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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...