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| Guitarist John Mcgeoch dies at age 48 |
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| John McGeoch, a veteran of the British punk movement, has died in his sleep at the age of 48.The guitarist, who co-founded Manchester band Magazine and later played with Souxsie and the Banshees and John Lydon's Public Image Limited |
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| LedendaryTones Updates Their Time Machine Boost Pedal |
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| A new 2004 model of the Time Machine Boost has been announced, offering a lower price with both battery and AC adapter functionality. The Time Machine Boost is a dual-channel, tri-mode boost pedal designed to deliver both vintage style treble boosts as well as a modern, transparent clean boost to maximize the tone of a player's existing guitar and amplifier. Optimized to work with tube amplifiers set on the verge of power tube distortion or already in full saturation, the Time Machine Boost can enable a player to capture greater gain and dynamics from their amplifier that they could otherwise not achieve. Its two footswitchable channels with independent volume levels provide further dynamics, tone shaping, and versatility and provide convenient switching between desired rhythm and lead boosting tones. |
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| New Summit Series Acoustics By Johnson Guitars |
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| Johnson introduces new Summit Series guitars. They feature selected woods including Engelmann spruce, Honduran Mahogany, and Indian Rosewood. Two models, with a solid spruce top and solid mahogany or solid rosewood back, are offered, along with cutwawy versions with B-Band EQ. |
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| TC Electronic Software Update for their G-Major Guitar Processor |
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| TC Electronics has once again updated the software for their G-Major rackmount guitar processor. The update is available now for free download from TC's web site, and requires a PC running Windows XP or 2000 plus a MIDI interface to install. New features in the version 1.27 release include: In Level, Global Out Level and Preset Out Level mapping - A Mapping Response Curve has been added to the three level parameters in the Mod Menu so you can define your own curve to the "In Level", "Global Out Level" and "Preset Out Level" parameters. This gives control over the behavior when using an Expression pedal to control one or more of these parameters. |
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| World Guitar Congress Set for Towson, Baltimore |
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| World Guitar Congress Set for Towson, Baltimore in June. Guitarists from styles including classical, jazz, country, rock, blues, flamenco and fusion will gather in Baltimore for a week in June. They'll play in what's being called "The First World Guitar Congress." |
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| Limited Edition Music Man Guitars |
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| Music Man goes for the gold with Music Man Limited Edition guitars and basses in Radiance Red, with a gold silk-screened logo on a black headstock. A special neck plate will be stamped with "Limited Edition" and pickguards will stand out with a white pearloid finish. |
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| Schecter Guitars Now Shipping Tempest Specials |
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| The redesigned Schecter Diamond Series Tempest Specials now feature a mahogany 'slab' body, a set-in 24 3/4" mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, 22 jumbo frets, Grover tuners and a TonePros 'locking' tune-a-matic system. Electronics consist of dual Seymour Duncan Designed P-100 pickups, two volume knobs, tone control, and 3-way pickup selector. |
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| Crafter Guitars Adds Twin Bird Acoustic-Electrics Model |
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| Crafter Guitars introduces two new Twin Bird guitars for this year. Both new solid top cutaway-style acoustic electric guitars offer Crafter's patent-pending T-Brace System. Each guitar features handcrafted wooden bird designs inlaid around the soundhole and fingerboard. |
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| Washburn Southern Cross Dimebag Darrell signature guitar |
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| Former Pantera ax-meister and lead guitar hell-raiser for the newly formed Damageplan, Dimebag Darrell is a metal icon with sincere adoration for the dark side of music. His rib-cracking rhythm assaults and melodic lead hurricanes simultaneously brutalize and amaze fans. Behind Dime's bearded, party-hearty appearance are a keen musical mind, tremendous six-string talent and a techsavvy head for gear. |
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| The Fender Stratocaster is celebrating its 50th birthday |
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| The year 1954 was full of pop culture benchmarks. Elvis Presley recorded his first single, the Miss America pageant was televised for the first time, Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for ``The Old Man and the Sea.'' And in a small factory in Fullerton, California, an inventor named Leo Fender created his Stratocaster. |
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| Eric Clapton to host Crossroads Guitar Festival benefit |
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| Eric Clapton will be presenting the three-day Crossroads Guitar Festival at Fair Park in Dallas on June 4-6, a charity event that will culminate with an all-star concert. The event kicks off with the June 4 opening of Guitar Center Village, which will be coordinated by musical-instrument retailer Guitar Center. According to a press release, festivalgoers "will be offered once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to be in an intimate setting as artists give fans the ultimate look into their craft." |
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| ARE YOU AMERICA?S NEXT GUITAR HERO? |
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uitarPlayer.com will select ten players to strut their stuff in front of a panel of editors and guitar stars at a stellar showcase performance in Hollywood, California, this summer (actual date yet to be confirmed). Only one guitarist will emerge as the 2004 Guitar Hero. And that transcendent talent will not just have bragging rights for a year. He or she will also be the subject of a Guitar Player feature, as well as win a bunch of cool gear and appear on a CD compilation from a respected record company. |
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| Dillion Guitar Model DR450 Coming in March 2004 |
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| Dillion Guitar Company will be Releasing model DR450 in March of 2004. The DR450 comes stock with a hollow Mahogany Body with a Tiger Maple Top,F-holes, Rosewood Fingerboard, Diecast Tulip Shaped Machine Heads 2 Humbucker Pickups,StopTail Peice,Chrome Hardware... Read On..... |
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| New Dillion DL653 Model Introduced |
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| Dillion Guitar Company adds new model DL653 to their lineup. Comes stock with a arched flame ample top,solid mahogany body,inlaid mother of pearl Dillion Logo,Kluson Vintage style machine heads and more.... |
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| Malden Guitars Release New Karma Guitar |
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| Malden Guitar Company released a new addition to their guitar lineup, the Karma. The Karma comes standard with nickel hardware, bound mahogany body and arched flamed maple top. The fully bound 22-fret mahogany neck that features a rosewood fretboard and a Malden logo position marker at the 12th fret. Two Alnico V humbuckers are controlled via a 3-way toggle switch, two volume and two tone controls. Karmas back is carved so it allows for high-fret access. |
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Did You Know? |
A Treble Clef is also called a G clef |
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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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