First-call session bassist Victor Bailey and Fender are proud to announce the release of his popular signature acoustic bass in a five-string version. Introduced in 2005, the Artist Design Series Victor Bailey Acoustic Bass guitar features a beautiful arched back, figured dao body, abalone rosette, tortoise shell binding, a bound 34″-scale neck that replicates Victor's […]
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The Warwick Alien Acoustic Bass is now available as a 5-string instrument. The additional B string brings the full and dynamic punch of this bass to an even lower frequency range. This is also possible thanks to the longer 34″ long scale when compared to the 4-string version. All Warwick Alien bass models come equipped
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Peter Blue gives some tips on how to un-rattle a Fender Blues Junior amplifier. The Blues Junior is a handy little tube amp that gives you a lot of sound for little money. I bought one for my studio, in addition to the big rig I usually play. The sound of a small tube amp
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Lollar Pickups has announced the release of a Supro-style string through steel guitar pickup. The pickup features Alnico 5 magnets, dual split coil humbucking construction with adjustable poles. The pickup requires a small route 1/8″ deep or it can be surface mounted on top of a pickguard. For guitars with taller bridges, shims are available
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Here's a look at three new electric guitars Ibanez showed off at Summer NAMM. There's the Mikro (GRGM51HP), the RG Prestige (RGR1570), and the RG Tremolo (RGR320EX). Ibanez Mikro Perfect for anyone wanting a compact guitar or for little people (kids and leprechauns). Definitely not a toy though Ibanez assures us and I tend to
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Grafton Electronics has announced the release of its new line of Stomp Boxes. The new features four original stomp box versions of Dan Armstrong's most popular sound modifiers. For the first time ever, the Orange Squeezer, Blue Clipper, Black Reaper and Green Ringer will be available in stomp box format. These boxes are duplicates of
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Building upon the success of the company’s Nylon Series guitars, Taylor Guitars is set to release a new nylon-string model which embodies all that classical and steel string players alike have come to love about Taylor’s NS line. From exceptional classical tone, to Taylor’s slim and fast ultra-playable neck, the new NS24 offers players the
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The Blackbird Rider Nylon is a humidity-proof and tough carbon fiber bodied instrument that challenges the notion of the guitar form with every aspect of its design serving to maximize resonance in a highly compact form. Until the Blackbird Rider Nylon's debut, players were left with the option of risking their fragile classical guitar while
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Ovation are running a competition where you can win an Ovation Celebrity guitar every week for 12 weeks. At the end of the competition there will be a grand prize winner who will take home a custom American-made Ovation Adamas. The way it works is that you pick a topic such as a technique or
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Ovation's new iDea acoustic electric guitar (marketing guys, time to stop with the lower case i) comes with a built in MP3 player that not only lets you jam along to backing tracks, but also record directly to the guitar. The recorder lets you record from the preamp and a built-in microphone — so you
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