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The Who’s Pete Townshend Honored with the Les Paul Award at last night’s TEC Awards:

Posted January 26, 2013 at 9:20 pm | No comments

Highlighting the evening was the Les Paul Award presentation to renowned recording artist and composer The Who’s Pete Townshend. The Les Paul Award was presented by film producer and humorist Martin Lewis and Jeff Salmon, representing The Les Paul Foundation.

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Mike Oldfield Releases New Studio Album Tubular Beats

Posted January 25, 2013 at 3:00 am | No comments

Mike Oldfield

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PRS Trophy Guitars Commemorate GRAND-AM Rolex Race Winners

PRS Trophy Guitars Commemorate GRAND-AM Rolex Race Winners

Posted January 24, 2013 at 1:24 pm | No comments

Paul Reed Smith Guitars is bringing newly designed custom electric guitar trophies back to the prestigious GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series for 2013.

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Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor on Tour and New CD March 2013

Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor on Tour and New CD March 2013

Posted January 24, 2013 at 8:05 am | No comments

On Monday 4th March, world-renowned Australian “fingerstyle” acoustic guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, CGP, and Britain’s Martin Taylor, MBE, will release their highly anticipated collaboration album “The Colonel & The Governor”on Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings.

Posted in: Acoustic News, Guitar News, Instrumental News, Product News, Uncategorized

Pickup Pocket Putty Releases the Ultimate Guitar and Bass tone!

Pickup Pocket Putty Releases the Ultimate Guitar and Bass tone!

Posted January 23, 2013 at 12:28 pm | No comments

The constant quest for tone has now been fulfilled with Pickup Pocket Putty. A revolutionary new product that will help you get ultimate performance and tone from your guitar or bass without modifying your instrument.

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House of Blues Unveils 13-Foot PRS Guitar Sculpture Honoring Carlos Santana

House of Blues Unveils 13-Foot PRS Guitar Sculpture Honoring Carlos Santana

Posted January 17, 2013 at 2:12 pm | No comments

A 13-foot steel, glass, and bronze sculpture of a PRS Santana signature guitar was unveiled in front of the House of Blues Las Vegas in Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino this week in honor of the House of Blues first resident and long-time PRS artist, Carlos Santana.

Posted in: Guitar News, Guitars and Guitarists

Review: AC/DC Black Ice Guitar Tab Book

Review: AC/DC Black Ice Guitar Tab Book

Posted January 16, 2013 at 9:25 am | No comments

AC/DC are widely considered as one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time. Their classic albums and chart topping tunes have proven to have stood the test of time, with such songs as “Back In Black”, “Highway To Hell”, and “Hells Bells” are more popular than they ever were back in the day.

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Ken Armstrong Recreates Rory Gallagher’s Hand-Wound Pickups

Ken Armstrong Recreates Rory Gallagher’s Hand-Wound Pickups

Posted January 14, 2013 at 3:10 pm | No comments

The Rory Gallagher/Kent Armstrong friendship had its own ironic modern twist, Rory and Kent never met in person. Kent lived 45 minutes outside of London so the phone was their bond. They talked about everything – politics, the weather, pickups, a recent gig, guitar gizmo ideas; football, sound, the science of the guitar, the list goes on.

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Keith Nelson of Buckcherry – Confessions was a triumph for all of us!

Keith Nelson of Buckcherry – Confessions was a triumph for all of us!

Posted January 14, 2013 at 2:36 pm | One comment

Buckcherry will release their new CD, Confessions on February 19th marking their sixth studio album. The CD’s theme is based off the Seven Deadly Sins and brandishes groove infested songs like “Greed”, “Envy”, “Lust”, and “Sloth”.

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85th Academy Awards® Nominations For Best Original Song & Best Original Score From A Motion Picture

85th Academy Awards® Nominations For Best Original Song & Best Original Score From A Motion Picture

Posted January 11, 2013 at 3:47 pm | 2 comments

The Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards® were read and announced by Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone in Beverly Hills, California, Thursday morning, January 10, which included the much anticipated nominations for Best Original Song and Best Original Film Score.

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