| Gibson rocking as pricey American icon in guitar-loving Japan
A visitor to the Tokyo Guitar Show tries out a classic Gibson as staff help tune an amplifier at a local Gibson shop's booth in Tokyo on Saturday, June 24, 2006. Gibson makes a range of guitars solely for the Japanese market, including rocker Tak Matsumoto's signature Les Paul in special guitar shades like canary yellow and sunburst. Although Gibson is making marketing pushes elsewhere where demand is expected to grow, such as China, Japan is still Gibson's biggest market outside the United States and twice as large as its biggest European market, Great Britain. (AP) .
The Blues Custom 30 - Great Tone, Killer Looks And Superb Quality
Epiphone is pleased to announce the new Blues Custom 30 Guitar amplifier. Designed and engineered in the USA by Gibson, the amp features an ALL TUBE signal path and Tube Rectifier for the ultimate in pure tone. Check out these features:
Two distinct channels share the specially designed 3-Band EQ while the Overdrive Channel is equipped with an additional Mid control allowing the player to dial in that soulful sweet spot.
The 3-Band EQ is selectable between Independent and Interactive mode and the amp features a tube powered, transformer driven, spring Reverb.
The Blues Custom 30 offers the player both 30W Class AB (Pentode Mode) or 15Watts Class A (Triode Mode) at the flip of a switch.
A low noise fan was incorporated into the design to make sure the amp and tubes stay cool.
Guytron Adds New GT20 Combo Guitar Amp to Its Family
Troy, MI, August 22, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Guytron is pleased to announce the introduction of its new Guytron GT20 Amplifier System. This is not your grandfather's 20 watter, this is a totally new approach. The Guytron GT20 is a feature rich guitar amplifier, based upon the Guytron GT100’s proven, popular, and patented pre-amp technology. Along with some more ground breaking technology to boot. Designed to be a serious musician’s tool, it is perfectly at home anywhere from the Studio, to the big Stage, in the most stringent of stage environments. Naturally, just like its bigger brother, the Guytron GT 100 F/V, it delivers the true "Feel" and "Vibe", of a "cranked amp" so you can really have "Fun" with the GT20 in pretty much any setting, and at any volume from 0 to 20 watts. According to Guytron’s founder and Chief Designer, Guy Hedrick, "If you’re a person who ‘Plays the Amp’ like an instrument, and you're not just playing your guitar through an amp, then chances are you will love the new GT20 from Guytron! If that’s your thing, this amp will do wheelies!" The GT20 features: · Classic Vintage Styling with Versatile Modern Features · Includes "Highly Acclaimed" GT 100 F/V Channel Switching Pre-Amp with Gain, Tone, and Level Controls for Each Channel · Introducing Post Phase Master Volume "Cut" · Introducing all L.E.D.
The Mars Volta bottled at Endfest
The Mars Volta walked off stage at the Endfest on Saturday (August 12), after being pelted, in perfect Reading fashion, with bottles of piss. The band were playing the event - held at the White River Ampitheatre in Auburn (Washington State) and also featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Gossip and Wolfmother - when the crowd turned against them. Presumably lengthy prog-rock workouts weren't the flavour of the day in Washington at the weekend. Websites including Pitchfork and NME.com have reported on the incident, but as yet the band have not made any official comment. Reports state that Omar Rodriguez-Lopez smashed his guitar against his amplifier before departing the stage, with singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala asking the crowd to find the offending urine-hurlers.
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