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Guitar World Reviews The Orange Thunderverb 200

28. February 2008

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Cool… I’ve been ever-so-patiently keeping my eyes peeled for a decent hands-on review of the Thunderverb 200 ever since Orange first announced its release over a year ago, but finding much in the way of an in-depth review has been difficult at best. It looks like my wait is over though, because the lucky folks [...]

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Your Chance To Win An Alexi Laiho Signature Guitar

28. February 2008

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Here’s one for the shred-heads… for March guitar maker ESP will be giving away an Alexi Laiho Signature LTD-AL-600––just one of the instruments in the Children of Bodom guitarist’s Signature Series at ESP. The giveaway will apparently include a signed photo of Laiho, a copy of the new Children of Bodom CD, and a t-shirt, [...]

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Guitar Player Reviews Gibson’s HD.6X-Pro Digital Les Paul

21. February 2008

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I have to tell ya’, I toyed early on with the idea of doing a hands-on review of Gibson’s HD.6X, but the time and equipment required to really put the thing through its paces––and give it the honest assessment it deserves––seemed daunting at best. So, I’m happy to see that the fine folks over at [...]

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See The Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man With Hazarai In Action

27. November 2007

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The Myth of the Memory Man, Parts 1 & 2 M. Leonhart is at it again… this time getting deep (and I do mean deep,) into the workings and wonders of the new Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai. A nice in-depth look at what this pedal can do, but definitely not for the faint [...]

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See & Hear The Line 6 Spider Valve In Action

20. November 2007

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Well, Line 6 & Bogner’s new Spider Valve hybrid tube/digital-modeling amplifier is finally hitting the stores just in time for Christmas, and I thought I’d point you all towards the Line 6 Newsletter, which is currently hosting some short video demos of their latest creation in action. They’ve got a full eleven videos of the [...]

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Video Demo Of The New Electro-Harmonix Stereo Electric Mistress

14. November 2007

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Hehe… well, it looks like Michael Leonhart has done it again––he’s produced yet another refreshingly avant-garde video demo for Electro-Harmonix, this time showing off the company’s newly re-imagined Stereo Electric Mistress. As with Leonhart’s earlier video demos, you’ll probably either love this one or hate it, but either way you have to admit the guy [...]

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Your Chance To Win A Customized Fender Joe Strummer Telecaster

12. November 2007

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Easing back into things here at EGR… thanks again for all of your incredible support. If you want to keep up with me on more of a personal level, you can always subscribe to my personal blog. Anyway, like a car wreck you just can’t turn away from, Fender’s Joe Strummer Signature Telecaster continues to [...]

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Steelbender.com Takes The New Carr Vincent For A Test Drive

24. October 2007

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Wow… I’ve been known to write some fairly in-depth reviews in my time (heck, a few of them have taken me literally weeks to complete,) but Jason Barker over at Steelbender.com just puts me to shame. His review of Carr‘s new Vincent 1×12″ Combo––a heavily Class-A biased tube amp––is top notch, consisting of not only [...]

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