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
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!
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
Back in March Fender released a new small amplifier perfect for practicing. Aside from being a small imprint, 30 watt amp, the G-Dec (Guitar Digital Entertainment Center) has a load of features that will make practicing an absolute blast.
The amp boast a full array of sounds and effects, each one in an assembled, dial ready preset. The most unique and perhaps most original feature is the rhythm tracks available to play along with. You can jam along with a classic rock beat, a metal beat, a swing beat and more. You can even loop your rhythm line with the amp and play it and the beat so you can practice your solos.
The G-Dec comes in three 15 watt versions and one 30 watt version. The G-Dec is currently priced at $179 for the Junior version and $370 for the 30 Watt version (Americanmusical.com) Check out Amp Labs Review below
Okay. THis is a really sad posting. It seems that the VG Strat was released in January 2007. If you can’t tell it is July, and I just now found out about this awesome guitar. This guitar is so groundbreaking that it actually won best in show at NAM this year.
So let’s talk about this amazing instrument. First off. It is a great American Standard Strat. WHat makes that so amazing? Well it has a Roland Synth pickup allowing it to kick all other guitar’s asses. How does it do that? Trh guitar emulation and alternate tunings at the flick of a switch and the turn of a know. This guitar can emulate the sound of an acoustic, stratocaster, humbucker pickup guitars and finally its native sound as a strat. The guitar also allows for alternat tunings. You can turn the knob and instantly change tuning from native E to drop D, Open G, Bariton, Dadgad and finally a setting for 12 string emulation.
This guitar has been herald as the biggest innovation in 53 years. I believe it. I’m going to have to check one out.
Epiphone just released news of a new “ultra” version of the classic Les Paul guitar. The new version has many new features that will surely make this Les Paul a hit. Of course the Les Paul guitar needs no introduction. It is one of the most notable and famous guitars of all time.
The new Epiphone LP Ultra Features
Sounds
Epiphone Ultra 1
Epiphone Ultra 2
Epiphone Ultra 3
Epiphone Ultra 4
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