Maybe tired of releasing one model each month, we must remember that last year was one per week, Gibson has unveiled all the models from the Guitar of the Month that will be released during this year. The next month model is the Gibson Shred X Explorer Guitar that adds more power to the classic [...]
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Epiphone has released a new product line, the Epiphone Prophecy Guitars, that includes 2 classic Gibson/Epiphone models, Les Paul and SG, and 2 models called Futura (a explorer look alike model) and EM-2 (with some features difficult to find in an Epiphone model). All share some features but each one brings some improvements developed during [...]
7-string guitars are progressively winning fans and this reason is making the pickup manufacturers release more models for this kind of guitars that are mainly used by metal guitar players for its extra bass sound. 2 companies have recently announced new 7-string humbucker models, Swineshead, that already released other 7-string models, with the Venom 7 [...]
The new guitar series from Washburn are hybrid guitars that take the Parker’s carbon glass technology to apply it to the fingerboard resulting a faster and smooth fingerboard for heavy metal guitar players, or for everyone who need a very fast fingerboard. The Washburn HM Guitars has several models, and not all of them include [...]
It looks like EMG is updating one of its most famous products, the EMG-81 pickup, used by guitar players like Zakk Wylde or Kirk Hammett, by releasing the new EMG EMG-81TW Active Pickup. This pickups is based on the EMG-81 but includes some improvements in tonal range and connectivity, lets take a look.
The EMG EMG-81TW [...]
This is almost the last accidentally unveiled model from the Guitar of the Week series that should introduced in 47th week (early December). The Gibson ‘84 Explorer Reissue is a very clear designed guitar, white finish and no pickguard, with powerful pickups that could be the perfect tool for a metal guitar player.
The Gibson ‘84 [...]
If you have seen a Metallica show I’m sure you have seen the Kirk Hammett’s ESP signature guitars, ESP has released a 3/4-scaled guitar based on one of this signature models, the ESP KH-2. The ESP Kirk Hammett Jr. is the first small-scaled guitar from ESP and has the same design as the KH-2 model [...]
It looks like Fender wants to dominate the artist guitars market, only looking at the list of this year we have J. Mascis, Joe Strummer, Eric Clapton Crossroads, Buddy Miller, Andy Summers and now Jim Root, the Stone Sour and Slipknot. The Fender Jim Root Telecaster is not a classic telecaster model, it has active [...]
