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Slash tweets new Marshall and Les Paul NAMM2010

January 6th 2010

Here’s something to salivate over for those going to NAMM2010. Slash just tweeted the following: To those of you who have been inquiring, I’ll be announcing the new “Slash” Marshall & Les Paul at NAMM, Sat, Jan 16th. http://bit.ly/56GpwD Is it just me, or are there more signature series and limited run Les Pauls around [...]

More Namm 2009 Highlights

January 19th 2009

Here a few more picks from the tornado that is Namm 09. Four new pedals from Radial. Hey, if they are good enough for Eric Johnson, well… New BC Rich’s, including a monster twin neck beast of a thing. Dean release a bunch of guitars that aren’t alll Dimabag Series guitars….. but….. ….they do release [...]

NAMM 09 : Day One Highlights

January 17th 2009

WOW. Talk about overload. NAMM 09 os proving to be a huge smack upside the head with releases after release. I’ll do some individual posts on the items that I’m really keen on, but I’ll do a general wrap each day on what has been and gone. So here are my highlights from day one [...]

Why the relic fad should just die.

January 10th 2009

I am completely over this fascination with relic or road worn guitars. I don’t mind them as a tribute to an iconic guitar owned by a famous guitarist (for example the Rory Gallagher Strat), but as a marketing gimmick? Fender at NAMM is launching the new entry level Relic series titled Road Worn. Here is [...]

Reverend Pete Anderson Signature Series

January 9th 2009

Pete Anderson, guitarist for Dwight Yokeam, is luckey enough to have his own signature model with Reverend. He’ll be demonstrating the new guitar at Namm 2009 in the Reverend Booth. The guitar features a vintage look but is designed to please modern players with a mix of grunt and twang provided by the some P-90s. [...]

Peavey Announce Namm 09 Lineup

January 9th 2009

I’m really surprised by the names Peavey are bringing out for Namm. I had no idea the caliber of talent on their books these days. Here is the full announcement, with the bolded items ones that really interest me. Legendary guitarist Joe Satriani will introduce his new signature Peavey JSX guitar amplifier during a special [...]

I love the smell of Marshall in the morning.

July 28th 2008

Found at GearTrap. Ahh… Marshall. Although my love of amps is constantly evolving and going through phases, i always come back to Marshall. To my ears, they have just the right amount of clarity, the right amount of dirt, the right amount frequency spread…. I just love them. I may have flirted with Orange, followed [...]

Moog at Namm

June 28th 2008

More on the Moog I talked about earlier. Here is a video showing how the electromagnets affect the strings, and more of an idea on what you can actually do with it.

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