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Eastwood Busts Out With ‘67 Messenger Tribute Guitar

20. February 2008

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Never heard of a ‘67 Messenger? Don’t start kicking yourself just yet… I’m a self proclaimed funky-old-guitar junky and I had to do some background research on this one myself. Eastwood this week announced the Limited Initial Run of their new 1967 Messenger Tribute guitar––an instrument based on the aluminum-magnesium necked Messenger first built by tiny [...]

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Gibson Announces Three New Limited Edition Slash Signature LPs

19. February 2008

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Apparently not to be outdone by Fender’s recent foray into massively over-hyped limited edition guitars, Gibson today announced the upcoming release of not one, but three new Slash Signature Les Paul models––each in a strictly limited edition, and hey… one for every price range. According to Gibson–– “On Tuesday April 1st 2008 three very limited and unique [...]

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Gibson Announces Guitar Of The Month #1 :: SG Diablo

14. February 2008

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Wow… this thing sure is gaudy ;) Apparently not ready to repeat last year’s rather “love it or hate it” Guitar Of The Week program (we gear hounds sure can be picky, can’t we?) for 2008 Gibson has slowed custom guitar production a bit and will instead be offering the Guitar Of The Month. First up, the [...]

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Ouch! ESP Unveils More Than 50 New Guitars & Basses

16. January 2008

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Well you’ve got to hand it to ‘em––ESP’s R&D department certainly wasn’t resting on their laurels this past year. The company has announced that for 2008 over 50 new and improved guitars and basses will be added to their line-up. And these are just the six strings…

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Here They Are: The New Fender American Standard Lineup

15. January 2008

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By now you will have no doubt heard about Fender’s newly re-designed American Standard line for 2008. I won’t go into a long re-hash here (Modern Guitars Magazine covered it well, as always,) but since I hadn’t seen much in the way of photos––and yeah, I’m pretty much a junkie for gear pictures––I contacted Fender and [...]

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Gretsch Kicks Off 125th Year With Gorgeous Chet Atkins G6120-125

10. January 2008

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25 Pieces Worldwide Wow… talk about a Limited Edition. To celebrate their first 125 years in the guitar-making business, Gretsch today announced the upcoming release of the Chet Atkins G6120-125––an instrument built the way Gretsch used to build them: hand-crafted, and detailed down to the bone. The gorgeous 125th Anniversary Chet Atkins model will be coming straight [...]

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Reverend Unveils Ron Asheton Signature Guitar

7. January 2008

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Nice… based on their popular Flying-V styled Volcano, Reverend this weekend officially announced the release of the new Ron Asheton Signature guitar––named after Iggy Pop & The Stooges guitarist/songwriter Ron Asheton. The guitar will feature a solid Korina body with raised center, optional tremolo, and a dual-action truss rod (with headstock access,) but the real story [...]

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It’s Back! Gibson Re-Releases Limited Edition Custom Shop Reverse Flying V

17. December 2007

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Well, I’ve gotta’ say I definitely didn’t see this one coming… Gibson’s rather controversial Reverse Flying V (first released as part of the Guitar Of The Week series,) was apparently so popular that Gibson decided they just had to make a few more. Now available in three different finishes (Natural, Ebony, and Classic White,) the Reverse [...]

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