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Guitar Legend Roy Clark Passed Away

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Roy Clarke passed away at age 85 today. Roy was one of those guitar players that many never heard of. Always an entertainer in the days when music was mostly enjoyed live. He first started playing banjo until a neighbour gave him…

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Fender Meteora Now Available

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The new Fender Meteora is now available in stores. This guitar is part of the “Parallel Universe” series where Fender has given guitar designers some freedom to come up with new designs. The Meteora seems to be a cross-breed between a Jazzmaster…

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Gibson Offers The Paul 40th Anniversary Edition

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Gibson revives The Paul for a 40th anniversary edition featuring a gloss finished solid walnut body, and 490R neck and 498T bridge pickups. The Paul is a fairly simple guitar with a relatively small price in the Gibson range and should be…

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Fender Releases Ltd Edition Midnight Hour P-Bass

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Fender has just released an absolutely gorgeous looking limited edition “midnight hour” P-Bass. A mesmerising purple sparkle gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finis Pure Vintage ’63 Split-Coil Precision Bass pickups Alder body and a 34-inch-scale “1963 C” maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. Vintage-style heel-adjust…

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Fender Jimmy Page Signature Series Telecaster

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Fender is set to release in 2019 two Jimmy Page signature series Telecasters based on his teles that were used on Led Zeppelin’s first album and extensively on next two. And of course his guitar with the YardBirds. Two models will…

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Big Brand Changes in Australian Distribution

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The last year or so has brought many big changes to the Australian music instruments products distribution and wholesale, some of which are listed below. Jands no longer is the distributor of JBL speakers, after some decades. CMI is the new importer….

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Gibson Guitars Appoints New CEO

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Gibson guitars has appointed James ‘JC’ Curleigh, previously president of Levi Strauss & Co. as their new CEO as of 1st of November 2018. Also announced is a new management team with the task of focusing on production quality and market synergies….

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New Mini Guitar Amps From LANEY

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Laney releases Ironheart mini guitar amp line priced from $99 to 159 rrp. The MINI-LANEY range features two battery powered models in a choice of three designs. The 3 watt MINI, with Clean & Drive channel, Gain, Tone and Volume, guitar input,…

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EMG Releases Loaded Stratocaster Pickguards

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EMG Pickups is releasing two passive prewired Strat pickguards. The ST-54 and ST-65. Both will be available in both vintage & classic style and use EMG’s solderless technology and are drop in ready for an easy install. The EMG ST-54 pickguard is…

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