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PRS Guitars Summer 2012 Free Strings for a Year Thank You Package and Experience PRS Sweepstakes

PRS Guitars Summer 2012 Free Strings for a Year Thank You Package and Experience PRS Sweepstakes

Posted June 20, 2012 at 5:05 pm | No comments

PRS Guitars is pleased to announce the PRS Summer 2012 Thank You Package and Experience Sweepstakes. This summer program recognizes customers who purchase PRS products and gives fans the opportunity to win a trip for two to attend the 6th annual Experience PRS open house event this fall.

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Gear Review: MXR Zakk Wylde Overdrive Pedal ZW44

Gear Review: MXR Zakk Wylde Overdrive Pedal ZW44

Posted June 12, 2012 at 8:21 am | No comments

Sometimes when people put their name on a pedal it’s more for the paycheck and less about emulating an aspect of their sound. Luckily this is not the case with the Wylde Overdrive by MXR.

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PRS Guitars Offers New “Stripped” 58 Model  Straightforward Tone in a No-Nonsense Package

PRS Guitars Offers New “Stripped” 58 Model Straightforward Tone in a No-Nonsense Package

Posted June 6, 2012 at 2:22 pm | No comments

Originally offered as a limited run for Experience PRS 2011, the “Stripped” 58 is now available as part of Paul Reed Smith Guitars’ Core lineup. The “Stripped” 58 is a no-frills take on the company’s popular SC 58 model, which won the Musikmeese International Press Award (mipa) for “Best Electric Guitar 2011/2012” earlier this year, and maintains that instrument’s classic, resonant voice that is eminently recordable and gig ready.

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Have Guitar – Will Travel

Have Guitar – Will Travel

Posted May 1, 2012 at 9:16 am | No comments

Fly-dates in the touring world are something of a status symbol. You’re finally trading in a cramped van for a cramped airplane — and it’s kind of a big deal. But, there’s a huge drawback: now you have to worry about transporting your gear without the use of a trailer.

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Knaggs Guitars on E-Street

Knaggs Guitars on E-Street

Posted April 27, 2012 at 2:54 pm | No comments

Nils Lofgren, currently on tour with the E-Street Band, received his Knaggs Severn T2 in Golden Natural on Monday, April 9 and apparently fell in love with it at first sight, using the guitar the same night at their show at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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PRS Core Line of Amplifiers Receive Distinctive Figured Maple Fascias

PRS Core Line of Amplifiers Receive Distinctive Figured Maple Fascias

Posted April 24, 2012 at 9:43 am | One comment

In 1985 Paul Reed Smith officially opened PRS Guitars offering a limited number of guitar models. Throughout the years, these instruments gradually changed the walls of guitar shops with their figured maple tops and eye-catching stains.

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PRS Guitars Introduces the New PRS Artist Package

PRS Guitars Introduces the New PRS Artist Package

Posted April 3, 2012 at 4:51 pm | One comment

Paul Reed Smith Guitars is proud to introduce the new PRS Artist Package, an exclusive platform that offers expanded features, options, and colors on select models in the PRS core electric guitar line.

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Pink Floyd The Story of Wish You Were Here on DVD and Blu-Ray

Pink Floyd The Story of Wish You Were Here on DVD and Blu-Ray

Posted April 3, 2012 at 10:25 am | No comments

Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the simultaneous release on June 26 of Pink Floyd The Story Of Wish You Were Here on DVD and Blu-ray. This is the authorized story of the album made with the full involvement and approval of the members of Pink Floyd. [Pre-book Order Date June 1, MSRP $TBA]

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AmpKit 1.3 Features Trace Elliot®, the First Modern Bass Amp Modeled for the iOS Platfor

AmpKit 1.3 Features Trace Elliot®, the First Modern Bass Amp Modeled for the iOS Platfor

Posted March 28, 2012 at 4:44 pm | No comments

The new version 1.3 of AmpKit, the award-winning iOS guitar and bass amp modeling application from Agile Partners, makes Trace Elliot® the first modern bass amplification system to be modeled for the iOS platform, and the most feature-rich amplifier ever modeled in AmpKit.

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PRS SC 58 Wins MIPA for Best Electric Guitar 2011/2012

PRS SC 58 Wins MIPA for Best Electric Guitar 2011/2012

Posted March 23, 2012 at 7:55 am | One comment

PRS Guitars is proud to announce that the popular SC 58 model has received the Musikmesse International Press Award (mipa) for “Best Electric Guitar” 2011/2012.

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