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Fender’s Famous Rosewood Telecaster

16. May 2007

The following is a guest-post by Mike Withrow. There’s a great story about George Harrison’s Solid Rosewood Telecaster that he played on Let It Be and the Beatles’ rooftop concert. It was flown and hand delivered to the Beatles’ Abbey Road studios in London from Fender Guitar headquarters in the U.S. as a special gift. [...]

Electric Guitar’s Unintended Consequences

14. May 2007

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The following is a guest-post by Ignacio of ig blog––if you like his stuff, consider subscribing! —— I recently interviewed guitar chronicler Tom Wheeler about his upcoming book on Fender amps, and he mentioned he was intrigued by the way guitar players have ended up using amps “in ways their designers could never have imagined.” [...]

See The BOSS/Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb Pedal In Action

11. May 2007

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OK, we had a bit of fun at BOSS & Fender’s expense when they first announced their two new “classic tube-amps in a box” back in January, but to the duo’s credit, while it will certainly never take the place of a vintage Bassman amplifier, the ’59 Bassman pedal turned out to be a decent [...]

Video Review Of First Act’s Lola CE140 SFA Edition

10. May 2007

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Guitar One Magazine has posted a quick video review of First Act’s SFA Edition Lola CE140––a comparatively low-cost single-cutaway model guitar that sports a pair of bikini-clad Alnico V humbuckers, North American Maple neck, rosewood fretboard with pearloid inlays, die-cast tuners, and standard 3-way pickup switching. While First Act was previously known for their super [...]

10 Guitar Maintenance Steps You Should Always Follow, But Probably Don’t

8. May 2007

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The following is a guest-post by Matt of Guitar Stuff––if you like his stuff, consider subscribing! Am I the only guitar player who is a little anal-retentive about my guitars? I’m always hesitant to let people pick them up. I take a mental note of belt buckles and zippers on anyone who comes near them. [...]

Flesh Out Your Style With Playalongs

7. May 2007

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The following is a guest-post by Ignacio of ig blog––if you like his stuff, consider subscribing! I can’t believe it’s already May. The month before June, the mid-year mark. “Where did half the year go,” you ask. It seems like just yesterday you were relaxing on Christmas day, cup of eggnog in hand, your new [...]

More On The Zakk Wylde Flying V & Marshall Microstack

3. May 2007

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Just a quick note for the Zakk Wylde fans out there: this morning Gibson finally published a real product page for the Custom Shop Zakk Wylde Flying V, and it includes full guitar specs, the history of the instrument, and a downloadable pdf product sheet. Also, Marshall has posted a pretty impressive demo video of [...]

Relic Deluxe: The Essential Online Guide To Relic’ing Your Guitar

1. May 2007

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Wow––ig blog posted this link earlier today and I just had to pass it on. If you’re the type who finds the current trend in “Relic” guitars to be a little too pretentious (I go back & forth on this myself) you’ll probably want to skip over this post now, but for the rest of [...]

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