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Rare Find: One Of A Kind ’60 Stratocaster NoNeck Relic In 3-Tone Sunburst Sparkle

14. September 2007

If I had $5,000 in my pocket this thing would already be sold. Masterbuilt by Jason Smith––apprentice of recently deceased Fender Custom Shop Guru John English––and available exclusively from New York’s Music Zoo, the guitar pictured here is a one of a kind ’60 Stratocaster Heavy Relic NoNeck in gorgeous 3-Tone Sunburst Sparkle finish. According [...]

Gibson Giving Away A PowerTune Equipped Les Paul Studio

14. September 2007

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Well, this week marked the “official” release of the PowerTune Les Paul (yep, Gibson acquired exclusive rights to Tronical’s automated guitar tuning system back in January,) and to get the great big promotional ball rolling the company will apparently be giving away one of these latest LP Studios to some lucky winner. After a bit [...]

Guitar Player Reviews The Washburn Idol WI66PROG

7. September 2007

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The Idol WI66PROG appears to be Washburn’s homage to the classic mid-’50s Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, and considering its street price of just around $700 it’s actually been pulling in surprisingly good reviews. Like its legendary role model, the most conspicuous features here are the WI66PROG’s bound and carved gold top, and in this case [...]

See & Hear Gibson’s New ES-339 In Action

3. September 2007

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When the news broke on Friday that Gibson had launched a new ES model guitar––the ES 339––specs were readily available, but there was no official product page on Gibson’s website. Anyway, not only is there now a full product page, but Gibson has also published a high-quality video demo of the ES-339, including some nice [...]

Epiphone Giving Away A Broadway Archtop

30. August 2007

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Before I sign off for the day I just wanted to point you all towards the latest “contest” from Epiphone––they’re giving away a beautiful blonde Broadway Archtop, paired with a copy of the book “Epiphone: The House of Stathopoulo.” The guitar features a top of select spruce, laminated maple body, maple set neck (25.5″ scale [...]

A Closer Look At Ampeg’s Newly Reissued Dan Armstrong Plexi

30. August 2007

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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 [...]

Speed Linking: Gibson Goes Blogging, WSJ Discovers The Wonders Of The Relic

30. August 2007

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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, [...]

Vintage Guitar Magazine Reviews The PRS 513

27. August 2007

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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 [...]

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