This week Fender announced the Rarities Series Chambered Flame Top Telecaster. It’s a stunning looking guitar featuring a chambered, two-piece roasted alder body with a natural flame maple top, separated by a black centre stripe. The Tim Shaw custom-designed 50s vintage-style bridge pickup adds a hotter classic voice to the…
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FENDER LAUNCHES RARITIES SERIES CHAMBERED FLAME TOP TELE
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Post Date - July 11, 2019
FENDER LAUNCHES VINTERA SERIES: VINTAGE-ERA STYLE & TONE
Posted in Bass, Blog, Electric Guitars, Gear
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Post Date - June 26, 2019
Today Fender announced the launch of the Vintera Series, a line of vintage-inspired electric guitar and bass models that embody a period-specific vibe, including: the Stratocaster®, Telecaster®, Jaguar®, Mustang®, Jazzmaster®, Jazz Bass®, Precision Bass® and Mustang Bass. Each model delivers the authentic look and feel of its era, as well…
ASH GRUNWALD ANNOUNCES SIGNATURE PRATLEY GUITAR, NEW ALBUM, BOOK & NATIONAL TOUR
Posted in Artists, Electric Guitars, Gear, Interviews, Melbourne guitar Show News
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Post Date - June 24, 2019
Acclaimed Australian roots music singer, songwriter, guitarist and performer Ash Grunwald has been out of the spotlight for the last five years. For three of those years he was soaking up a tropical lifestyle living in Bali before returning to Australia. Yet rather than merely kicking back and chilling out,…
GIBSON ANNOUNCES DAVE AMATO LES PAUL AXCESS STANDARD
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Post Date - June 21, 2019
Gibson Custom Shop proudly presents the new Dave Amato Les Paul Axcess Standard. Gibson Custom Shop instruments celebrate Gibson’s legacy through accuracy, authenticity and attention to detail. The Dave Amato Les Paul Axcess Standard is the ultimate mash-up of vintage Gibson aesthetics and modern player features and is available worldwide…
FENDER ADDS KOA FLAME ASH TOP STRAT TO RARITIES SERIES
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Post Date - June 13, 2019
Fender Music Australia have announced the launch of the latest in their Rarities Series, the Koa Flame Ash Top Stratocaster. It features a two-piece ash body with a flame koa top and a one-piece, quartersawn European maple neck. The custom Tim Shaw overwound 59 gold-foil single-coil pickups are warm and…
GUITAR BRA: FOR PROTECTION AND COMFORT!
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Post Date - June 11, 2019
Peter Kinson is a Hervey Bay-based guitarist/singer/songwriter/guitar tutor and designer. It was through both personal experience and observation and discussion with other guitarists that he realised that spending a lot of time on the guitar in the tropical climate where he resides, you need to have some kind of insulation…
EPIPHONE’S LTD ED GEORGE THOROGOOD ‘WHITE FANG’ ES-125TDC
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Post Date - May 29, 2019
Epiphone, the leader in affordable professional instruments, proudly presents the Ltd. Ed. George Thorogood “White Fang” ES-125TDC Outfit, the premier signature guitar by blues legend GEORGE THOROGOOD. Featuring a vintage-inspired ES-125 hollowbody archtop in a Bone White finish with removable “Cobra” sticker, new ProBuckerTM P-90 single-coil pickups, a hand-signed Certificate…
GHS STRINGS ADDS INNOVATION BRAND
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Post Date - May 23, 2019
World renowned Innovation stand-up bass strings, which have until recently been manufactured in the UK, have found a new home with GHS Strings in the USA. The specialist machinery, unique non-metallic cores and original winding materials have been combined with our experienced workforce using the original hand spun manufacturing specifications…
FENDER CUSTOM SHOP PROMOTES CARLOS LOPEZ TO MASTER BUILDER AS PRODUCT DEMAND CONTINUES TO GROW
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Post Date - May 17, 2019
Fender Musical Instruments Corp. (FMIC) this week announced a new Master Builder joining the Fender Custom Shop: Carlos Lopez. With decades of experience in guitar luthiery, he’s worked on many guitars during his four years as an Apprentice Master Builder under esteemed Fender Master Builder Todd Krause. “Demand for masterbuilt…
NEW VOLTAGE RESEARCH LABORATORY FROM PITTSBURGH MODULAR SYNTHS
Posted in Blog, Gear, Keyboards (digital & acoustic)
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Post Date - May 10, 2019
Musician and sonic architect-attentive electronic instruments-maker Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers is proud to debut Voltage Research Laboratory — a completely different, organic analog synthesizer, functionally influenced by the behaviours and systems of the natural world, with which adventurous users can explore the natural systems and lesser-known fringes of analog synthesis as…