Electric Guitar Review

Text Gibson, Win A 50th Anniversary ‘59 Les Paul Standard?

Yum. That’s one nice looking LP. And hey, Gibson’s giving it away for free––my favorite price point. But seriously, I’m a sucker for these contests, and they’ve made this one exceedingly easy to get in on: you just text the words “LPburst” to Gibson’s hotline. I’d give you their number here, but for legal reasons it just [...]

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Gibson Announces Limited Run Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood

Well, it’s that time again folks… time for the boys and girls with the big bucks to throw down some serious scratch on yet another pre-destined collector’s item––Gibson’s new limited run Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood. All right, while I’m fairly sure I myself will never purchase one of these Artist Replica-type instruments, I can [...]

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PRS Gets Back In The Amplifier Business

I’m still catching up on all the news coming out of the 2009 Winter NAMM show, but one of the bigger stories this year was that PRS Guitars is getting back in the business of amplifiers. Apparently they’ve been collaborating with amp guru Doug Sewell for nearly four years to bring three new high-end guitar amps [...]

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Fender Shows Off ‘Road Worn’ Series, New Amps @ NAMM 2009

Yep, it’s that time again… Winter NAMM 2009 is now in full swing, and even though difficulties in my offline life have kept me from attending for the last two years straight, I’m certainly there in spirit! The big news from Fender this season (at least as far as electric guitar enthusiasts are concerned,) is the [...]

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Sweetwater Gets Exclusive Limited Edition Silverburst Les Paul

Okay, I still get some many questions about Gibson’s gorgeous Silverburst that I thought I’d best point this out to you all before the stock is all sold out. Online instrument retailer Sweetwater (no affiliation,) has apparently received a shipment of just 25 exclusive Limited Edition Silverburst Les Paul Standards––and at last check they still had [...]

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Gibson Unveils 50th Anniversary Line

Well, the info on their website isn’t complete yet, but Gibson is apparently releasing a 2008 50th Anniversary line, just in time for the Holidays. Say hello to the 50th Anniversary Korina Explorer, ES-335, Les Paul Figured, and Korina Flying V… more information as it becomes available. P.S. That ES335 is gonna’ kill me… please, stop [...]

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It’s Official: Gibson Announces Robot Flying V & Robot X-Plorer

Well, we knew it was only a matter of time, but now it’s official––it looks like Gibson’s self-tuning “Robot” technology is finally trickling down into the rest of their model line, with the introduction of both a Robot Flying V, and a Robot X-Plorer. According to Gibson, both guitars will feature one-piece mahogany necks, ebony fretboards [...]

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Gibson Producing Custom Shop ES-330 Long Neck

Interesting… so far I haven’t heard any official word from Gibson, but according to one of the major online guitar retailers Gibson will soon be adding a new model to its current catalog of old school Electric Spanish models––the so-called ES-330 Long Neck. Not officially a “reissue,” the Custom Shop ES-330 Long Neck will apparently be [...]

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