March 31, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Relic…..the buzzword that gets tossed around a lot here in the guitar community. I read and look at lots of info about relic guitars. People’s methods, their pics, projects, tips, etc. and I have to tell you I’ve had it up to here with the whole relic thang and here’s why. What is a “relic” [...]
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March 31, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Hey there all you hepcats…! Here is a pretty cool looking archtop guitar for you to get your twang on with. It’s the new Epiphone Swingster. Some features include an arched select spruce top with maple back and sides, hand-scalloped bracing and sound post, and three-piece maple neck. This new Epiphone model aslo features a [...]
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March 30, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn This page was sent over to me by my friend Alan Gowa who knows that I love this kind of stuff. Just like the title says…..everything you wanted to know. There is a bunch of great info and some great pictures as well. This page was created by Blue Lena with the help of Johnny [...]
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March 30, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn My man Rob over there across the pond in the UK has an amazing website for all you guitar teachers. His site called www.teachwombat.com has literally everything you need for teaching guitar, except the guitar of course Besides the usual teaching aids like chord grids, neck blanks and prepared lesson sheets Rob goes above and [...]
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March 29, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn For $29.00 you can now plug your guitar into your iPhone or iPod Touch and rock it with this cable. This cable allows you yo connect your guitar with headphones to your device. You can use the simple Voice Memo app that comes with the phone to record riffs or entire songs anywhere. Then you [...]
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March 29, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Pro Co Sound has released a Limited Edition White Face RAT pedal. This is an accurate painstaking reproduction of the original 1985 RAT circuit that includes the LM308 chip. I remember having a RAT back in the day and I do believe that this new Limited Edition version actually sounds better. The new Pro Co [...]
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March 27, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Not only does John Tomaszewicz make great amps he also makes great pedals!!! His new TZZ T Drive pedal was just released. This pedal was first seen and heard in the TomasZewicZ Amps video clip from the LA Amp Show 2009. This overdrive pedal consists of an optimized clipping circuit that provides rich smooth harmonics [...]
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March 27, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn The James Tyler Variax Guitar from Musikmesse. This looks cool and has my interest….!
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March 26, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Welcome to the future..!! Fender and eJaming Audio have partnered up so you can jam or record with players literally all over the world in real-time!! How is this possible you may ask? Read on. All you need is something like a G-DEC 3 Fender amp (or similar unit), a computer and a high speed [...]
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March 26, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Ok peeps this is the ZT Lunchbox Acoustic amp with guitar and vocals in action!! I am not a real singer but I wanted to show how the guitar and vocals go together. I just kinda rockabilly’d my way through a cool tune that I have always liked a lot. This little amp is AWESOME!! [...]
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March 26, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn I do get some emails about making slots in tune-o-matic bridge saddles. Most of the questions are whether or not they are needed and the rest are how do you make the slots in a brand new blank saddle. Here is a cool article from the Stewart MacDonald website. Eric Cloeman takes you through it [...]
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