This month’s Spotlight is on Larry Rodgers of Rodgers Amplifiers. In this informative interview Larry talks about his background, cabinetry and some of his other services like grill cloth aging. He also explains what a floatng baffle is and how different materials affect the performance of a speaker cabinet. Click here to read the interview. […]

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Until the Blackbird Rider Nylon string model, players were left with the option of risking their fragile classical guitar while on the road or substituting it with an inferior travel instrument. Blackbird’s patent-pending, one-piece, hollow body, neck, and head construction mark a major departure from traditional guitar design- it transforms the entire guitar into a […]

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 Woodello Industries has announced the Mastery Bridge, a completely new bridge design specifically made to replace the OEM Fender Jazzmaster, Jaguar, Mustang, Bass VI, Jag-Stang and Bigsby-equipped Telecaster bridges  The Mastery Bridge eliminates the buzzing associated with previous saddle designs. Your strings won’t fall out of their grooves – no matter how hard you play. […]

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 November 28, 2008 marks the release of the Fender’s Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Series Stratocaster, a.k.a. the “Play Loud,” guitar. The instrument is a meticulous recreation of the infamous and battle-hardened 1971 Stratocaster guitar that fueled Malmsteen’s meteoric rise to metal stardom, complete with heavily worn Olympic white finish, scalloped fingerboard and distinctive scars of fury. Credit: […]

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Available for the holidays is the new Sherly Crow release “Home For Christmas“. Some of the tracks include All Through The Night, The Bells Of St. Mary’s, Blue Christmas, The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire), Go Tell It On The Mountain, I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Merry Christmas, Baby, O Holy Night […]

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 General Guitar Gadgets has just released a new kit called the DIST Complete Kit.  The DIST kit can be used to build any of these classic pedals: MXR Distortion Plus, DOD 250 Overdrive (yellow or gray) and the Ross Distortion. Plus there is room on the PCB for the Alfonso Hermida mods, clippers in the […]

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 Juha Ruokangas of Ruokangas Guitars has posted Part 8 of his Video Diary on the building of his new model the Unicorn. The entire design and build process is being filmed and posted on YouTube for the entire world to see. You can check out Part 8 here. […]

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 For the first time, a genuine LESLIE speaker has been designed and voiced specifically for the guitar. Since the sixties, the elusive, swirling sound of a guitar played through a genuine LESLIE speaker has been a choice element in many hit records. Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Peter Frampton, Jimmy Page and Stevie Ray Vaughn all […]

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 Springsteen’s new album ‘Working on a Dream’ has been set for January 27 release on Columbia Records. ‘Working on a Dream’ was recorded with the E Street Band and features twelve new Springsteen compositions plus one bonus track. It is the fourth collaboration between Springsteen and Brendan O’Brien, who produced and mixed the album. Credit: […]

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 What does that little capacitor soldered to the volume pot in my amp do? And why are some of those little caps hooked up to a switch? In this new article DIY: How To Tweak Bright Caps in Your Guitar Amplifier you will find out what these little caps do, why they are there and […]

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