For the ultimate on-the-go, plug-and-play experience, Taylor Guitars is announcing the addition of the Expression System Baby™ pickup to its line of popular travel guitars, the Baby Taylor Series. The Expression System Baby, or the ES-B, is based on Taylor’s patented behind-the-saddle pickup, the Expression System 2, which features three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated piezo sensors.
Taylor Guitars is known for advancing the design of the acoustic guitar, setting a modern course for playability, tone and style. In 2014, the company unveiled a comprehensive redesign of its flagship rosewood/spruce 800 Series to industry and media accolades, adding to its legacy as one of Taylor’s most popular acoustic guitar offerings.
As a teenager, Paul Reed Smith dreamed of building guitars decorated with European-style dragons. Paul’s dream became reality in 1992 when he unveiled his first limited edition Dragon guitar. Since that time, PRS Guitars has introduced only seven Dragon editions, each in very limited numbers.
In December of 2013, Paul Reed Smith unveiled a new 100 watt amplifier called the “Archon.” Initially designed and positioned to be a “high-gain” amplifier, the Archon’s aggressive overdriven tones
Three titans of rock, Deen Castronovo [Journey], Jack Blades [Night Ranger], and Doug Aldrich [Whitesnake] have joined forces for the next big super group; Revolution Saints.
For those who think a single original member of a great, even legendary, music ensemble can’t re-energize a group when they rejoin the team, stand aside, because Fleetwood Mac with Christine McVie is back at it and now running with their full force gale of talent to blow you away.
What screams Christmas even more than drinking eggnog half asleep by the fireplace as the family opens their presents at 5 AM? Two words: Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Ethan Brosh is widely considered one of the most promising instrumental guitarists on the scene, which is evident by his latest album, Live the Dream. Last year he was opening for Yngwie Malmsteen and now he is opening for guitar legend Jake E. Lee’s band, Red Dragon Cartel.
Proudly displaying a John Lennon-esque musical styling prominently centered around acoustic arrangements and power pop elements, Baby Scream have attracted the attention of some notable names within the rock community: that is, those who were able to look past the band’s humorous name and delve into their more serious musicianship.
Coming off the heels of his New York Times best-selling memoir, ROCKS: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith, this past October, guitar slinger and bluesman, Joe Perry is back in the saddle with a four song Christmas EP: Joe Perry’s Merry Christmas.
