This new offering from Epiphone/Gibson is a Les Paul lookalike which features a Nanomag pickup for acoustic tones, as well as the pair of Epiphone’s new ProBucker™ humbucking pickups similar to Gibson’s BurstBuckers™. Also built into the bridge pickup mounting ring is a full-function, chromatic tuner. By using the standard 1/4″ jack both the humbuckers and …
Wow, another anniversary model. Pete Townshend started using the SG model when it became too expensive to smash up the semi acoustics that he was playing. At least the SG could be repaired a little easier. It comes with: Solid Mahogany body with Alpine White nitrocellulose finish Slim, fast 60’s style neck profile Two Gibson USA P-90 …
Yet more Anniversary Models from Fender The Telecaster has been around for a while and now with yet another limited edition launched you may feel spoiled for choice. From the top they are: 1 Flame Top 2 Old Growth Redwood 3 Modern Thinline. Advertised at …
Gibson Midtown Standard The Midtown Standard with Bigsby® has a solid mahogany body a solid maple top with f-holes is glued on and comes ins Faded Red, as shown, or Ebony Black. A solid mahogany neck is carved to ’60s-style profile that measures .800″ at the 1st fret and .875″ at the 12th, and has …
This Duane Eddy signature model is based on a ’57 “Chet Atkins” style G6120 that he used on some of his string of late 1950s and early ’60s instrumental hits. To give the axe it’s full title it is the “Gretsch G6120DE Duane Eddy Signature model hollow body guitar” Like me he is still around …
This new offering from Gibson is a long-scale, drop-tuned instrument with a 28″ scale length that is suitable for lower tuning. It comes with a maple top and weight-relieved mahogany body. The mahogany neck has the ’50s profile with a rosewood fingerboard that has 22 medium-jumbo frets and a 12-inch radius with a 1 11/16″ nut width. I have yet …
The Pawn Shop Series instruments are all-new Fender guitars with a mixture of diverse Fender components. Fender call them “guitars that never were but should have been.” This is the Fender ’51. It has a Stratocaster® body and a “C”-shaped Telecaster® neck. Pups are a Texas Special™ neck pickup, and a Fender Enforcer™ humbucking bridge pickup. Here …
Not content with adding a Bigsby to a LP standard, Gibson announce the Les Paul Axcess which is marketed as the Alex Lifeson (of Rush) model. This hybrid has two high-output humbucking pickups with series/parallel wiring options via its push-pull volume controls, and a Floyd Rose® licensed unit that is not only vibrato system but also loaded …
This guitar has a the classic Ebony Black nitrocellulose finish, a carved maple top giving the usual clarity and sustain, with a mahogany body to add depth and richness to the tone. In fact it has all of the things we love about LP Standard, plus a Bigsby unit. However, somehow it just doesn’t look …
The Les Paul Junior DC Bass Guitar The Les Paul Junior DC Bass has a solid mahogany body with glued-in mahogany neck for outstanding resonance, depth and sustain, and plenty of tonal sweetness with impressive punching power. The neck measures 1.60″ wide at the nut, with a depth of .850″ at the 1st fret and …
