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Lightweight With A Heavy Sound – Gibson Debuts New Les Paul Vixen
Gibson introduced a whopping 15 new guitars at NAMM this year, and at the top of the list were a number of instruments aimed squarely at the female guitarists out there. To their credit, Gibson doesn’t seem to have scrimped on these beauties, and for the most part you get a lighter, smaller, and easier-to-handle version [...]
Continue reading...New For 2006: Fender’s Deluxe Power Stratocaster
23. February 2006
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For the next few weeks I’m planning on going over this year’s batch of new guitars introduced at last month’s NAMM conference, starting out with Fender’s new Deluxe Power Stratocaster. As with most Fender Strats, this one looks to be a classic right off the bat — it’s built on a solid alder body, and armed [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Introduces Les Paul Special New Century
23. February 2006
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If you really like to sparkle and shine on stage, or hey…if you just like to look at yourself every chance you get, you might take a look at Gibson’s latest creation – the Les Paul Special New Century. Yep, just announced at this year’s NAMM, this beauty is expected to offer all the smooth playability [...]
Continue reading...Squier Introduces Hello Kitty Stratocaster
17. February 2006
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According to their website, Squier has introduced a new Strat to their lineup of low-cost beginner’s guitars, the Squier Hello Kitty Strat. And nope, that’s not just a picture of Hello Kitty printed on the front, that’s a custom Hello Kitty pickguard! Nice touch… I also dig that super-fat (phat!) ’60s Strat headstock, and the rather [...]
Continue reading...Dream Guitar: Gibson’s 1956 Goldtop Vintage Original Spec
15. February 2006
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Gibson introduced a new line of historic guitars today, called the Vintage Original Spec™ series, and the one that stands out the most to me is their new ‘56 Les Paul Goldtop – talk about a dream guitar… Like the other guitars in the Vintage Original Spec series, the 1956 Goldtop sports a new proprietary finishing [...]
Continue reading...Epiphone Announces An ES-175 You Can Actually Afford
7. February 2006
I don’t know about you, but for years I coveted a candy apple red Gibson ES-175 down at my local guitar shop, but you know what? I never did put away enough money to buy one (though I did end up with an ES335 many years later.) Well, you don’t have to sell the farm anymore [...]
Continue reading...Fender Releases OBEY Graphic Telecaster HS Collage
2. February 2006
When I saw Squier’s new OBEY Graphic Telecaster it made me think of my old punk rock days, and that cheapo, no-name guitar my mom bought me from a pawnshop when I was 17, and which I quickly covered with band stickers: The Cramps, Subhumans, Minutemen, Toy Dolls, Bauhuas… The OBEY Graphic Telecaster however actually looks [...]
Continue reading...Powerful & Pretty – Gibson Introduces Les Paul Goddess
26. January 2006
It’s About Time… Gibson announced 15 new guitars at NAMM last week, including a groundbreaking and entirely new line of instruments aimed at fulfilling the needs of female guitar players – the Goddess line – and the Les Paul Goddess is one of these new guitars. These aren’t just prettier versions of their standard counterparts, either. They’re [...]
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27. February 2006
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