Rate Some of My Favorite Guitars!

Calendar February 3, 2010 | Posted by admin

Rate some of my favorite guitars!
You all know me as being an avid guitar enthusiast….even a guitar maniac at times (like at NAMM..)! I have posted 5 favorite guitars on bubbalon.com for everyone to look at and rate for yourselves.
You can rate each guitar on it’s page on Bubbalon.com, it’s really easy and fun, plus [...]

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New Gibson Dusk Tiger

Calendar November 30, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn

Remember a few months back when Gibson released the Dark Fire? Well, the new Dusk Tiger (where do they get these names…) is the next Gibson creation and is being called the most astounding innovation in the history of the guitar.
The new Dusk Tiger features a Les Paul-inspired body design with a flat top like [...]

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How To Relic Your Guitar Parts For an Aged Look

Calendar October 30, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn

Here is a video about how to “relic” guitar parts for that aged vintage look. This is the way I’ve been doing it for a number of years with great results. It’s best of you do this in a well ventilated area and wear rubber gloves. After you remove the parts that you want to [...]

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Ruokangas Unicorn Comparison Video

Calendar October 29, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn

Here is a great clip of some guitars being compared to the new Ruokangas Unicorn. I am a big fan of Juha Ruokangas and his exceptional guitar building skills. He is a super nice and very knowledgeable guy. In this video a few players put the new Unicorn through it’s paces and is A/B’d with [...]

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Epiphone Introduces 14 New Models For 2010!

Calendar September 4, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn

 Epiphone Guitars is introducing 14 new guitar models for 2010. these models will include a 1959 Les Paul Standard, Tribute Les Paul Standard, Worn 1966 Wilshire, Emporer Swingster, Inspired By Casino, Inspired By Revolution, Special II GT, Graveyard Diciple, Inspired By 1964 Texan, Roy Orbison Signature, Explorer GT, LP Express, SG Express and Triumph-II Bass.
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Breaking News: Guitar Legend Les Paul Dies at 94

Calendar August 13, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn

 Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94.
According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. His family and friends were by [...]

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New Billy Gibbons “Pearly Gates” Les Paul Standard

Calendar July 17, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn

 It’s finally here, and it’s bad to the bone. And now you can own it. Billy Gibbons’ favorite axe has always been his beloved Pearly Gates – a rare 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard with legendary angelic qualities. It has appeared on every track of every ZZ Top album to date, and sings with a [...]

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New Callaham CNC Machined Steel Billet ABR-1 tune-a-matic Bridges for Gibson Type Guitars

Calendar June 24, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn

 We started this project in February of 2009 to solve the problem of a completely inferior bridge material used by Gibson since 1954 and copied by every aftermarket bridge maker since. All ABR-1 bridges and their aftermarket copies have been made of ZINC (pot metal). Zinc is a tremendous dampener and never should come in [...]

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The Best Selling Gibson of All Time!

Calendar April 18, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn

 Known today and forever after as the SG Standard, the guitar that replaced Gibson’s biggest endorsement model in 1961 was a complete redrawing of the blueprint. The original Les Paul Standard of 1958 – ‘60 - with two humbucking pickups, a single cutaway and a sunburst finish on its carved maple top – is recognized as one [...]

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Gibson Guitars Inc. Lays Off 50

Calendar March 23, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn

 Nashville-based Gibson Guitar Inc. is laying off 50 employees worldwide, citing a drop in musical instrument sales of 20 percent.
Gibson officials would not say how many of its roughly 2,800 employees in the Nashville area would be affected by the layoffs.
Click here to read the full article. Credit: Nashville Business Journal.
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Introducing the Holy Explorer and Gibson USA’s 2009 Limited Run Series

Calendar February 21, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn

 The first of the 2009 Limited Run Series guitars from Gibson USA – the Holy Explorer – is prime example of Gibson’s imaginative spirit. While the traditional features from the original Explorer design of the late 1950s are all still there – the modernistic mahogany body, traditional “drooping” headstock and hybrid neck profile – the [...]

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