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Guitars & Fretted March 10, 2014

Supro Thunderbolt Amplifier

Redesigned and relaunched for 2014, the new Supro S6420 Thunderbolt is a USA-made, 50th anniversary reissue of the iconic 1964 Supro Thunderbolt 1×15 combo. True to vintage spec, this amp's…

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Mar 10, 2014
Guitars & Fretted March 10, 2014

Radial Headload Guitar Amplifier Attenuator

The Headload is a guitar amplifier attenuator that allows the artist to reduce the volume levels on stage while driving the amp hard for the desired tone. The 100 percent…

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Mar 10, 2014
Guitars & Fretted March 10, 2014

Boss ME-80 Guitar Multi-Effects

The ME-80 Guitar Multiple Effects is a floor-based tone processor with a knob-driven interface for intuitive, stompbox-style control. Featuring a large selection of flagship-quality effects and COSM amps, eight multifunction…

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Mar 10, 2014
Guitars & Fretted March 10, 2014

Kanile’a Islander GL6 ‘Guitarlele’

The Islander GL6 features an Acacia front, back, and sides; rosewood fretboard and bridge, and open chrome tuners and is outfitted with custom GL6 string set. It’s lightweight and portable…

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Mar 10, 2014
Guitars & Fretted March 10, 2014

Yamaha TRBX304 Bass

The four-string TRBX304 and TRBX504, along with the five-string TRBX305 and TRBX505 feature a five-piece maple/mahogany neck along with balanced and lightweight solid Mahogany bodies. The 500-level basses are equipped…

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Mar 10, 2014
Guitars & Fretted March 10, 2014

Gruhn Guitars Offers Earliest Known Strat

Gruhn Guitars currently has for sale what is being described as the earliest known 1954 Fender Stratocaster (serial number 0100) with original “poodle” style hard case for $250,000. This is an…

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Mar 10, 2014
Guitars & Fretted March 5, 2014

Guitars Get Wired

The future once looked like a high tech playground for computer engineers and quick-witted space travelers. Spock and Chekov commanded spaceships with obscure, touch-sensitive control panels and NASA scientists navigated…

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Mar 5, 2014
Guitars & Fretted February 28, 2014

D’Addario FlexSteels Bass Strings

FlexSteels are billed as D’Addario’s most advanced strings, delivering the unique combination of flexible feel coupled with a deep, round tone and punch that’s optimized for – but not limited…

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Feb 28, 2014
Guitars & Fretted February 11, 2014

Bakithi Kumalo Signature U-Bass

The new Bakithi Kumalo signature model solid body U-Bass™ is being manufactured by Kala in the U.S. Kumalo, the revered bassist for Paul Simon, has designed this U-Bass as a…

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Feb 11, 2014
Guitars & Fretted February 10, 2014

ESP Distributing Hayden Amps in U.S.

Ashdown's Hayden amp brand has entered into a new US distribution deal with ESP. The arrangement, covering the USA and Canadian markets, includes full service and dealer support, logistics handling,…

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Feb 10, 2014
Guitars & Fretted February 3, 2014

Taylor Guitars Honored with Award for Corporate Excellence

At a ceremony on Wednesday, January 29, held at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., Bob Taylor, president of Taylor Guitars, was presented with the Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE)…

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Feb 3, 2014
Guitars & Fretted February 1, 2014

Gibson’s ‘Government Series’ Commemorates Fed’s Raids

As presumably most everyone in the industry knows, back in August of 2011, agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confiscated wood from Gibson's Tennessee facilities – the second…

MMR Staff
Feb 1, 2014