Gear News, Reviews, & Deals
April 9th, 2008 — Bass, Guitar, Recording
Owners of the Pod X3 will be happy to hear that Line 6 has finally released GearBox 3.6! The software features full compatibility with the Pod X3 series and is avaiable now as a free download.
I’ve been waiting for this for a long time and from the small amount of time I’ve spent with it I think it’s been worth the wait. It’s infinitely easier to create dual-tone patches with this software.
February 15th, 2008 — Guitar
In a brief post on the Line 6 Support Forums, Line 6 confirmed that a firmware update is scheduled for the Pod X3 at the end of this month.
February 8th, 2008 — Guitar
2008 marks the 50th anniversary of the Flying V. To commemorate, the Gibson Lifestyle site has a great article chronicling the guitar and it’s history. Beyond that, if you are still hungry for the V you can dive in head first to the Flyin V website. It’s an excellent site dedicated to the Flying V containing a gallery, vintage ads, schematics, etc. Congratulations Flying V. Here’s to another 50.
Thanks to The Girls Of Guitar World for this picture of the lovely Jennifer Maddox.
February 8th, 2008 — Guitar
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Following last years success, Gibson USA has launched it’s 2008 guitar of the month series. The guitars will be unveiled on the first Friday of every month for the remainder of the year. With only 1,000 of each guitar being produced these are sure to be instant collector’s items. Kicking things off this month is the awesome SG Diablo, a metallic red SG with Gibson Burstbucker pickups. Start saving your pennies now.
For more information visit: www.gibson.com
February 7th, 2008 — Guitar
I saw this on TV the other day and wondered if anyone else caught it. It’s a video demo of the new Gibson Robot Guitar. It features the guy from MTV’s old show Singled Out giving a quick overview of the guitar. They don’t exactly cover everything but it worth watching anyway just to see the way the mainstream media views this thing.
February 6th, 2008 — Guitar
Roland is proud to announce the MICRO CUBE RX/MICRO CUBE BASS RX amplifiers. Small in size and huge on sound, these new battery-operated stereo amps deliver a powerful punch at an affordable price.
January 18th, 2008 — Guitar
Paul Reed Smith guitars have announced the debut of 12 new guitar models at NAMM. Continue reading →
January 18th, 2008 — Guitar
Here is a short video of the Fender American Standard Announcement.
January 18th, 2008 — Guitar
Press Release
Fender officially unveiled its highly anticipated American Standard Series instruments during a kickoff event on Jan. 17 at the 2008 NAMM music products trade show in Anaheim, Calif. The American Standard Series, heralded by Fender’s new “Make History” campaign, comprises the flagship—or workhorse—models of Fender electric guitars and basses. Continue reading →
January 17th, 2008 — Guitar
Press Release
Anaheim CA, January 17, 2008—BOSS is proud to announce the GT-10 Guitar Effects Processor. The new flagship of the BOSS multi-effects series is driven by BOSS’s latest generation custom DSP engine, and is a floorboard powerhouse that offers a marked improvement in sound quality, features, and user interface from previous generations. Continue reading →
January 7th, 2008 — Guitar
I stumbled across the Gibson Lifestyle portion of the Gibson guitar website the other day and I have to say that I was very impressed. It features video, a blog, podcasts, and a Gibson recommends section with articles about all types of music. Apparently this has been around for a while now and I am just late to the party. If you haven’t seen it yet you should definitely check it out. It doesn’t have that overly corporate vibe about it that some manufacturer sites do and seems to be updated quite frequently.
December 25th, 2007 — Guitar
Here is a special holiday video from Gibson.
December 17th, 2007 — Guitar
This isn’t quite “new”, but I found a cool video of the Van Halen replica guitar made by EVH & Fender’s Custom Shop.
December 16th, 2007 — Guitar
Press Release
As of today, the Rickenbacker product range has been adjusted in an attempt to allow further production increases to offset the growing, large order backlog. Continue reading →
December 15th, 2007 — Guitar
After appearing briefly in last years popular Gibson Guitar Of The Week program the guitar disappeared from availability. Now, after tons of e-mails & letters, they are once again producing a limited run of Reverse Flying V’s. They are very limited, but if you’re interested you can find one here.
December 13th, 2007 — Guitar
With all of the recent love for Led Zeppelin surrounding the reunion I thought I’d post a link to a really cool looking Jimmy Page statue. You can find it at www.urbanstash.com
December 13th, 2007 — Guitar
Guitar World has announced Guitar World Tabs, a new site devoted to providing the most accurate guitar transcriptions available anywhere. In addition to official tabs from the pages of Guitar World magazine, the site will also feature ASCII-based user-generated tabs, embedded user-generated videos as well as videos and lessons from guitarworld.com.Guitar World Tabs is still in beta form and currently offers official tabs of songs by Judas Priest, Avenged Sevenfold, Los Lonely Boys, Thursday and others, and more are being added each week—so be sure to check back regularly for new tabs!
December 13th, 2007 — Guitar
Epiphone Guitar announced today the introduction of the new “Slash” signature Les Paul Standard Plus Top electric guitar. Designed and produced in close cooperation with Slash, this new Epiphone combines all the great design features that have made the Les Paul guitar “the” rock guitar while Slash’s own personal touches create a unique instrument destined to become an instant classic. Continue reading →
