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It seems the only news lately is sales, sales, sales.
For their Thanksgiving celebration, Fender are offering 10% off the price of all Fender gear over the holiday weekend (27th to 30th November).
This isn’t a sale, however, it’s actually called Fender Fan Appreciation Days. Fair enough – doesn’t matter what it’s called when there are bargains to be had.
This is in participating Fender dealers only (and US only).
To see if there’s a participating dealer near you, check Fender.
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It seems IK are overcome with good cheer this festive season. I wrote a while back about some of the deals on offer from them and, while they’re still available, IK have even more bargains the these penny-pinching times.
There are quite a few offers, so I’m not going in to great detail on each. IK’s site will have all the info your recession-hit pocket requires.
I’ll include links to each of the various offers as we go. Bear in mind when purchasing that prices are listed exclusive of VAT or taxes.
SampleMoog, …
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If you’re one of the few who are unfamiliar with the beginning of the ‘Gibson raided by the Feds for alleged issues with their sourcing tonewoods’ story can read about it here and here.
Gibson’s CEO, Henry E. Juszkiewicz, has been serving on the board of the Rainforest Alliance (who aren’t exactly keen on non-sustainable forestry) and, until this issue is resolved, he has stepped down from his position with the RFA.
The Rainforest Alliance has released the following statement:
Statement in Response to the United States Fish & Wildlife Service’s Investigation of …
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That’s Paul Smith, not Paul Reed Smith. Paul Smith, the clothing designer, collaborated with Vintage Guitars in order to produce this – the Paul Smith acoustic guitar.
It’s a 3/4-sized acoustic that Paul Smith is refers to in most of his marketing as a ‘children’s guitar’ but could really serve as a travel guitar for the discerning clothes-horse who wants to strum as fashionably as he or she dresses.
The guitar has a spruce top and mahogany body. The neck is maple and the fingerboard, rosewood. Specifications list a mahogany bridge but the …
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Another cool competition. From Fender this time.
Everyone loves a Jazzmaster, right? ‘Course you do. Well, so does J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.
Fender are doing a Dinosaur Jr. tie-in with this competition. You can win a, very handsome, custom-built, sparkle-finish Jazzmaster – with a gold anodised pickguard (none more cool) – that’s been signed by J Mascis.
If you win, Fender will even give you a copy of the latest Dino Jr. album. Probably, the Jazzmaster is a bigger draw though – it is pretty stunning.
Pop off to Fender and sign up …
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OK, you might want to get a cup of coffee for this one. We’ve got a long tour ahead of us but it’s worth it.
We’re off to Martin Guitars to see the factory and get stepped through the build from chunk of wood to splendid guitar.
Got that coffee yet? Good. Now go and get a cookie too – it’s the weekend.
Right. Let’s go.
These are from the Premier Guitar channel on YouTube
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Until November 29th, Line 6 are offering a complete set of their amp and effect tones for the POD, Pod Studio, TonePort or GuitarPort as a single download. Basically, thats all model packs in one bundle.
Line 6 call this the Ultimate Model Pack Bundle and it includes:
Power Pack – 20 vintage and modern amp tones and 26 effects.
Collector Classics – 18 amp models based on boutique combos and rare vintage heads
Metal Shop – 18 high-gain metal monster amps.
FX Junkie – 35 effects including synths, filters, delays, choruses, etc.
Bass Expansion – …
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If you are involved in recording music, even in your bedroom, you either are, or you should be, aware of IK Multimedia’s T-RackS mastering suite. It’s a suite of software that provides a number of tools to polish and fine-tune your masters.
If you’re based in the UK, you might want to have a go at signing up for their T-RackS Masterclass. Run by engineer and producer, Ben Fenner (whose credits include Radiohead, The Feeling, Brian Eno and more), the class will demonstrate T-Racks 3 Deluxe.
Ben will talk you through how …
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The last in our look at a few of the travel guitars available to the discerning, jet-setting axe-man/axe-lady.
Simultaneously the most traditional and most unusual guitar of our series, the Voyage-Air range of travel guitars feature a ‘foldable neck’.
As you can see, the neck is hinged. You unscrew a knurled bolt to loosen it (the bolt doubles as a strap-button) and fold the neck down to the body, effectively halving the length of the instrument. When you want to play, reverse the process and tighten up the bolt.
Easy. And pretty clever.
There is …
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To continue our look at a few of the, slightly more unusual, travel guitars available, we’re now considering the Emerald Guitars X5-Life.
As you can probably see, the X5, in common with the Blackbird Rider mentioned previously, is another carbon fibre guitar. Why, it’s like the wonder material of the future.
Clocking in at 3 lbs, the X5 looks a little more ‘guitar-like’ although it certainly has some Emerald eccentricity about it. It has a scale length of 25.5 (longer than the Blackbird) which is the same as most Fender-type guitars and …
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