Articles from August 2008

August 31, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
Morley has released two new limited edition wha pedals. The Steve Vai Bad Horsie Liberty Wha and the Mark Tremonti Patriot Wha. Both pedals are available now. Visit Morely for more info and dealer listing. Credit: Morely.
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Tags: Bad Horsie, Liberty Wha, Mark Tremonti, Morely, Steve Vai |
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August 30, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
Gibson Acoustic‘s guitar workshop in Bozeman, Montana, is known for crafting some of the finest instruments ever produced in the 120-plus-year history of this storied company, and for fans of great vintage-spec flat-tops the True Vintage series is the cream of the crop. Now Gibson is releasing an extremely limited edition of just 167 pieces [...]
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Tags: Acoustic, Gibson, Hummingbird, J-45, SJ-200 |
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August 29, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
The folks over at General Guitar Gadgets are starting the September Specials a few days early so that their customers may have a better opportunity to order more than one kit on sale and save some shipping costs. The August specials are still on until September 1 and the September specials are available now! On Sale [...]
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Tags: Dan Armstrong, General Guitar Gadgets, MXR, Orange Squeezer, Phase 45 |
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August 29, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
Leave it to the tone-obsessed engineering staff at Ampeg to come up with the no-compromise, 20-watt, all-tube, point-to-point wired J-20 combo. Part of the Diamond Blue Lead Series, the J-20 Jet’s retro-styling is highly evocative of the ’60s in attitude, as well as tone. J-20′s preamp section boasts not one, but three 12AX7 tubes, and [...]
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Tags: Amp, Ampeg, J-20, Tube |
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August 28, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
Juha Ruokangas is designing a new guitar in his shop located in Finland. The difference with this particular design is that the entire process is being filmed and posted on YouTube for the entire world to see! Every step and thought process is being made public thanks to modern technology and one daring guitar builder. [...]
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Tags: Duke, Juha Ruokangas, Mojo, Unicorn, VSOP, YouTube |
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August 27, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
On Redd Volkaert’s latest release entitled “Reddhead“, he is joined by Chris Gilson on drums, Nate Rowe on bass, Rich Harney on keyboards and Buzz Evans on steel guitar. Heybale! band mate Gary Claxton is a special guest on harmony vocals. The new album was recorded at Top Hat Recording Studios in Austin and was [...]
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Tags: Blues, Brad Paisley, Country, Redd Volkaert, Reddhead, Rockabilly, Telecaster, Western Swing |
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August 26, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
Here is a tip for anyone who has a guitar amp or extension cabinet with a particle board baffle. Changing the baffle from partical board to a high quality plywood will give your cabinet a more open and natural sound. Some players describe particle board sounding and feeling dead as compared to plywood. This is [...]
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Tags: Amp, Baffle, Cabinet, Tuesday's Tip Of The Day |
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August 25, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
Lovepedal is VERY proud to announce the release of a 2 year project, the 2 channel PROVALVE. What is a Provalve? Well.. The Provalve can FOOTswitch between classic amplifier gain structures to more modern style gain structures on the fly, silently, at any volume, like a gritty vintage Plexi to a scooped fire breathing Rectifier. The [...]
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Tags: Effects, Lovepedal, Overdrive, Pedal, Provalve |
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August 24, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
The OpenStompTM Coyote-1 is an open source audio effects processor built for guitar players. With the Coyote-1 users can develop custom audio effects in software (like distortion, echo, chorus etc.), mix multiple effects to build “patches”, and exchange those effects and patches with the OpenStompTM community. A companion Windows application (OpenStompTM Workbench) allows Users to [...]
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Tags: Coyote-1, Effects, Open Stomp |
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August 23, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
The new Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler is the essential all-in-one pedal board experience that features a comprehensive collection of the most sought-after stompbox sounds, a full-featured looper and super-heavy-duty all-metal construction. Without complicated menus or presets, M13 Stompbox Modeler channels the soul and ease of a stompbox. Boasting over 75 immortal stompbox effects including [...]
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Tags: DL4, Effects, Line 6, M13, Modeling, Stompbox |
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August 22, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
Emmanuel Labor provides a personal, one-on-one setting in which not only music aficionados can enjoy performances of some of Tommy’s best-loved tunes, but also offers guitar players instruction by one of the world’s best. Tommy Emmanuel, fingerstyle master and performer, shares his personal insight and technique to sixteen tunes. Pieces shown include cuts from his [...]
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Tags: DVD, Emmanuel Labor, Maton, Tommy Emmanuel |
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