Month: December 2008

 Reverend Guitars has teamed up with country/roots-rock guitar legend and Grammy winning artist/producer Pete Anderson for our first hollowbody. Pete wanted a vintage look, but with upgraded performance that today’s players would appreciate. The satin finish and vintage appointments project a low key “pawnshop prize” look that belies the guitars high performance design… kind of like […]

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 From the heart & soul of guitarist/frontman Patrick Stump of the multi-platinum selling & award winning band “Fall Out Boy” comes the G5135-PS Patrick Vaughn Stump Signature Series Gretsch® STUMP-O-MATIC Electromatic® Corvette Guitar. The vision Patrick had in mind was a versatile solid body guitar capable of discharging not only classic biting Gretsch tones but also an […]

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 There is a new review of the Boss ME-50 Multi-Effects unit on the Reviews page. This is a straightforward, no nonsense warehouse of effects in a portable package that sounds good and will accommodate a multitude of players and their gigs. Click here to read the review. […]

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Eddie Van Halen launches the all-new EVH® Wolfgang® electric guitar, available worldwide beginning Jan. 2009. The EVH Wolfgang guitar represents Eddie’s 35 years of experimenting with guitars, over two years of intense research and development, and a full year of brutal road testing during the top-grossing Van Halen 2007-2008 tour. It was during the massive […]

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 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 […]

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Blues City Music owner James Burke contacted Mike Soldano about creating an amplifier based on the Soldano Astroverb combo, delivering 50 watts through a single 12″ speaker. The end rsult is the Soldano 44. Some features include: Single “SLO” crunch channel for tone preservation and simplicity, 50 watts output power- using 2 x 5881/6L6 power […]

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 B.C. Rich Guitars, who are also celebrating there 40th Anniversary, will be hosting a private online “Grand Unveiling” featuring all of their new guitar models for 2009. These new models have never before been seen by anyone outside of B.C. Rich headquarters! B.C. Rich Guitars will be providing information, photos and even video on all […]

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 A good buffer prevents the loss of  signal level , high end frequency response, low end punch that is caused by cable capacitance and poorly designed input stage/circuitry of some effect pedals. Features: 9VDC input, Low current draw and LED Status Adding a buffer to your effects chain will prevent loading, loss of fidelity, freq response, ect. […]

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 Have you heard Arlen Roth’s stunning guitar work? Sure you have! Probably several hundred times as his discography includes contributions with many of the coolest guitar players you can think of. Arlen’s Debut album won the Montreaux Critics Choice Award. He’s the coach behind Ralph Machio in Crossroads and his current work with Levon Helm […]

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