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Orange’s New No Compromise Crush Amps Go BIG

Orange’s New No Compromise Crush Amps Go BIG

Posted March 28, 2013 at 11:46 am | No comments

Orange Amplification is extending its best-selling Crush amps range with the launch of three new professional level products: the CR60C 60 Watt 1 x 12 Combo, CR120C 120 Watt 2 x 12 Combo and CR120H 120 Watt Head. Designed without compromise, these new products deliver quality sound and build at a price, which is superb value for money.

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Steve Stevens and Knaggs Guitars announce Signature Model

Steve Stevens and Knaggs Guitars announce Signature Model

Posted March 16, 2013 at 12:34 pm | No comments

Grammy-Award winning Virtuoso and long time collaborator Steve Stevens and Knaggs Guitars proudly announce the Steve Stevens Signature model.

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Hellbent for Leather: Elena Humphreys and George Tabb Talk About Volume & Tone Guitar Straps

Hellbent for Leather: Elena Humphreys and George Tabb Talk About Volume & Tone Guitar Straps

Posted March 16, 2013 at 5:18 am | 2 comments

Need a new guitar strap? Look no further than Volume & Tone, the new company started by NYC punk legend, George Tabb, and his fashion-forward fiancé, Elena Humphreys.

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Flying Dog Ale’s “Support Local Creativity” Campaign Series Featuring Paul Reed Smith Guitars Wins Prestigious ADDY Award

Flying Dog Ale’s “Support Local Creativity” Campaign Series Featuring Paul Reed Smith Guitars Wins Prestigious ADDY Award

Posted March 1, 2013 at 2:44 pm | No comments

After months of planning, the 2013 ADDY awards ceremony, which celebrates excellence in advertising, proved to be an exciting night for PRS Guitars and PRS friend and Flying Dog Ale Film Maker, Tim Martin.

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PRS Guitars to Open LA Artist Showroom Fulltime

PRS Guitars to Open LA Artist Showroom Fulltime

Posted February 27, 2013 at 3:14 pm | No comments

On March 1, 2013, PRS Guitars will open its LA Showroom on a fulltime basis. Located at the CenterStaging facility in Burbank, California, the PRS showroom will extend Artist Relations’ efforts by offering musicians a unique opportunity to experience the PRS brand in an intimate studio environment that is equipped with a comprehensive selection of PRS guitars and amplifiers for musicians to test-drive.

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Shawn Persinger Announces the Release of The 50 Greatest Guitar Books

Shawn Persinger Announces the Release of The 50 Greatest Guitar Books

Posted February 25, 2013 at 11:35 am | No comments

The 50 Greatest Guitar Book, from guitarist, writer and educator, Shawn Persinger (a.k.a. Prester John) is both an indispensable reference and one of the finest tutorial books ever penned.

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British Rocker Robin Trower Release Roots and Branches

British Rocker Robin Trower Release Roots and Branches

Posted February 24, 2013 at 7:15 am | No comments

Robin Trower, one of the most justly-acclaimed of British Rock music’s elder statesmen, released his latest album entitled, Roots and Branches, on February 19th 2013.

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Albert King’s Late ’60s Born Under a Bad Sign on Stax Records Reissued April 2

Albert King’s Late ’60s Born Under a Bad Sign on Stax Records Reissued April 2

Posted February 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm | No comments

Any list of seminal 1960s electric blues albums is incomplete without Albert King’s Born Under a Bad Sign positioned near the top. The Indianola, Mississippi-born “King of the Blues Guitar,” who cut his professional teeth as a resident of the St. Louis suburb of Lovejoy, Ill., cemented his legacy with his Stax Records debut album.

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Joe Bonamassa – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House to be Released March 25, 2013

Joe Bonamassa – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House to be Released March 25, 2013

Posted February 12, 2013 at 9:11 am | No comments

Joe Bonamassa – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House, will be released in the U.K. on 2-CD, 2-LP, 2-DVD & Blu-ray formats by Provogue Records on Monday 25th March (followed by U.S. release on Tuesday 26th March). The release dovetails Bonamassa’s run of four exclusive London concerts which kicks off on March 26th at The Borderline.

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The Urban Music Legend called the Martin Catorce 14-String Guitar

The Urban Music Legend called the Martin Catorce 14-String Guitar

Posted February 10, 2013 at 10:02 am | No comments

If you Google the question “Is there a 14-string guitar?”, you are apt to get confused. Wiki.answers.com states emphatically, “there are no instruments that have 14 strings”.

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