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…Not really, of course. It’s a ski joke… Downhill… Get it?
Gibson have collaborated with, ski manufacturer, Marker Völkl to produce a couple of ski-culture (my words) guitars. Some new skis from Völkl were inspiration for the Black Les Paul Custom below and the V above is inspired by Marker’s Rule The Mountain slogan.
The guitars will be built at the Custom Shop in Nashville and will be on display through the winter before being auctioned at the SIA Show in January. The proceeds from the Les Paul will go to Protect …
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I AM NAVARRO! I BEAR GIFTS FOR LUCKY MORTALS! SEE MY BOSS PEDAL. YOU WANT IT. I KNOW YOU WANT IT, PUNY MORTAL. DO NOT BE COY, LEST I TRANSFORM INTO A SWAN AND RAVAGE YOU.
The words of Dave Navarro, there, who is one of the guitar celebs that are helping BOSS out with their new giveaway competition.
Every two weeks, until the end of the year, Boss are giving away a different pedal, signed by a guitary supreme being (The Navarro, Frank Gamble, Yngwie Malsteem and Lincoln Brewster). Oh, and …
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Ibanez are joining a number of other manufacturers in encouraging customers to buy as the year approaches its end. To that end, they’ve announced a number of promotions that, if you’ve been considering buying an Ibanez product, might well be of interest.
Top of the heap is a $200 rebate on selected Satriani and Via guitars. If you buy one and send proof of purchase to Ibanez, they’ll, very kindly, present you with two hundred bucks in return. Not to be sniffed at.
A $100 rebate is available on certain RG1570 Prestige …
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Not content with their AmpliTube-related giveaway to the end of October, IK Multimedia have extended it until December 31st, ’09. That’s two more months of freebies from the Amplitube people.
And, as if that weren’t enough, they’ve also upped the giveaway ante by now offering 4 for the price of 1 instead of the 3 for 1 they had been doing.
If you buy one item from a selection of AmpliTube products they’ll give you, for no extra monies, three – that’s three – other AmpliTube products.
There’s a small catch. You’ll only …
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Ok, the Reverse V has always looked a bit weird to me but who wouldn’t want the chance to actually own one?
Gibson and The Gay Blades are giving one away. A snazzy white one just like the one pictured here. All you need to do is go to The Gay Blades site and follow the easy instructions which, basically, just require you to send them an email answering ‘who is your favourite guitar player?’ I’m relatively sure that it’s not a trick question where all answers referring to non-Gay Blades …
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Eric Clapton was to appear, tonight and tomorrow (October 30th and 31st) at The Hall Of Fame concerts in Madison Square garden.
He has, unfortunately, had to pull out of these appearances after having undergone surgery to remove gallstones.
Stepping into the scheduling hole will be another former Yardbird, Jeff Beck. Beck was recently inducted into the Hall Of Fame himself (back in April ’09). Beck was inducted by Jimmy Page, if you’re interested.
Clapton is said to be recovering well and will pick-up his touring schedule in 2010.
The picture opposite helpfully points …
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A few weeks back, we posted about Never Too Late Guitar’s print giveaway. Jeff Singer turns his dual passions of guitars and photography into some truly splendid images.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more droolworthy, he goes and posts a bundle of images of a Fireglo Rickenbacker 330.
You’re not too late to throw your hat in the ring for a fine-art print of a fine guitar. Pop on over to Never Too Late Guitar for an easy-peasy competition.
I hope Jeff won’t mind my including an image here as …
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If you’re a rocker of a certain age, there’s a good chance you spent a chunk of your formative years listening to early Ozzy albums desperately trying to figure out what the hell Randy Rhoads was playing. You whippersnappers may have done similar with the albums of the latter-day Ozzy with Zakk Wylde.
Lick Library have just announced, not only a Randy Rhoads, but also a Zakk Wylde version of their Learn To Play – The Solos DVDs.
As well as the DVD tutorials, these releases include a CD of professionally recorded …
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That’s quite handsome, isn’t it? Gretsch have press-gagnged renowned hot-rod graphic artist, JimmyC into decorating a heap of Electromatic G5120 guitars.
Using the same enamel paints he would on cars or bikes, JimmyC hand-paints each guitar. The pinstriping is applied on top of the guitar’s original finish and, because it’s done by hand, each will be an original – no two will be the same. Cool, eh?
The guitar underneath the stripes is, essentially, Gretsch’s Electromatic G5120 but there are some differences. Gretsch tell us it will have newly designed pickups and …
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Take a look at this. This is the Gibson Les Paul Tribute and it’s a, well, it’s a tribute to, erm, Les Paul.
This is based on the original 1952 Les Paul. As you can see, it even has a trapeze tailpiece (although it’s strung over rather than the incorrect under method). The tailpiece is apparently corrected to match Les’s own patent.
It’s loaded with P-90’s and has a nitrocellulose gold-top on mahogany back and neck.
It’s a strictly limited run with only 564 guitars being made – six instruments for every year …
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