Considering its unique place in the history of electric guitars, the re-release of Ampeg’s classic “see through” Dan Armstrong Plexi at last Summer’s NAMM show really didn’t get very much coverage. I mean, it’s one of the most distinctive guitars on the planet… who can forget a guitar built of transparent acrylic? As it so happens, I [...]
Continue reading...30. August 2007
Gibson’s New Website - A couple of days ago I logged onto Gibson’s website only to discover that they’d done a massive overhaul. The new site is divided into two parts––the old “Products” section, and the new-fangled “Lifestyle” section… it’s basically a blog in form, but minus the most basic blog-like function––conversation. There is, however, [...]
Continue reading...27. August 2007
PRS’s newly updated 513 is named for it’s unique electronics layout––namely, five proprietary single-coil pickups, producing a full thirteen different tonal configurations via two separate pickup switches: a traditional 5-way pickup selector, and en extra 3-way “mode” switch (for your choice of: single-coil, clear humbucking and heavy humbucking modes.) By all accounts the 513 can quickly [...]
Continue reading...24. August 2007
Well, we quite literally drew numbers out of a hat on this one, and the first place winner of our George Thorogood Custom Guitar Slide Giveaway is… Chris Goulden, of The Crow Flies. He’ll be receiving a copy of the newly re-mastered 25th Anniversary Edition of George Thorogood and the Destroyers’ album Bad to the Bone, along [...]
Continue reading...23. August 2007
Hey, just a quick reminder that you’ve got just twelve more hours to get in on the George Thorogood Custom Guitar Slide Giveaway we announced last week. To enter for a chance to win a slide hand-made and signed by Thorogood himself, just leave a comment (using a valid e-mail address so we can contact you) [...]
Continue reading...22. August 2007
If you’re like me you’ve probably got a good little Gibson Guitar Of The Week wish list going on in the back of your head… you know––something like a Goldburst Les Paul with a Bigsby Vibrato and locking tuners… or maybe an ES-335 decked out in Amber, with dual P-90s and a Charlie Christian at [...]
Continue reading...20. August 2007
When I published my Top 10 Guitars For Girls list back in 2006, Luna Guitars’ Andromeda Floyd Grape came in with an honorable mention at #9, not due to any kind of lack of quality on Luna’s part (actually, the specs looked great,) but because the company was simply too young, and for the life [...]
Continue reading...17. August 2007
Well, this week marks the grand release of the 25th Anniversary Edition of George Thorogood and the Destroyers’ seminal album Bad to the Bone––now digitally remastered from the original master tapes, and including a bunch of great extras, like six new recordings and a rare B-side. To help celebrate the re-birth of Bad to the Bone, [...]
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30. August 2007
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