Well, we’re fresh back from the Bay Area World Guitar Show in beautiful Marin, California, and I’ve got lots of great photos to share with you… first up is this beautiful old Broadcaster, which I found sitting unassumingly in its original case, the whole thing rather buried at the back of the Exhibit Hall. Read [...]
Continue reading...30. June 2010
Ok, I just wanted to point out that Fender has posted some short-but-sweet video demos of their new Super-Sonic 22 combo amp in action, and so far it sounds damned nice. Instruments include a’52 Telecaster RI in the top video, utilizing the amp’s “Burn” channel and further doused with the analog-style echo of a Boss [...]
Continue reading...24. June 2010
In my constant search for a small, light, versatile, all-tube combo amp I have continually found myself drawn to Fender’s Super-Sonic line of amplifiers. While the earlier incarnations of these surprisingly high-gain amps carried a bit more wattage than I really needed, this latest version, the Super-Sonic 22, may be just what the doctor ordered [...]
Continue reading...18. May 2010
Saw this over on Geeky Tattoos and thought I’d better share.
Continue reading...11. March 2010
In case you missed it, Fender’s just rolled out another guitar giveaway, and this time they are intent on giving away three prototype instruments from the company’s recently announced American Special line. If my memory serves me, all three American Special models –– the American Special Stratocaster, American Special HSS Stratocaster, and American Special Telecaster [...]
Continue reading...9. March 2010
Yummy… ever in search of smaller and more delectable tube amps for my guitar-playing pleasure, I came across this video over on Fender’s website this morning and just wanted to share it here. It’s a short but tantalizing demonstration of Fender’s newly reissued 5-watt tweed ’57 Champ, paired with the company’s sexy Custom Shop La [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2010
25. February 2010
Well, the insatiably curious Bill Rupert has done it again folks, with the latest edition of Effectology. This time out he manages to very accurately recreate Pink Floyd’s gorgeously creepy ‘Welcome To The Machine’ using nothing but an electric guitar, an electric razor, an old telephone, and a handful of Electro-Harmonix effects pedals. Seriously, I [...]
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2. August 2010
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