Guitar Deals and News :

Ibanez has teamed up with Steve Vai to create another stomp box for its arsenal. The Jemini distortion features not one, but two distortion pedals and types, just dripping with that signature Steve Vai sound. Not only is this pedal ear catching, but it is also eye catching. The Jemini has one crazy psycadelic paint job with swirls and crazy colors just plastered all over its metal stomp box body.
If you want to learn more you can check it out at the Ibanez page. It features a really informative, yet amusing video featureing Steve Vai and Steve Vai. It is worth a watch.

buy the Jemini from American Music Supply for $199.95

The new Epiphone Slash Les Paul Goldtop is set to hit stores October 7. This limited edition (only 2,000) model has the same rockin’ Les Paul values, with tweaking that only Slash would approve of. Each model goes through a rigourous hand-on inspection to make sure each one deserves the Slash moniker. So check out you local Epiphone dealer October 7 to see these models in person. You can find out more about the Slash Les Paul Gold top at Epiphone.

Gibson USA just introduced two new models; Robot versions of the X-Plorer and Flying V. What does this mean? It means there are two new awesome guitars that tune themselves. These aren’t the first Gibson guitars to have the “Robot” signature, but they are the newest.

Gibson’s revolutionary Robot Tuning System equips both new models, offering a standard EADGBE tuning preset, along with six additional, totally programmable tuning presets which allow players to change tunings in seconds — all at the touch of a button.

These 2 new guitars should be available soon for purchase. Check out the full release at Gibson

Ibanez always has great new products on display at NAMM shows, and this year’s Summer NAMM in Austin, Texas, is no exception. From the startling, one-of-a-kind finishes on the reverse-headstock RGRs, the wicked new black Xiphos and 20th Anniversary Soundgear basses, to the gorgeous Exotic Wood acoustic guitars and the mini speaker-equipped Mikro Soniks, this NAMM has some exciting stuff for everyone to check out.
ELECTRIC GUITARS
HOLLOW BODY GUITARS

ACOUSTIC GUITARS

With the new Ibanez MIMX Modeling Amplifier, turning up to 11 doesn’t just raise the volume, it gives you every tone and amp sound you will ever need! MIMX come equipped with eleven different amp models, programmable presets for creating your own signature tones, 13 digital effects, and onboard drum machine and chromatic tuner. MIMX is the first modeling amp designed for live metal performance. Don’t just turn up, move up.
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The Sounds Of The Underground Tour is rolling into your town this summer, so watch out because guitarist Matt Bachand and his band Shadows Fall are ready to deal out some serious metallic mayhem. They’ve got a pummeling new disc ‘Threads of Life’ and Matt’s Signature Ibanez MBM1BK is all over it. Click for more info>>

Whether you love all things Ibanez, want to get schooled by a shredmaster at an official Ibanez clinic…or you just want to get your Ibanez axe (old, new or in-between) set up and RESTRUNG FOR FREE by one of our Ibanez master techs, you’ll want to hit one of the 14 Ibanez Dayz being held by Ibanez Super-Stores around the U.S. And, yes, there will be great sales on Ibanez gear plus FREE stuff: there are door prizes and guitar giveaway contests you can enter!! We’d love to meet you, so come on out!

Dates Listed Below

Bananas At Large
1504 4th St
San Rafael, CA 94901
Thursday, Aug 23rd

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Dave Weiner Guitar Clinic
Joe Bergamini Drum Clinic

Skip’s Music
9660 Elk Grove Florin Rd.
ElkGrove,CA
Friday, Aug 24th

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Dave Weiner Guitar Clinic
Joe Bergamini Drum Clinic

Instrumental Music
3171 E Main St
Ventura, CA 93003
Saturday, Aug 25th

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Dave Weiner Guitar Clinic
Joe Bergamini Drum Clinic George’s Music
1218 Welsh Rd
North Wales, PA 19454
Wednesday September 26th

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Steve Vai In Store Appearance
Rob Balducci Guitar Clinic
Les Cleveland Drum Clinic

George’s Music
912 S 3rd St
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
Saturday October 6th

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Rob Balducci Guitar Clinic
Les Cleveland Drum Clinic

I just found this on Youtube, because I was listening to some smooth jazz on Rhapsody… uhhh.. well I found this and it is absolutely amazing.

IN HONOR OF STRUMMER, FAMED ARTIST AND DESIGNER

SHEPARD FAIREY CREATES CUSTOMIZED ART KIT TO ACCOMPANY GUITAR

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The legacy of punk rock legend Joe Strummer continues to live on and grow louder with the release of Fender’s new Joe Strummer Telecaster guitar. Designed with the guidance and support of the Strummer estate and featuring distressed “road-worn” treatment, a “Revolution Rock” engraved neckplate and a limited edition art customization kit, the Joe Strummer Telecaster will be available at music product retailers worldwide beginning July 2007.

Forward-thinking cultural icon Joe Strummer (1952-2002) was co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of seminal British punk rock band the Clash. He later founded, recorded and toured with the Mescaleros. All his life, Strummer vigorously championed individuality, self-expression and change—tenets often reflected in the constantly altered look of his favorite and most recognizable instrument—his Telecaster (currently on display in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland).

The Joe Strummer Telecaster is modeled after the ’66 Telecaster Strummer played throughout most of his career. Although the guitar’s appearance changed often, it was a fairly standard ’60s-era Telecaster with all the original parts and specifications.

When Strummer bought it in 1975 for £120, the instrument had a three-color sunburst finish, but he soon had it sprayed with gray primer at a London auto shop, and then later added a coat of black paint. These new “finishes” deteriorated quickly, giving the guitar its distinctive look. Like Strummer’s music, the battered guitar changed constantly—plastered as it was with stencils, stickers and new paint jobs through the many stages of Strummer’s life and career.

To celebrate Strummer’s fierce sense of individuality, Fender and acclaimed artist Shepard Fairey collaborated on the new guitar’s special Joe Strummer Telecaster Customization kit, which includes stencils and stickers inspired by the custom designs Strummer decorated many of his instruments with. The kit comes in a classic 12” album cover featuring Shepard Fairey graphics and photography by Bob Gruen. This collectable album art set is a limited edition companion to the first 1,500 guitars.

For just $4000.00 you can start revolutionizing music with your very own High Definition Les Paul Guitar.

You may be saying, “WOW! that is a lot for a guitar! Will it mow my lawn?” No, it doesn’t mow your lawn, it’s just a guitar, but it is a very special guitar. This guitar has a special pickup that actually tracks each individual pickup separately. What does that mean? Well using the break out box that comes with the guitar you can actually place different effects / amps / and just about anything else on each individual string. For example you could place a distortion effect on the top 3 strings and a chorus effect on the bottom 3. The possibilities are endless.

The guitar was displayed at Namm last August 2006, but I haven’t heard anything new about it. You can purchase the guitar at now, but it isn’t available at hardly any other music shops. I suppose the demand isn’t outrageously high at the moment, so I suspect that explains the limited availability. Whatever the case, I suspect this type of guitar will become more prominent in the future expecially since the data from the guitar is being sent to the Break out box via Ethernet cable. For more info on this wildly innovative guitar check out Gibson’s Digital Guitar Site Check out the video below