Kramer Guitars have a long history of making guitars that are performance driven. Its reign in the 80’s as one of the top guitar companies in the world is legendary. Kramer is proud to announce the upcoming release of the NiteV. This is one of the many new models Kramer will have in stores this fall. We can’t show them all at once……the extreme G.A.S. could cause health problems!
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September 9 2009, 10:25am
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McCartney Guitarist Rusty Anderson and His “Go-To” Vintage ES-335 Go Solo
California-based guitarist Rusty Anderson’s got a great gig. Since 2001 this pop texturalist has been in Paul McCartney’s band. Maybe you saw him on the Letterman show with Sir Paul, standing atop the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater just to the ex-Beatles’ right, soloing with his beloved 1959 ES-335 on “Back in the U.S.S.R?”
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September 4 2009, 3:01pm
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Jimi Hendrix’s Top 10 Mind-Blowing Tracks
Forty-two years after Jimi Hendrix first hit the charts and forever changed the sonic possibilities of guitar, he remains the undisputed king of feedback and other techniques that tickle the brainpan. These are the 10 brightest jewels in his psychedelic crown:
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September 4 2009, 2:09pm
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Les Paul: The Man, The Music, The Guitar
Les Paul: The Man, The Music, The Guitar
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September 4 2009, 11:55am
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The Gibson Les Paul has always been regarded as something more than a guitar – it’s an instrument that has propelled rock and roll forward through the decades. From alt-rock mavericks to Brit-pop heroes, here we look at the players that shaped the sound of the 1990s.
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September 4 2009, 11:17am
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On Wednesday August 19, 2009 at the Gibson Guitar Entertainment Showroom in New York, friends and family gathered to pay respect to the memory of Les Paul who passed away earlier in the month at the age of 94. Les Paul's son, Russ Paul joined an impromptu jam session with some of music's most talked about artists including Chad Smith, Drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarists Frank Vignola and Joe Satriani. Also attending were Ace Frehley, Jeff " Skunk" Baxter, Joan Jett, Bucky and John Pizzarelli, Al Di Meola, Johnny A, Pat Martino, Steve Conte and of course members of the Les Paul Trio including Lou Pallo, John Collani and Nicki Parrott.
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September 1 2009, 4:41pm
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Gibson Tone Tips #33: String Height — Raise It For Tone!
In this installment of Gibson Tone Tips we’re going to take a look at a simple factor of any guitar’s set up, but one that newer players often approached from too a narrow standpoint. When a learner first picks up the electric guitar, he or she is often most drawn to an instrument that has the strings as low to the fingerboard as is functionally possible, because this is easier on tender, unfamiliar fingers, and makes that guitar feel more comfortable in the beginner’s hand. From this point on, our “feel preference” is often set, and we take this “low action=great guitar” bias with us from guitar to guitar, throughout our playing career, imposing it forever after on guitars that we set up ourselves.
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September 1 2009, 2:13pm
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Rock Doc Alert: Gibson’s Exclusive Review Of Rock Prophecies
Robert Knight may not be a household name, but if you’re a longtime fan of rock music chances are at least one of his images has graced your bedroom wall. For the past forty years Robert Knight has worked with and shot famous photos of legendary artists like Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin as well as tomorrow’s superstars such as Panic At The Disco and John Mayer. Oh, and those huge images that grace the interior and exterior of your local Guitar Center—yeah, Knight shoots all of those, too.
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September 1 2009, 10:28am
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New Music Cheat Sheet: Must-have Summer Releases
As much as we love summer, it’s easy for the summer heat to get us down. Instead of seeing live music, most of the time we just want to sit instead blasting the air-conditioning and trying not to sweat ourselves to death. Thankfully five CDs have come out recently that are brilliant enough to remind us that great music can beat even the roughest summertime heat—and these releases, which range from country to indie rock, prove there are still plenty of relevant artists out there writing songs that matter. Heat or no heat, the least that we can do is listen.
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August 31 2009, 11:38am
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Classic Amps: The 1954 Gibson GA-5 Les Paul Junior Amp
Beginner amps, starter amps, student amps, call them what you will—the small, low-wattage tube amplifier has been with us for many years, and guitarists today know them for the little tone machines they are. Gibson’s entry in this category has been one of its longest running models, making its original run from 1954-’67, and appearing again in 2004 as a reissue model. The diminutive GA-5 was originally released when Gibson needed a small partner amp to accompany its Les Paul Junior guitar, introduced in 1954 as the company’s first solidbody “student” model. Although its circuit and appearance evolved over the years, it has always retained its unfettered tonal purity.
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August 28 2009, 1:18pm
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Gibson Interview: Sammy Hagar Talks Chickenfoot, Guitars, And Songwriting
To paraphrase a well-known ad slogan, with a name like Chickenfoot they had better be good.
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August 28 2009, 11:29am
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Big Bill Morganfield — Muddy Waters’ Son — Stakes Out His Legacy With a Gibson ES-347
Big Bill Morganfield’s got his daddy’s high cheekbones and the same dusty deep-chocolate resonance in the low end of his voice. And over the years he’s acquired a similarly whinnying style of slide guitar that’s displayed on his new album Born Lover.
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August 26 2009, 10:53am
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Legendary Guitars: Maybelle Carter’s 1928 Gibson L-5
We might usually think of the true “legendary guitar” as being an electric played by a rock god, or perhaps a flat-top acoustic that helped to establish the folk-rock boom. But one archaic archtop—an instrument not wielded by a jazz star, even—has arguably seen more American musical history in the making than any other single guitar the world over. In 1927, country music originators The Carter Family made their first recordings (the now famous “Bristol Sessions” recorded in Bristol, TN) and started tasting success, and one year later their singer and guitarist Maybelle Carter used a little of those earnings to buy herself a brand new Gibson L-5 archtop acoustic guitar. Carter’s L-5 would be used throughout The Carter Family’s recorded catalogue of more than 300 songs, as well as her tenure as “Mother” Maybelle Carter with her daughters Anita, Helen, and June, and would serve to lay the foundations of country, bluegrass, and American folk music—earning Carter the title of “Queen Mother of Country Music” in the process. But in 1928 she was just a girl of 19 with a new guitar, and boy how she loved to play it.
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August 25 2009, 4:03pm
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Country Guitar Wizard Steve Wariner Tells You How to Sound Like Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins’ signature guitar was dubbed the Country Gentleman for good reason. The model reflected its namesake’s courtly demeanor as well as his impeccable, clear-toned technique — a style Atkins chiseled under a list of influences that includes Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, Les Paul, Charlie Christian, and George Barnes.
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August 25 2009, 3:43pm
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Gibson Interview: Tenacious D Get Psyched for Outside Lands Festival
We couldn’t be more thrilled when we found out that Tenacious D was stepping in to cover for the ailing Beastie Boys at this weekend’s Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. The comedy folk-metal duo featuring Jack Black and Kyle Glass are not only proud Gibson players, but stars of one of our favorite rock and roll movies in recent memory, “The Pick of Destiny.” They’ll be closing out the three-day festival in Golden Gate Park that will also see performances by the likes of Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, M.I.A. and about 80 other acts. But are they ready for a major festival? We called up the guys to find out. In return, the told us about crawling up Metallica’s armpit.
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August 25 2009, 10:09am
