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| Gibson Guitar CEO Leaves Rainforest Group After Nashville Raid |
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| Gibson Guitar Corp.'s top executive will take a leave of absence from the board of the Rainforest Alliance, an environmental group, in the wake of a federal search for banned wood products at the instrument maker's Nashville factory, officials said Wednesday. |
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| Gibson Guitar Plant In Nashville Raided By Feds |
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| Agents of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service made a midday appearance and served a search warrant on company officials at Gibson's Massman Drive manufacturing plant, where it makes acoustic and electric guitars.
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| New Gibson Guitars to Sport Völkl Ski Graphics |
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| Nashville, TN - Marker Völkl USA, distributor of Völkl skis and Marker bindings, has partnered with Gibson Guitar Corporation to produce a series of unique electric guitars. Marker and Völkl themed guitars will be produced in Gibson's Custom Shop in Nashville. |
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| Lava Cable New Improved Retro-Coil Cables |
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| Lava Cable, introduces a new improved version of its Retro-Coil cable. The new Retro-Coil cable is now 20-feet long - five feet shorter than the initial version to better minimize the choking effect of high capacitance common in all coil cables due to the large amount of copper used. |
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| Blues Guitarist Freddy Robinson Dies At 70 |
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| Chicago Bluesman Abu Talib, who performed under his given name, Freddy Robinson, has lost his battle with cancer. Robinson who played alongside the likes of Ray Charles, Little Walter, Howlin Wolf, John Mayall, Jimmy Rogers, Monk Higgins, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Mighty Joe Young died last Thursday, Oct. 8, in a Lancaster, Calif. hospital at the age of 70. |
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| Fender Cuts Rapid Prototyping Costs in Half with Objet 3D Printer |
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| Fender Musical Instruments Corporation designs and manufactures stringed instruments and amplifiers, such as solid-body electric guitars, including the Stratocaster and the Telecaster.
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| T-Mobile and Fender Team Up on Guitar Inspired Wood Grain Phone |
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| T-Mobile is teaming up with guitar maker Fender to launch a wood-grain finished edition of its MyTouch 3G smartphone, complete with 3.5mm audio jack and exclusive audio and video from iconic musicians. |
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| Jimi Hendrix 1967 Stratocaster Back Up For Sale |
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| A Jimi Hendrix Fender Stratocaster guitar with a controversial past is back on the market after its owners, one based in San Diego, settled with the late rock star's estate. |
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| MI Awards Honorary Degree to Guitar Legend Steve Vai |
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| Musicians Institute has announced plans to award an honorary Doctor of Music degree to legendary rock guitarist, recording artist, producer, and composer Steve Vai. |
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| Kyle Busch Donates 150 Guitars To Students |
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| Nascar Driver Kyle Busch donates $30,000 to buy 150 guitars for some local schools, apparently as atonement for smashing a classic Gibson guitar in an embarrassing rock star-style celebration after a June Nationwide victory. |
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| Brian Setzer Orchestra Meets Film Noir On Songs From Lonely Avenue |
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| Rockabilly guitar-slinger, big band impresario, and all-around cool cat Brian Setzer takes a walk on the dark side with his film noir-inspired new album "Songs From Lonely Avenue," out October 13th on Surfdog Records.
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| Guitar Legend Les Paul Dies At Age 94 |
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| Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94.
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| Fast Axe Multipurpose Guitar Cleaning Brush |
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| The fast Axe is perfect for cleaning stringed instruments, DVDs, CDs, and home electronics. The flexible handle allows you to apply pressure to the double-sided felt stripping so you can clean the body of the guitar evenly and thoroughly. |
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| Monster Cables Now Available At The Guitar Files |
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| Monster Cables are used by all the heavy weights in the industry including, Slash, Zakk Wylde, Aerosmith, Santana, Brian May, George Benson and tons more. |
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| Dean Guitars - 12 New Guitar Pickups - Made In The USA |
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| Dean Guitars jump head first into the world of guitar pickups stating "A New Era Of Guitar Pickups Have Began". The 2009 USA Collection includes 12 models. Each pickup is completely assembled in the USA. |
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Did You Know? |
A 11/8 time signature can also be called 6 1/2 / 4
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Archived Files |
| Tuesday, August 04 | | · | Carl Martin - Buff Deluxe Dual High Quality Signal Buffer |
| · | New Randy Rhoads Documentary Film |
| Wednesday, July 29 | | · | Fender Starcaster Guitar Packages Now Available |
| Friday, July 17 | | · | Professor Bruce Jacob Adds A New Twist To The Electric Guitar |
| Tuesday, June 16 | | · | The Ventures Guitarist Bob Bogle Dies at 75 |
| · | Eddie Van Halen Takes Nike to Court |
| Friday, June 12 | | · | Sonuus G2M Universal Guitar to MIDI Converter |
| Tuesday, June 09 | | · | Fender Limited Edition 40th Anniversary Woodstock Strat |
| Thursday, June 04 | | · | Blues Legend Koko Taylor Dies at 80 |
| Tuesday, May 26 | | · | Guitars Not Guns to Raffle Two Great Guitars for Charity |
| Thursday, May 07 | | · | Sierra Guitars 2009 Lineup |
| · | 3 New Cedar Top Guitar Models From Sierra Guitars |
| Monday, May 04 | | · | Sierra Guitars Offer Rebates And Free Gear |
| Monday, April 27 | | · | Robby Krieger SG By Gibson |
| Monday, April 13 | | · | Jeff Beck inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame |
| Tuesday, April 07 | | · | How to Install the Tremol-No(tm) System |
| · | Fix your tremolo problems with Tremol-No(tm) |
| Tuesday, March 31 | | · | The Rhythm Ring - Percussion at Your Fingertips |
| Monday, March 30 | | · | Ceriatone Amps - Build a Clone Amp |
| · | Jimi Hendrix Home Recording Found |
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