The Smith Family have been building their unique Melobar Lap Steels and Stand-up Steels for over 30 years. Introducing this year a double neck with the Pat. Melobar neck on the bottom and a Lic. Fender neck on top, play Steel-Standard and now even a Dobroism effect all in the same guitar, Ala Junior Brown […]
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Fender decided to suspend the manufacturing of instruments under the popular Hamer guitar brand, indefinitely. It is now confirmed that Hamer Guitars will just fulfill the last of its existing custom orders, before finally packing up. Although not as popular as its parent company Fender, Hamer Guitars has a worldwide following and is used by
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After failing to impress investors due to debt and poor market outlook, Fender cancels their anticipated initial public offering. The decision to withdraw their IPO was announced by Fender CEO Larry Thomas, he was quoted saying: “Current market conditions and concerns about economic conditions in Europe do not support completing an initial public offering at
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Gibson reintroduces the 335-S, retaining the distinctive shape of the famous 335 guitar but in a smaller, thinner and solidbody package. New Gibson335-S You are not alone in asking what’s the point of a solidbody 335? This same question was asked 32 years ago when the first versions of the 335-S were released. Back in
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Gibson introduces the Luther Dickinson ES-335, a semi-hollow with dual P-90 pickups and a Bigsby bridge. Related Feature:Better Way to Install a Bigsby This guitar is built to match Dickinson’s unique playing style, and is built at Gibson’s Memphis, TN facility. Gibson and Luther worked together to build a guitar that will meet the demands
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The Gibson Midtown Standard P-90 features a smaller ES-335 like semi-hollow body, equipped with P-90 pickups. This guitar is part of the Midtown Standard series which gives you semi-hollow tones in a smaller player friendly package. The Midtown Standard P-90 comes with a chambered semi-hollow body that utilizes solid mahogany wood material rather than laminated.
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Todd, Michael & James, Inc (TMJ) release the updated version of their video analysis software – Video Surgeon. Related Feature:Song Surgeon Review Developed by the same team that brought us Song Surgeon, this software expands to video and audio processing, featuring video slow down, loop, pause and zoom. A representative of TMJ described the software
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GuitarBots is an online guitar game controlled by real guitars, featuring multiple difficulty levels, player duels, and more. This browser based online game is designed to make guitar learning fun and challenging, incorporating the fun of challenging various difficulty levels, the social interaction of online gaming, and the ability to use a real guitar. A
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Learn to play guitar to save the world in WildChords, as scientists discover that rampaging animals are easily stopped by playing specific guitar chords. The game is about a worldwide crisis of epic proportions, there has been a major break out of rampaging wild animals around the world and as you can imagine, they are
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Chord Dictionary is a reverse chord lookup software that can name the chords of all possible fingering positions and combinations. This app can figure out all the guitar chord names from any note combination found within 22 frets, a nifty tool for guitarists of all levels. Instead of the usual chord tool that lets you
