Archive for July, 2009
Check out these SGs! Gibson is releasing the Zoot Suit SG in five colorful combinations: Rainbow, Black and Red, Black and White, Black and Natural, and Red and Blue. I’m not sure if I would buy one, but I do like the way they look. Kind of reminds me of those colorful lollipops.
Marshall Amps has released a new 5 watt combo that looks to be really sweet. Check out specs and demo!
Eastwood introduces a Seafoam Green Airline ¹59 Custom 3P model
0 Comments Published by JD July 29th, 2009 in Real PlayersEastwood Guitars is one of my favorite manufactures and this time around they have released one of my favorite guitars in my favorite colors. Lots of favorites in there! The Airline® ¹59 Custom 3P model in seafoam green looks killer. Check the site for details and sound clips.
Tele Style Custom Guitar Builders
0 Comments Published by JD July 29th, 2009 in Custom Builders, News RelatedThis article isn’t new, but it’s worth reading if you’re into custom Teles like I am. Head over to Premier Guitar site and read Adam Moore’s excellent article about these five builders, Ron Kirn, Rick Kelly, Chihoe Hahn, Bill Crook and Jay Monterose.
PRS has announced a new model, the 305, based on the 513 platform. The guitar has 3 PRS proprietary single coil pickups, alder body, maple neck, rosewood board and those pretty bird inlays. I’m a fan of PRS guitars and happy to see something new with single coils. I’ll do my best to check one [...]
Here’s another small builder I don’t know much about, but he sure makes some nice looking guitars. The new Baron model looks very cool. The builder is in Germany, if you click the picture you will get the Google translated page.
Check this out, it’s the new Mack Gem amp, it’s only 8″ W x 5 1/2″ H x 4″ D making it small enough for just about anywhere. Looks like it’s the ideal bedroom tube amp and the price is right. Plus it’s pretty cool looking with its anodized red aluminum cabinet. The real magic [...]
Fender La Cabronita Especial (One Pickup)
0 Comments Published by JD July 20th, 2009 in ManufacturersThe Fender Custom Shop did it right on this one, the “La Cabronita Especial” looks to be a killer guitar. My favorite specs are the large C shaped neck and a TV Jones pup, you can opt for the dual pups but that’s not what I would do…. I really hope they do a production [...]
Check out the new Billy Gibbons “Pearly Gates” Les Paul, it looks like they are releasing this in three flavors: 1 Billy Gibbons Burst,Vintage Original Spec =11 grand 2 Billy Gibbons Burst,Aged by Tom Murphy = 15 grand 3 Billy Gibbons Burst, Aged by Tom Murphy, Signed by Billy Gibbons for almost 26 grand! Who [...]
