Fender has recently added a virtual guitar builder to their website that allows you to design and customize a Stratocaster with a variety of options. Even if you're not in the market for a new guitar, it's a lot of fun just to play around with the options. … [Read more...]
Alex Skolnick’s Thoughts on the Gibson Firebird X
Guitarist Alex Skolnick was invited to attend the Gibson event that announced the Firebird X guitar that Gibson promised will revolutionize music. He has written his thoughts on the event and guitar for Guitar Player. Here's what he had to say after a Gibson employee demoed the guitar: One of the beauties of the electric guitar as a musical instrument is the pure, organic … [Read more...]
Review: Fender Blacktop Series Guitars
By now, you've probably heard about Fender's recently released Blacktop series of guitars. This series features Stratocasters, Telecasters, Jaguars, and Jazzmasters with humbuckers replacing the single coil pickups typically found in these guitars. (The Blacktop Jazzmaster actually has one P90-style pickup in addition to one humbucker. The rest of the guitars have two … [Read more...]
Joe Bonamassa Epiphone Guitar Available for Pre-Order
Back in June, I mentioned that Epiphone was working with Joe Bonamassa to create a Joe Bonamassa signature model Epiphone Les Paul. More details have come out about the guitar, and it is now available for pre-order in the US with a release date tentatively scheduled for this December. So far, American Musical Supply is the only US retailer that I've found that has it for … [Read more...]
Eric Johnson’s 1962 Strat Is For Sale
EddieVegas.com is selling Eric Johnson's 1962 Stratocaster, which is the Strat that Fender used as the basis for the EJ Rosewood signature series guitars. It's hard to believe that Eric would sell it, but Eddie has all the paperwork from Eric claiming it was his. The asking price is $90,000, so this one is most likely for collector's only. The guitar is also listed on … [Read more...]