Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Dies At Age 49
Monstrous thrash-metal guitar hero and founding member of Slayer Jeff Hanneman has died of liver failure. He was 49. Reps for the legendary guitarist said Hanneman was in a hospital near his SoCal home when his liver failed around 11 a.m. The punk-influenced thrasher was a major part of Slayer's songwriting contributing lyrics and music on each of their albums including songs "Raining Blood," "War Ensemble" and "Seasons in the Abyss.".
Guitarist Alvin Lee Dies At Age 68
Alvin Lee, guitarist with Band Ten Years After best remembered for their 1969 Woodstock performance of "I'm Going Home" died due to complications resulting from surgery. Lee's website put up a message that said, in part : "With great sadness we have to announce that Alvin unexpectedly passed away early this morning after unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure."
Toby Keith's Bass Player Chuck Goff Dies In Oklahoma Car Crash
Authorities say the bassist for country music star Toby Keith has been killed in a two-car crash in Oklahoma. The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office says 54-year-old Carl "Chuck" Goff Jr. was killed in the crash Wednesday night in rural Cleveland County, about 35 miles south of Oklahoma City.
Xtensor Hand Exerciser
Need strong forearms and faster more flexible fingers? The Xtensor does for your hands what yoga does for posture dynamically rebalancing strength in your hands wrists and forearms deep into the elbows, the site of most elbow pain like tennis elbow. Designed to perform in the exact opposite way of squeeze ball type devices. The Xtensor exercises your fingers as you open them stretching and strengthening your hands a completely different way.
Schecter Announces Hellwin Guitar Amps
Schecter has collaborated with Avenged Sevenfold guitarist, Synyster Gates, to release their Hellwin range of guitar amps. The debut amp in the line is the Hellwin USA 100, an all-tube, 100-watt head designed and co-created by renowned amp builder James Brown. "After years of trying to get all of the tone, playability and versatility I wanted in an amp, I turned to my friends at Schecter and legendary amp designer James Brown. Together we have created Hellwin, a line of amps engineered to sound and perform at the highest level whether you're on the big stage or in your garage," remarked Gates.
Boss Introduces 3 New Pedals with MDP - Multi-Dimensional Processing
BOSS is pleased to announce three next-generation compact pedals featuring innovative Multi-Dimensional Processing (MDP). Powered by this important new technology, the TE-2 Tera Echo, DA-2 Adaptive Distortion, and MO-2 Multi Overtone pedals deliver an amazing range of dynamic and expressive sonic textures, providing guitarists an exciting new set of tools to dramatically expand their tonal range.
Gretsch Billy Duffy The White Falcon Signature Model
Gretsch has announced the G7593T Billy Duffy White Falcon guitar. The new guitar, named and designed for The Cult guitarist, has unique aesthetic differences that separate it from the rest of the "Falcon" flock. There's its period-correct ’70s Baldwin-era styling, pure White gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish, V-shaped Falcon headstock, Silver Sparkle binding, custom wound hot “Black Top” Filter’Tron pickups with three-point adjustable ’70s-style metal bezels and Duffy’s preferred Bigsby tailpiece.
Ernie Ball Announces M-Steel Electric Guitar Strings
Ernie Ball has announced M-Steel electric guitar strings, a new patent-pending premium line of strings made from a defense grade alloy known as Maraging Steel. The new Ernie Ball M-Steel Slinkys will hit the shelves in mid-summer 2013 and will be available in five gauges: Super, Regular, Hybrid, Power and Skinny Top Heavy Bottom.
Parker Guitars MaxxFly DF523SA All Single Coil Pickup Guitar
Parker Guitars announces the DF523SA USA hand crafted MaxxFly guitar. The DF523SA marks the first appearance of a production model 3 single coil pickup guitar to the Parker line. Parker is proud to finally offer the world renowned feel and playability of a Parker guitar combined with the bell like clarity and tonal options only an all single coil equipped guitar can provide. In addition to the time tested pairing of a gorgeous Ash body with single coil pickups, the DF523SA features a Parker vibrato with the Ghost acoustic piezo saddle system for the utmost in versatility.
Fender Announces the Competition Series Guitar Pedals
Fender has announced the Competition series pedals, which they describe as a whole new line of effects pedals designed and built to provide inspirational tones in a reliable package at an astounding value. The 4 pedals include Distort, Drive, Delay, Chorus. The Fender Distortion pedal, model #0234501 drives tube or solid-state amps into thick distortion and singing sustain, evoking the edgy hard-rock tones of the '70s and '80s. Great with many different amplifiers, it's responsive enough that a guitar's volume control can be adjusted to the exact amount of distortion desired, from aggressive crunch to full-on saturation. It can be used to create a distorted tone or as a boost for higher-gain rhythm and solo tones.