Gibson USA is announcing 15 new electric guitars this weekend at the NAMM Show. Included are the SG Goddess model, the Les Paul Vixen, which are targeted towards female guitarists, the SG GT, the USA New Century Series, the Vegas High Roller, and the Les Paul Studio Premium Plus. Gibson also introduced 6 new acoustic guitars at NAMM. Included are the SJ-300, the Songwriter … [Read more...]

Fender has announced several new guitars for this year. Since 2006 will be their 60th anniversary, they are releasing 60th anniversary Stratocasters and Telecasters. Also new is a Deluxe Power Stratocaster, a Koa Stratocaster and a Koa Telecaster. You can browse the full list of new products here. … [Read more...]

TransPerformance has created a computerized system called The Performer for tuning a guitar. The Performer installs into the guitar and provides one-touch tuning through a new bridge and tailpiece assembly that includes motors attached to each string. At the touch of a button or a footswitch, the strings are adjusted to the appropriate pitch. A photo of the rear of a guitar … [Read more...]

This week at the Consumer Electronics Show, the Gibson Custom Shop introduced the Jimi Hendrix Psychedelic Flying V guitar, the first guitar in Gibson's new Inspired By series of guitars. The Hendrix guitar is a replica of the guitar that he used on tour in 1967 and 1968 and includes a psychedelic paint job that is reproduced from that guitar that Jimi handpainted himself. The … [Read more...]

This past December, Paul Reed Smith Guitars released several new guitars in their affordable SE series: SE Singlecut SE Custom SE Soapbar II Maple SE Standard These guitars feature a 25" scale length, and PRS designed pickups. … [Read more...]