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Guitars & Fretted February 1, 2014

Gibson's 'Government Series' Commemorates Fed's Raids

As presumably most everyone in the industry knows, back in August of 2011, agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confiscated wood from Gibson's Tennessee facilities - the second…

Christian Wissmuller
Feb 1, 2014
Guitars & Fretted January 27, 2014

New NYC Digs for Guitar Center

The Real Deal is reporting that GC will be moving into the former Daffy’s (fashion retailer) space in the old New York Times Building at 218 West 44th Street in Manhattan.GC…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 27, 2014
Guitars & Fretted January 26, 2014

Fender's Norvell Receives DCA at NAMM

Kicking of the Fender Strat's 60th Anniversary on a high note, VP of Fender Guitars Justin Norvell received the MMR Dealers' Choice Award for "Electric Guitar Line of the Year" on Saturday…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 26, 2014
Guitars & Fretted January 21, 2014

TC Electronic Continues Guitar Products Push

Back in 1976, two brothers – Kim and John Rishøj – set out to design an effects pedal for guitarists that would address a common problem with such devices: considerable…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 21, 2014
Guitars & Fretted January 18, 2014

Playing Guitar is for the Birds

An... unusual new art and sound exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem (Mass.) features 70 zebra finches "playing" fourteen Gibson guitars and electric basses set up around a…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 18, 2014
Guitars & Fretted January 17, 2014

Blueridge BR-40A Dreadnaught Guitar

The newest edition to the Blueridge family is the BR-40A Dreadnaught Guitar. Each guitar has a select, solid Adirondack spruce top - the same tonewood used in highly-prized collectibles often…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 17, 2014
Guitars & Fretted January 13, 2014

Martin Guitars on 'CBS Sunday Morning'

We were treated to a preview, of sorts, of an exhibit about the formative years of C.F. Martin Co. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Sunday…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 13, 2014
Guitars & Fretted January 13, 2014

PRS Guitars Archon Amplifier

The new PRS Archon’s lead channel was designed with five gain stages before the master volume, delivering full distortion, while the clean channel is built with ample headroom in mind.…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 13, 2014
Guitars & Fretted January 13, 2014

Orange Dual Dark Amplifier Series

The all-new Orange Dual Dark Series is a range of high-end dual channel amps, with a new voicing for Channel A (Channel B is has the voicing of the “Dark…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 13, 2014
Guitars & Fretted January 13, 2014

Galaxy Audio G-Series Amplifiers

The G-SERIES power amplifiers have been designed to provide efficiency, dynamics and reliability at an affordable price for a variety of fixed and mobile audio applications. The G-SERIES amplifiers are…

Christian Wissmuller
Jan 13, 2014