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PRS Guitars and John Mayer Release “Dead Spec” Silver Sky Limited Edition

PRS Guitars and John Mayer Release “Dead Spec” Silver Sky Limited Edition

Posted November 14, 2023 at 12:57 pm | No comments

PRS Guitars has announced the “Dead Spec” Silver Sky Limited Edition. Designed for John Mayer’s prominent work on Dead & Company’s most recent tour, the PRS “Dead Spec” Silver Sky is a significantly modded PRS Silver Sky that pays homage to Jerry Garcia’s iconic “Alligator” guitar tones. Only 1,000 “Dead Spec” Silver Sky Limited Edition instruments will be sold worldwide.

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World Famous Guitar Maker Paul Reed Smith and His Band, Eightlock, Set to Release Lions Roaring in Quicksand December 1st on Steele Records

World Famous Guitar Maker Paul Reed Smith and His Band, Eightlock, Set to Release Lions Roaring in Quicksand December 1st on Steele Records

Posted October 23, 2023 at 8:17 pm | No comments

Paul Reed Smith is an internationally-known guitar maker, musician and guitar player. Those facts are brilliantly evidenced on the debut album from his Eightlock band, Lions Roaring in Quicksand, which releases December 1st on Steele Records, distributed by Amplified Distribution. The first single, “Breathe,” will be released digitally on Friday, November 10th.

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Gretsch Expands The Professional Collection With Two LTD Edition Models

Gretsch Expands The Professional Collection With Two LTD Edition Models

Posted October 18, 2023 at 9:32 am | No comments

Today Gretsch is expanding the Professional Collection with two Limited Edition models. This collection sets the bar with modern, professional-grade features designed to power classic Gretsch tones and bold, dynamic sound. The Gretsch Limited Edition models elevate the brand’s most celebrated designs with striking finishes and upgraded features and appointments.

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Les Paul Foundation – From Cylinders to Sound Mixes: Sound & Preservation Demos at Library of Congress

Les Paul Foundation – From Cylinders to Sound Mixes: Sound & Preservation Demos at Library of Congress

Posted August 25, 2023 at 8:41 pm | No comments

The Les Paul Foundation presented the “Early Days of Multi-Tracking” with presentations by Grammy winning record producer and sound engineer Steve Rosenthal and curator Perry Margouleff. Rosenthal spent time discussing the work on Les Paul’s collection of recordings at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center

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The Basics of Playing Music for Free (Open mics, Charities, Busking)(Videos)

The Basics of Playing Music for Free (Open mics, Charities, Busking)(Videos)

Posted June 11, 2023 at 10:57 am | No comments

The concept of playing for free or for spare change is one for the ages. And the decisions for performing for little to no compensation is one to not take lightly, and should consider one’s level of talent, name recognition, commerciality, as well as the venue or circumstances that offer “real estate” to perform your original songs, cover songs or, most likely a mix of the two.

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Guitar Review – Gretsch Limited Edition G5622T Electromatic® 140th Anniversary model

Guitar Review – Gretsch Limited Edition G5622T Electromatic® 140th Anniversary model

Posted May 30, 2023 at 2:08 pm | No comments

Today’s guitar review is of the Limited Edition G5622T-140 Electromatic®, a mid-range guitar that should be a welcome addition to any guitar player’s gathering of stage ready guitars. The guitar draws design features, functional electronic and hardware components, and inspiration from such masterful Gretsch guitars as those cool Country Gentleman and White Falcon instruments, that we’ve seen in the hands of George Harrison, Gene Vincent, Brian Setzer,  Michael Nesmith, Neil Young and many more legendary play

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Strawberry Field Forever Bandstand Opens in Liverpool – Bonus Video

Strawberry Field Forever Bandstand Opens in Liverpool – Bonus Video

Posted May 4, 2023 at 10:04 am | No comments

The official grand opening of the Strawberry Field Forever Bandstand took place in Liverpool on 2nd May 2023. The Bandstand has been donated by Honorary Patron, Cliff Cooper, CEO of Orange Amplification. It sits in the original Strawberry Field garden in Liverpool where John Lennon, as a child, used to jump over the wall into the grounds of the children’s home and listen to the Salvation Army band play.
 

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Review: Gruene OG-30 “AMELIA” All Solid Wood Guitar

Review: Gruene OG-30 “AMELIA” All Solid Wood Guitar

Posted May 1, 2023 at 1:03 am | No comments

The Gruene OG-30 is very similar to an orchestra style Martin with a sound that matches and craftsmanship that’s on par. The Gruene has more bling in the form of natural abalone snowflakes, up and down the fretboard and two that accentuate the bridge. The Gruene name up top at the headstock is also real abalone, no fake stuff here…

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Pink Floyd Commemorate Dark Side of the Moon Album’s 50th Anniversary (Videos-Music)

Pink Floyd Commemorate Dark Side of the Moon Album’s 50th Anniversary (Videos-Music)

Posted April 20, 2023 at 5:30 am | No comments

The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most celebrated albums of all time and has sold over 50 million copies worldwide. It is widely considered one of the most influential and groundbreaking albums ever. Pink Floyd have released a new deluxe box set including CD and gatefold vinyl of the newly remastered studio album and Blu-Ray + DVD audio featuring the original 5.1 mix and remastered stereo versions.

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Nembrini’s New EN Hardball Metal Head Guitar Amp

Nembrini’s New EN Hardball Metal Head Guitar Amp

Posted March 6, 2023 at 5:55 am | No comments

The new Nembrini plugin extends the possibility of the original hardware to help users further customize their tone. It offers users the choice of six different guitar cabinets and four microphone emulations with on/off axis position switch, continuous position and distance knobs.

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