Fender Classic Telecaster Deluxe Review
Written by admin on February 21, 2010 – 8:04 pm -by Dave Durban, Guitarist Magazine Why has Fender chosen to revisit the Telecaster Deluxe? "For many years the Stratocaster was more dominant," confirms Fender's marketing director Justin Norvell, "but the Tele has been gaining for several years now - all the more reason to expand our selection of Telecasters!" The Deluxe Black Dove utilizes the same template as its vibrato-equipped sibling, but this time around the name comes from Fender's DE-9000 P-90-style single-coil pickups. They certainly evoke a classic rock vibe and the black pickup covers, especially with the black three-ply scratch plate and crimson red finish, give the guitar a classic SG quality. That said we would love to see this one in sunburst. Sounds With the bridge position... more
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Eric Clapton Announces 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival
Written by admin on February 13, 2010 – 5:00 am -During an exclusive interview announcing his third Crossroads Guitar Festival, Eric Clapton says “I do it because I want to hear these players”, The all-day stars-of-guitar show will be held on June 26th at Toyota Park in Chicago; tickets go on sale February 20th. Like his 2004 and 2007 Crossroads concerts and the best-selling DVDs from those festivals, this year’s event benefits the Crossroads Centre, the addiction-treatment facility founded by Clapton on the Caribbean island of Antigua in the early Nineties. “But it’s a selfish thing,” he admits delightedly. “I can go to one place and hear all of my favorite musicians in one day.” Nearly 30 of those favorites are confirmed for the June 26th show, which will feature Clapton... more
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50th Anniversary 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard
Written by admin on February 9, 2010 – 3:28 am -50th Anniversary 1960 Les Paul Standard It might seem laughable, even absurd, that the guitar world’s failure to appreciate the original Les Paul would lead to its deletion from the Gibson line up after 1960, but so it often goes with creations that are so far ahead of their time. Just a few years later, scores of groundbreaking artists would discover the incomparable power of this instrument, and its premature scarcity would also make it an extremely valuable guitar while the model was really still just a toddler, thus rendering it the first collectible “vintage” electric guitar. Fast forward 50 years, and the Les Paul of 1958-’60 has become the most prized electric guitar on the planet. But to say “the” Les Paul is actually somewhat... more
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