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Day 2: Experience PRS Guitars

Day 2: Experience PRS Guitars

Posted September 20, 2013 at 10:57 am | No comments

PRS Guitars was up early to make sure all was in fine order for the expected 3,000 visitors who registered to attend Experience PRS 2013.

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Paul Reed Smith Guitars Launches Experience PRS 2013

Paul Reed Smith Guitars Launches Experience PRS 2013

Posted September 19, 2013 at 9:46 pm | No comments

Since 2007, Paul Reed Smith Guitars has hosted the Experience PRS trade show, complete with their latest guitar models and more recently their line-up of high quality amps. Under the big tent, in office spaces and over cups of coffee, deals are made between the company and its dealers and distributors.

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Rush to Release First New Recording Since Rock Hall Induction

Rush to Release First New Recording Since Rock Hall Induction

Posted September 16, 2013 at 1:33 pm | No comments


Legendary rock trio Rush have unveiled details for their first new recording since being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year. “RUSH: CLOCKWORK ANGELS TOUR” will be released via Anthem/Roadrunner Records on November 19th. Anthem/Zoe Vision/Rounder will simultaneously release the companion DVD.

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Guitar Lesson: Combining Legato and Picking Techniques on Spanish Guitar Runs

Guitar Lesson: Combining Legato and Picking Techniques on Spanish Guitar Runs

Posted September 14, 2013 at 6:08 am | One comment

In this guitar lesson I’d like to introduce a picking method I use to perform rapid scalar runs on the classical guitar, in the fashion of John Mclaughlin and Al Di Meola acoustic works.

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Rock Star Guitars to Benefit the Les Paul Foundation

Rock Star Guitars to Benefit the Les Paul Foundation

Posted September 13, 2013 at 4:28 am | One comment

108 Rock Star Guitars by photographer/author Lisa S. Johnson is a collection of stunningly personal and intimate portraits of the cherished guitars owned by the gods of rock. It is a music and fine-art photography aficionado’s backstage pass to witness up-close these six-stringed works of art belonging to Les Paul, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Lou Reed, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Nancy Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Rick Nielsen, Slash, Jack White, Billy Gibbons, Ace Frehley and many others.

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Epiphone Celebrates Its 140th Birthday With Video

Epiphone Celebrates Its 140th Birthday With Video

Posted September 12, 2013 at 9:33 pm | No comments

To mark its 140th anniversary, Epiphone has produced a video to honor its rich heritage and to show how it has maintained its popularity through the years as the “working musician’s guitar.”

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Blues Man Jonny Lang in London April 25, 2014

Blues Man Jonny Lang in London April 25, 2014

Posted September 12, 2013 at 9:49 am | No comments

Following the news that his first London show in over a decade sold-out in record time, Jonny Lang returns to the capital for a concert at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on April 25th 2014.

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Rory Gallagher Kickback City – A new Crime Noir Inspired Project

Rory Gallagher Kickback City – A new Crime Noir Inspired Project

Posted September 11, 2013 at 10:35 am | No comments

On October 29, 2013, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Kickback City, a unique immersive album inspired by the crime noir passion and music of Rory Gallagher.

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William Shatner to Perform Ponder the Mystery with Prog Rockers Circa

William Shatner to Perform Ponder the Mystery with Prog Rockers Circa

Posted September 9, 2013 at 3:52 pm | No comments

William Shatner will be performing his new record Ponder the Mystery in its entirety along with the progressive rock heroes Circa: featuring Billy Sherwood, who produced and co-wrote Ponder the Mystery with Shatner, and Tony Kaye both former members of the legendary prog rock band YES.

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Fender and Kyser Co-Brand Special Edition Red Capo

Fender and Kyser Co-Brand Special Edition Red Capo

Posted September 9, 2013 at 2:13 pm | No comments

Kyser Musical Products, Inc. and Fender Musical Instrument Corporation have teamed together to co-brand and introduce a Special Edition Quick-Change™ Capo.

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