Saturday, 26 February 2005

Line 6 Adds Variax 300 to Guitar Family: Over 25 historic guitar sounds in an affordable solid-body guitar.
Steinberger Announces Synapse Series Instruments: Ned Steinberger is back in the fold, with new innovations!
Death By Audio Introduces Supersonic Fuzz Gun: FIVE knobs on a distortion pedal? Well, I'll be damned!

Wednesday, 16 February 2005

New innovation in slide guitar: separate rings for each finger increases versatility.

Tuesday, 15 February 2005

New Double Cutaway Electrics from Kona Guitars: does that head look weird on a Strat to you, or is it just me?
A guitar to honor a craftsman: C.F. Martin names limited edition for legendary worker Longworth.
Spotlight on Daisy Rock Guitars: some more Winter NAMM 2005 coverage that I'd missed out on at the time. Great to see Daisy Rock who specialise in "guitars for girls" going from strength to strength!
The Lucite Strat: The Sensational Story of the See-Through Stratocaster.

Friday, 11 February 2005

Danelectro guitars are back (again) with the updated 56 U2 Pro model.
Aerosmith guitarist goes solo: Joe Perry releases a solo album because he figures that "If my motorcycle hits a tree, my wife's gonna have nothing to put out."
Riverwest shop fixes guitars of the stars: Members of Deep Purple, Stones and others rely on repairman to rejuvenate instruments.
ZZ Ryder introduces Renegade V6 Guitar: it's like a Flying V with several extra chunks taken out of it!
New EuDaly Special model from Wendler Instruments: Available in 6- or 7-string models, the latest electroCoustic guitar features a piezo bridge along with passive pickups for a range of sounds.
Line 6 launches Rifftracker:new hardware/software recording rig for guitarists.
Zakk Wylde guitars: Epiphone announce two new signature models.
Girl for guitar hero Eric: Eric Clapton has become a dad for the fifth time at the age of 59.
Missing Larrivee guitar turns up on eBay: “I’m very delighted, and so is Puff the Magic Dragon,” said the owner Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary.

Wednesday, 2 February 2005

Ultra Light Les Paul: more on this lightweight from Epiphone.

Tuesday, 1 February 2005

Eric Griffiths, RIP: Eric Griffiths, guitarist and founding member of The Quarrymen, the band that became The Beatles, died on Saturday following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 64.