pure analog tone and just plain funkiness of classic pedals like the Big Muff, Small Clone, and Q-Tron are simply priceless. Heck, many of the greatest guitar tones in 'Rock' have been created with a little help from Electro-Harmonix.
Continue reading...You Heard It Here: Andy Summers Telecaster In The Works
23. October 2006
Well, there’s yet to be an official announcement from Fender, but according to an interview with ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland (currently posted over on Fender’s website,) an Andy Summers model Telecaster is apparently in development. It’s of course far too early to say what the specs will be, but the instrument will reportedly be based on [...]
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8. November 2006
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