Gibson announced today that the anticipated Gibson Dark Fire guitar will ship in limited quantities to select dealers with additional shipments later in the month and early 2009.
Gibson’s retail partners did not acquire the anticipated limited number on Monday, Dec. 15, 2008 due to the high demand for the remarkable new guitar and the production process [...]

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 The new Gibson Les Paul Axcess Standard carries all the elegant styling, fluid body lines and rocking attitude of a classic Les Paul Standard from the golden era of the late 1950s. Upon closer examination, however, you’ll find many substantial modifications made in the name of maximum playability and versatility.
As Gibson Custom Operations Manager Michael [...]

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 Gibson has released its new Dark Fire guitar. Analog or digital, the Gibson Dark Fire gives you a wide array of tonal possibilities to let you change the tone of the Dark Fire to match your environment. The Gibson Dark Fire combines two of Gibson’s most popular pickups. There is a P90h in the neck [...]

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 If you have a Gibson Historic Les Paul guitar and always wanted it to be more correct like the original 1950’s models, Historic Makeovers can make that happen! What they do is take your Les Paul guitar and transform it into a highly accurate and detailed reproduction of an original. Some details include replacing the truss [...]

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 Let’s all sing Happy Birthday to a giant in the guitar and music industry Mr. Les Paul! He turns 93 today and still performs every Monday at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City. He was born Lester William Polsfuss in Waukesha, Wisconsin in the year 1915. Paul built one of the first prototypes [...]

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  Do you have an old guitar and want to try and figure out what year it was made, and how original it is? Perhaps you’re confused if the finish is original or parts have been replaced. Or maybe you are buying a guitar and you’re unsure if it’s ‘original’. Perhaps you just want to [...]

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 Guitar Patents makes T-Shirts with the original patent drawing silk screened on the front of the shirt. Fender Telecaster, Stratocaster, P-Bass, J-Bass, Gibson Les Paul and 5E3 Deluxe amplifier shirts are available. Shirts are black with white printing and are made of heavyweight (6.1 oz) preshrunk 100% cotton fabric with ultra comfortable seamless collar, taped [...]

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 The Blackstone Appliances MOSFET Overdrive model 2SV3 is a unique pedal that uses small signal MOSFETs instead of clipping diodes to generate distortion. The circuit uses four gain stages, each contributing a small amount of clipping much like a tube guitar amplifier. The circuit also interacts with your guitar’s pickups giving it a very dynamic [...]

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John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival will perform at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. The event is scheduled for February 10th, 2008 at 8PM on the CBS network. Fogerty’s album “Revival” is nominated for a Grammy award for Best Rock Album along with Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Daughtry and Wilco. According to Fogerty’s website he will perform a [...]

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