Fender has launched a mini-site for the release of the NOS and Relic David Gilmour Signature Series Stratocasters. The mini-site has a lot of great features, including a timeline of the guitar, details about the guitars, the story behind the guitars, and media from Gilmour's recent Live at Gdansk DVD. … [Read more...]
Fender Kenny Wayne Shepherd Artist Series Guitar
I first heard about the Fender Kenny Wayne Shepherd Artist Series Stratocaster several months ago, but didn't hear much about it from Fender. However, I noticed today that Fender has information about the guitar on their Web site. The guitar is based on Kenny's own '61 Fender Strat and features custom-voiced Kenny Wayne Shepherd pickups, an alder body, maple neck w/ rosewood … [Read more...]
Fender Jim Adkins JA-90
Fender has recently introduced the Jim Adkins JA-90 Thinline Telecaster. Adkins is the guitarist and frontman for Jimmy Eat World. I'm not all that familiar with Jimmy Eat World, but this looks like a nice guitar! The guitar features P-90s, a semi-hollow Ash body, medium jumbo frets and comes in red or black. (via Electric Guitar Review) … [Read more...]
Evitt and Co.
Editor's note: Please indulge me in a quick off-topic post. Last year, my wife Tiffany decided to make a career change. She decided to move out of IT and create her own company, where she creates handcrafted jewelry and purses. She has worked extremely hard over the past year developing a wide range of jewelry and purses. I'm very proud of her and all that she has … [Read more...]
Muxtape
Justin Ouellette, the founder of Muxtape, recently posted an update detailing his past dealings with record labels trying to keep Muxtape running, as well as the future of the site after receiving notice from the RIAA: Over the next week I learned a little more, mainly that the RIAA moves quite autonomously from their label parents and that the understanding I had with them … [Read more...]