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PRS Guitars Private Stock Craftsmen Create One-of-a-Kind Masterpieces

PRS Guitars Private Stock Craftsmen Create One-of-a-Kind Masterpieces

Posted January 30, 2014 at 3:27 pm | No comments

The PRS Private Stock department is one of the largest custom guitar shops in the USA. With examples in the Smithsonian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in leading instrument collections world-wide, the Private Stock department of PRS is a place where customers and dealers can turn instrument dreams into reality.

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Stryper Frontman Michael Sweet Releases I’m not Your Suicide CD and Autobiography in 2014

Stryper Frontman Michael Sweet Releases I’m not Your Suicide CD and Autobiography in 2014

Posted January 28, 2014 at 1:18 pm | No comments

Michael Sweet, frontman for the multi-platinum rock band Stryper, will release a new full-length solo album, I’m Not Your Suicide, and his first autobiography, Honestly: My Life and Stryper Revealed, on May 6, 2014, via BIG3 Records.

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IAMCU Launch Without the Beatles Album in Support of Education and UNICEF

IAMCU Launch Without the Beatles Album in Support of Education and UNICEF

Posted January 28, 2014 at 5:51 am | No comments

It is with great pride that we announce the official release of the album ‘Without The Beatles’ by the International Association of Music Colleges and Universities (IAMCU) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ classic album ‘With The Beatles’.

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PRS Guitars Adds Six New Color Options for 2014

PRS Guitars Adds Six New Color Options for 2014

Posted January 25, 2014 at 7:13 am | No comments

Paul Reed Smith Guitars, a leading manufacturer of high-quality instruments that has been serving guitar enthusiasts for nearly three decades, is adding six new translucent maple top colors to its US-made Core electric guitar and bass line: Aquableux, Blood Orange, Faded Whale Blue, Obsidian, Violet, and the color name that raises the most eyebrows – Leprechaun Tooth.

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Rush’s Alex Lifeson Joins PRS Acoustic Signature Artist Family

Rush’s Alex Lifeson Joins PRS Acoustic Signature Artist Family

Posted January 24, 2014 at 10:29 am | No comments

PRS Guitars is pleased to announce the new Private Stock Alex Lifeson Thinline acoustic guitar, new for NAMM 2014.

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Gretsch ® Introduces 2014 Rancher™ Acoustic Models

Gretsch ® Introduces 2014 Rancher™ Acoustic Models

Posted January 23, 2014 at 6:31 pm | No comments

Gretsch Rancher acoustics are back and better than ever for 2014 with five new-and-improved models suitable for acoustic players of all tastes.

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PRS Guitarist Orianthi Offers Musicians the Chance to Join Her on Stage

PRS Guitarist Orianthi Offers Musicians the Chance to Join Her on Stage

Posted January 22, 2014 at 10:00 am | No comments

Orianthi is inviting all musicians to submit a video of their best live performance for the chance to join her onstage in Los Angeles.

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Foggy Bottom Break Down Video Lesson

Foggy Bottom Break Down Video Lesson

Posted January 12, 2014 at 3:33 am | 2 comments

Foggy Bottom Break Down is an etude from a few years back. I wrote it for my students to help develop left hand strength and independence. The discipline is maintaining the bass line on strings 5 and 6. Including double stops, rapid changes between finger groupings, and some decent stretches too.

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National GUITAR Museum Honors Vic Flick with Lifetime Achievement Award

National GUITAR Museum Honors Vic Flick with Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted January 6, 2014 at 3:29 pm | No comments

The National GUITAR Museum announced that Vic Flick, the guitarist who played on hundreds of London sessions — and is best know for playing the guitar on the James Bond theme – will receive its “Lifetime Achievement” Award for 2013.

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PRS Guitars Adds P24 Trem Model for 2014

PRS Guitars Adds P24 Trem Model for 2014

Posted December 19, 2013 at 10:55 am | No comments

PRS Guitars is proud to announce the addition of the P24 Trem, a 24-fret piezo-equipped solidbody electric guitar that effortlessly achieves classic humbucker tones and authentic acoustic sounds in one instrument.

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