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IBMA Fan Fest Celebrates Bill Monroe
This year’s IBMA Bluegrass Fan Fest will celebrate the 100th birthday of the late Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass Music. Scheduled for September 30 through October 2 in Nashville, the event will include more than 30 acts, including Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, The Grascals, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. In addition to the
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Gretsch Intros Harrison Signature Duo-Jet
The Gretsch George Harrison Signature Duo-JetGretsch’s George Harrison G6128T-GH signature Duo Jet is modeled on the instrument the guitarist referred to as his “first real decent guitar.” It employs appointments and mods found on and inspired by Harrison’s ’57 Duo Jet, including a chambered body, arched maple top, mahogany back and sides, one-piece mahogany neck,
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X Announces South American Tour With Pearl Jam
L.A. punk-rock band X has announced plans for it first-ever South American tour. The band will visit various parts of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica and Mexico City this November as the guests of Pearl Jam. Prior to the tour, X will take to the road for a series of dates across the U.S.Starting in Philadelphia on
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Pigtronix Offers Class A Boost
The Pigtronix Class A Boost uses a Class A J-FET design and discreet transistor topology to boost a guitar’s pickups or line level signals up to 20db without clipping and with a flat frequency response from 20Hz to 20kHz. It runs on a 9-volt supply or Pigtronix 18-volt adapter. See more at pigtronix.com.
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Axl Launches Badwater 1216 Jr.
Axl’s Badwater 1216 Jr. has a contoured neck heel, set mahogany neck, mahogany body, and an Alnico P-90 pickup with controls for Volume and Tone. Read about it at axlguitars.com.
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G&L Intros Tribute Series ASAT Deluxe Carved Top
G&L’s ASAT Deluxe Carved top has a bound, maple-topped mahogany body, 25-1/2” scale C-shaped maple neck with 22-fret rosewood fingerboard and 12” radius, a G&L Saddle Lock bridge, G&L Alnico humbuckers. It is available in Trans Red or Trans Black. Learn more at glguitars.com.
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Fender Intros New American Vintage Series Teles
Fender’s new American Vintage ’69 Telecaster Thinline has a semi-hollow mahogany body with f hole and gloss lacquer finish, a C-shaped maple neck with gloss lacquer finish, maple fingerboard, American Vintage Telecaster single-coil neck and bridge pickups with three-position switching, vintage-style three-saddle strings-through-body Telecaster bridge, tophat pickup switch tip, and vintage-style F-logo tuners. The American Vintage ’72
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Satriani, Vai Benefit Raises $100,000
Guitarists Joe Satriani and Steve Vai hosted a benefit concert July 10 in support of music-industry veteran Cliff Cultreri. “A Benefit for Cliff II” took place at The House of Blues Hollywood and featured performances by Satriani and Vai, as well as special opening act featuring Brandon Small and friends. Other special guests and friends of the duo, including Dweezil Zappa, Orianthi, Brendon Small and Tony
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George Harrison Documentary Set for Broadcast
HBO is set to air Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living In the Material World, a film was produced by Scorsese, Olivia Harrison, and Nigel Sinclair. The film traces Harrison’s life from his musical beginnings in Liverpool through his life as a musician, philanthropist, and a filmmaker, weaving together interviews with Harrison and his closest friends, performances,
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Travis Bean Passes
Guitar maker and machinist Travis Bean passed awayJuly 10 in Burbank, California, after a long battle with cancer. He was 63. Born Clifford Travis Bean in San Fernando, California, he was famous for his enhancements to the electric guitar. He co-founded the Travis Bean guitar company with Marc McElwee, and from 1974 to ’79 it
