http://www.300guitars.com Guitar Mania by Billy Penn Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:01:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/09/new-voyage-air-04-and-02-series/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/09/new-voyage-air-04-and-02-series/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:03:07 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=9123 Ok folks there are two brand new series of the folding Voyage-Air travel guitars available. The 04 and 02 Series. The 04 Series features two models: VAMD-04 and VAOM-04..mini-dreadnought and auditorium styles. Both models feature African mahogany back and sides, solid spruce top with “Jet Black” high gloss finish, traditional x bracing, hand inlaid 3-ring... 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Four days of peace and music….oops, that was Woodstock back in ’69!! I will not be there to cover the action but from what I am told it is even larger than the NAMM Show!! So I’m thinking four... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/03/musikmesse-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/review-of-300guitars-com-by-wes-lem/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/review-of-300guitars-com-by-wes-lem/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:48:35 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6793 Wes Lem is part of the sales team over at Voyage-Air guitars. As you all know I did a review of the Voyage-Air VAD-06 guitar a little while ago. Click here to read the review. Great guitar! Anyway, I “met” Wes through a series of emails and finally got to shake his hand at the... 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These are excellent guitars and the necks on them are some of the best I felt. they are nice and light and John’s brother, Bo, designed the pickups. Nice!!!! Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/john-pirruccello-hanson-guitars-namm-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/carr-amplifiers-mercury-namm-2010/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/carr-amplifiers-mercury-namm-2010/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:01:39 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6701 Another great amp by Steve Carr! 8 watts and sounds unreal. The Mercury amp uses a single EL34 tube and you can dial it down to 1/10th of a watt. Has reverb as well….! Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/carr-amplifiers-mercury-namm-2010/feed/ 1 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/luna-guitars-henna-model-namm-2010/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/luna-guitars-henna-model-namm-2010/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:11:38 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6698 These Luna guitars are cool. Very unique looking and they sounded nice. Yvonne deVilliers is a nice lady as well. Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/luna-guitars-henna-model-namm-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/burriss-dirty-red-namm-2010/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/burriss-dirty-red-namm-2010/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:35:35 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6695 This is the clip of the Burriss Amps Dirty Red Amp. This little amp head sounded awesome at the NAMM show and also had a great feel with a pronounced vowel sound that was perfect for the electric guitar. Bob makes a great amp and he is a super nice guy. This amp is perfect... 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Another great guitar built by Juha Ruokangas!! Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/ruokangas-duke-namm-2010/feed/ 2 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/eminence-flux-density-modulation-speaker-demo-namm-2010/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/eminence-flux-density-modulation-speaker-demo-namm-2010/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:57:20 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6684 I am checking out the ground-breaking, game changing Eminence FDM speakers for the first time. These speakers are absolutely revolutionary in my opinion because you kill two birds with one stone: 1- Great speaker and company, 2- A built in attenuator that has up to a -9dB attenuation which sounds and feels great because it... Read More »]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/eminence-flux-density-modulation-speaker-demo-namm-2010/feed/ 6 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/anthem-guitars-namm-2010/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/anthem-guitars-namm-2010/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:00:39 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6681 The Anthem guitars were cool with really good quality, sounded & felt great and priced right! The hardware on this guitar was like an aged bronze and I’ve never seen any hardware like it. These would make great second guitars or be excellent for beginners. Overseas quality is really getting good….! Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/anthem-guitars-namm-2010/feed/ 9 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/carr-amps-atremus-namm-2010/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/carr-amps-atremus-namm-2010/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:16:24 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6674 This is the new Carr Artemus model for 2010. Another one of my favorite amps at NAMM 2010. Steve is a super nice guy and builds an awesome amp. Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/carr-amps-atremus-namm-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/interview-with-andrew-barta-of-tech-21-namm-2010/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/interview-with-andrew-barta-of-tech-21-namm-2010/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:38:25 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6670 Andrew Barta of Tech 21 takes me through a few new Character Series pedals for 2010. These sounded great by the way and yes….Andrew is really tall and I am really short…! The new models are Leeds (Hiwatt sound), Oxford (classic Orange sound) and US Steel (Mesa Rectifier sound). Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/interview-with-andrew-barta-of-tech-21-namm-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/burriss-amps-royal-bluesman-namm-2010/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/burriss-amps-royal-bluesman-namm-2010/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:16:24 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6667 Bob Burriss makes a really nice amp. This is a clip of the Royal Bluesman model. Simple straightforward design with really nice tremolo and Reverb. Bob’s amps were some of my favorites at NAMM 2010! Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/burriss-amps-royal-bluesman-namm-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/hanson-cigno-guitar-namm-2010/ http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/hanson-cigno-guitar-namm-2010/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:39:18 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=6652 John Pirruccello and his brother Bo had their Hanson guitars on display at the NAMM show 2010. The guitar I played in this demo is the Cigno model. I was really impressed with these guitars. Great quality, sound, feel and very reasonably priced. Nice one John & Bo!!! Tweet]]> http://www.300guitars.com/2010/01/hanson-cigno-guitar-namm-2010/feed/ 1