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| Ancient Guitar Images |
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| For all you guitar history buffs we included some of the first known guitar photos. The guitars are based from the 16th Century up to the late 18th Century. |
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| Al DiMeola Signature Model Ovation - Upgraded |
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Ovation has redesigned and upgraded their Al DiMeola signature models. These guitars feature acoustic and acoustic/electric improvements including modifying the internal bracing and adding in the new OP PRO preamp. Al has been closely involved with specing and proofing the new OP PRO preamp and has been performing with the redesigned guitars during live shows. Ovation's new OP PRO preamp is featured in Al's signature models as well as Ovation's new LX Series. |
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| NEW Weeping Demon Guitar Wah from Ibanez |
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| Ibanez debuts the new WD7 Weeping Demon guitar wah pedal at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim. The Weeping Demon features spring and normal footboard action, selectable wah range, fine tuning controls and more. It's the most variable and controllable wah you can get." |
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| Daron Malakian Gets Signature Model By Ibanez |
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| Daron Malakian of System of a Down gets his own signature model at NAMM, the Ibanez DMM1. The DMM1 is based on the Ibanez Iceman ICX shape and features a special graphic design painted by Daron's father, Vartan Malakian. |
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| PolyRhythms for Guitar |
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| Although the word polyrhythm technically means "many rhythms", it's most commonly used to describe the layering of multiple time signatures. For example, Steve Vai's The Attitude Song, in the main riff, has the guitars playing in 7/8 and the drums in 4/4 simultaneously. What happens is this: 4/4 is the same as 8/8. So, when one bar of 7/8 is complete, the bar of 4/4 still has one eighth note remaining, so the "1" beat of the second bar of the 7/8 rhythm falls on the last eighth note of the 4/4 rhythm. Read On..... |
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| Schecter Unveils Hellcat VI |
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| Schecter Guitar Research has announced their Hellcat VI at the Winter NAMM Show 2004. Designed by Schecter's Michael Ciravolo and Marc LaCorte, the pair cites the Cure's Perry Bamonte and Robert Smith with invaluable input. Not a guitar, bass or even a baritone in today's terms, the Hellcat VI is designed to be an improvement of the '6-string bass' instrument of the early 1960s. The 30" scale, the Hellcat VI is standard tuned, but one octave below a normal guitar. String gauges will range from .025 to .095. |
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| New Andy Timmons Signature Model from Ibanez |
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| Ibanez releases Andy Timmons signature electric guitar. The new AT300 was designed to offer the kind of versatility needed by a player who plays gutbucket Texas blues one day and several commercial studio sessions the next. |
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| Gibson Guitar moving division to Memphis |
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Gibson Guitar Corp. is moving its Custom, Art and Historic guitar division from Nashville to its Memphis factory, Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz said yesterday. The unit, which crafts custom, limited edition, signature models and historic reissues, has outgrown its 27,000-square-foot location adjacent to Gibson USA production facilities east of Nashville. |
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| Parker Fly New Mojo Guitars |
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| Parker Guitars unveiled its newly expanded series of Parker Mojo instruments at the 2004 Winter NAMM Convention. The Parker Mojo Series will include The Fly Mojo Flame and Fly Mojo, the NiteFly Mojo Flame and NiteFly Mojo, and the Fly Mojo 4-String Bass. |
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| Three New AES Electrics from Yamaha |
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| Yamaha Guitars expands on the AES Series with the Winter NAMM introduction of three new models, developed in conjunction with Yamaha Guitar Development, Yamaha's U.S. custom shop and artist center. Available in March, the Yamaha AES420, AES720 and AES920 electrics join the line. |
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| ToneLab SE Offers Valvetronix Modeling in a Pedalboard |
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VOX will release the newest member of the Valvetronix series, the ToneLab SE. This new amp and effect modeling pedalboard processor delivers VOX's modeling technology (as found in the Valvetronix series amps and ToneLab amp/effect modeler), plus expanded modeling options and assignable, dual expression pedals for total control. |
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| Ibanez DT200 Destroyer Returns |
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| By popular demand, Ibanez returns the famous Destroyer to the line as a regular model after a nearly 20 year hiatus. Like the first Destroyer versions first introduced in the '70s, the DT200 features a mahogany body for thick tone and sustain. |
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| Steve Vai EP7 Eurphoria Acoustic Guitar |
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| It was 1987 when the introduction of the Steve Vai signature guitar spurred a radical turnaround in the then sagging fortunes of Ibanez. Since, there have been a number of new Vai signature guitar models at various NAMM show and so there will be at Winter 2004 NAMM. Except that this time it's an acoustic, not an electric. |
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| Ibanez TS808 Overdrive Pedal is Back |
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| It's back--the incomparable overdrive pedal that's been described as the Holy Grail of Tube Screamers. The TS808 reissue features the same famous large square footswitch and the even more famous warm tones of the JRC4558 chip used in most of the original TS808's. For players who feel their tone is suffering from a lack of real warmth, the TS808 is the non-generic prescription. |
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| Variax Acoustic 700 By Line 6 |
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Line 6 launched the Variax Acoustic 700, an acoustic addition to the Variax family of guitars. Variax Acoustic 700 is the first electric acoustic modeling guitar. Its simple, stand-alone operation offers guitarists 16 acoustic instrument sounds, feedback-resistance, unique tone-shaping options and instant access to alternate tunings. |
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Did You Know? |
A sus chord contains no third (1,4,5)
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Archived Files |
| Monday, October 13 | | · | How Gibson Guitars Are Built |
| Sunday, October 12 | | · | Moogfest 2008 Features the Moog Guitar |
| · | Les Paul Tribute Concert |
| Thursday, October 09 | | · | Amalfitano Pickups Custom Hand Wound Guitar Pickups |
| Tuesday, September 30 | | · | Koch Entertainment Distribution Signs Deal With Yngwie Malmsteen |
| · | Guitar Hall of Fame for Your Computer |
| · | Zoom Launches New Artists Signature Pedals |
| Tuesday, September 23 | | · | Eddie Van Halen 5150 Guitar Up For Auction |
| Wednesday, September 03 | | · | Yngwie Malmsteen New Album Perpetual Flame |
| · | Miami GuitarTown |
| · | Hendrix's Burnt 1965 Fender Stratocaster Goes Up For Bids |
| Tuesday, September 02 | | · | Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame To Honor Les Paul |
| · | Guitar Great Jerry Reed Dies at Age 71 |
| Wednesday, August 06 | | · | Fender signs deal for European expansion |
| · | Gibson Guitar is hiring |
| · | David Gilmour's Fender Replica Guitar |
| Sunday, June 29 | | · | New Korg Bluegrass And Hawaiian Model Tuners |
| · | New Luna Oracle Series Crane Acoustic Guitar |
| · | Fender TB-600C Combo Bass Amp |
| Wednesday, June 18 | | · | Fender University Opens |
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