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Gibson Announces Dark Fire Follow-Up: The Dusk Tiger
I hope they aren’t betting the farm on this thing ;)
Continue reading...Just Three Days Left To Get In On Gibson’s MLB Les Paul Studio Giveaway
16. October 2009
Hey all you Major League Baseball fans, I just wanted to give you a quick reminder that you’ve got only three days left if you want to get in on a chance to win this MLB branded Les Paul Studio from Gibson. Now, I dug around a bit, and unfortunately there’s really not much info [...]
Continue reading...Fender’s Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo Jazzmasters Due In Stores Soon
16. October 2009
I have to admit that as a long-time Sonic Youth fan I’m kind of bummed that I was missing in action when Fender finally got around to officially announcing the release of their new Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo Jazzmasters. Rumors had been going around for well over a year, and to be honest, I [...]
Continue reading...Limited Edition: Gretsch Introduces JimmyC Custom Pin-Striped G5120
14. October 2009
Yep — leave it to Gretsch to get me blogging again… If there is one guitar manufacturer that manages to continually appeal to my tastes in both instrument design and function it is Gretsch. Case in point: the good folks at Gretsch have now teamed up with So Cal hot rod artist JimmyC to create [...]
Continue reading...Fender Reproduces The Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster… Again?
27. January 2009
So, anybody got the inside scoop on this? I apparently missed the memo. Off the top of my head I remember two other official Ritchie Blackmore Stratocasters coming out of Fender in the last decade or so… there was a 1997 MIJ Limited Edition version with set-neck construction, and a lower-cost MIJ production version with [...]
Continue reading...Text Gibson, Win A 50th Anniversary ’59 Les Paul Standard?
23. January 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Gibson Announces Limited Run Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood
22. January 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...PRS Gets Back In The Amplifier Business
19. January 2009
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 [...]
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17. October 2009
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