Monthly Archives: January 2012
Fender Custom Shop Introduces 2012 Limited Collection
The Custom Shop honors the famous Nocaster with the release of the 1951 New Old Stock (NOS) Nocaster and the 1951 Relic® Nocaster. Both...
Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt Passes
Veteran guitarist Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, 63, died in Florida on Monday, Jan. 2, reportedly due to a liver ailment. Reinhardt had played with Dickey...
Fender Introduces Fender Select Series Guitar and Bass Models
The Fender Select Stratocaster has a Dark Cherry Burst gloss-lacquer finish on a flame-maple top body. Its “C” shaped flame-maple neck has a contoured...
Fender Offers New Johnny Marr Signature Jaguar
Fender's Johnny Marr signature Jaguar uses custom-wound Bare Knuckle Johnny Marr single-coil neck and bridge pickups, a custom-shaped maple neck based on Marr’s ’65 Jaguar, with...
Frampton Reunited With Long-Lost Gibson Les Paul
Peter Frampton’s long-lost guitar was recently discovered after its disappearance in a plane crash 32 years ago. In 1980, a cargo plane carrying Frampton’s...
Bilt Guitars Unveils El Hombre, S.S. Zaftig Models
Bilt Guitars new El Hombre has a 24.75" scale length, Lollar Imperial humbuckers, and Tone Pros bridge with stop-bar tailpiece. The company's S.S. Zaftig semi-hollowbody has...
Origin Amps Set for N.A.M.M.
Origin Amps Bloodline 5 is a single-ended combo powered by a 6V6 operating in Class A. Its Bloodline 20 uses a duet of EL84s...
Overtōn Launching Two New Amps
Overtōn Amps' Flyweight 500 bass head has a four-band EQ with Sculpt control, direct out, and a Master volume control that can be set...
The Wailin’ Jennys
The concept of a “folk supergroup” sounds strange, sort of like “the folksinger’s Porsche.” But no musical amalgamation deserves this moniker more than The...