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Day 82. Aerosmith’s Co-Founding Member & Lead Guitarist Joe Perry to Receive Les Paul Award at 32nd Annual NAMM TEC Awards

October 27, 2016

We have some exciting news to share with you. Aerosmith’s Co-Founding Member & Lead Guitarist Joe Perry to Receive Les Paul Award at 32nd Annual NAMM TEC Awards. We can’t wait to bring you coverage of this amazing event which will take place during the 32nd Annual TEC Awards at NAMM 2017 on January 21st. Check out the news below: Rock & Roll Hall of Famer to Perform at Ceremony Also Honoring Band’s Famed Producer, Jack Douglas, Saturday, January 21 Carlsbad, Calif. (October 27, 2016) – As part of its 32nd Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards (NAMM TEC Awards), The NAMM Foundation has announced that rocker Joe Perry will receive the prestigious Les Paul Award. The annual award is given on behalf of the Les Paul Foundation and honors individuals that have set the highest standards of excellence in the creative application of recording technology in the spirit of the famed audio pioneer, inventor and musician, Les Paul. The award will be presented at a January 21st ceremony being held in Anaheim, CA as part of [Read More]

83 on NAMM Countdown: Analog Alien Guitar Pedals; successfully recreating that vintage sound!

October 27, 2016

For Day 83 on our 100 Days Countdown to NAMM, we feature Analog Alien Guitar Pedals. This boutique guitar pedal successfully recreates vintage sounds from the 60’s and 70’s. The sounds that got us to fall deeply in love with music! They have some amazing pedals and we can’t wait to check them out firsthand at NAMM 2017. They will be at Booth #6898. Check out some of their pedals: Watch a video of a Tony Pasko demoing the Joe Walsh Double Classic: You can visit their website and watch more great videos as well as get information on all of their pedals. Make sure to visit them at NAMM 2017, Booth #6898! Website: http://www.analogalien.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Analog-Alien-Guitar-Pedals-149929521752152/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/analogalien Location & Hours Anaheim Convention Center 800 West Katella Avenue Anaheim, CA 92802 Thursday, January 19 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday, January 20 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday, January 21 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday, January 22 10 a.m.–5 p.m. *Hall E and Levels 2 & 3 open at 9:30 a.m. NOTE: NAMM is an industry only event, see if you [Read More]

PRISMA GUITARS: Real Guitars Made from Real Skateboards

September 12, 2016

For our new gear highlight, check out PRISMA GUITARS as they make real guitars made from real skateboards. Check out the news below: SAN FRANCISCO —What started as a love for two hobbies is evolving into a passion for one business. Today, Prisma Guitars is driven by the goal of building custom guitars with a one-of-a-kind style where instruments are all 100% handcrafted from the wood of recycled skateboard decks and custom engineered for the highest quality sound. Prisma offers musicians the opportunity to customize every feature in building their dream guitar, from body shapes and pickups to necks, bridges, and knobs. Prisma electric guitars have six body shapes that can be built entirely with skateboards, a skateboard top and mahogany or alder back, or with a hollow body. In addition to using their own stock of skateboards, Prisma is able to build a guitar with a customer’s skateboards at no extra charge. Necks are available in multiple profiles in four styles: skateboard, mahogany or maple with rosewood fingerboard, or one-piece maple. Each neck [Read More]

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jeff Beck took over the Luther Burbank Center for an incredible show!

August 18, 2016

Last night, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jeff Beck came to the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa and delivered a flawless set! It was a sold out crowd in attendance for his legendary performance. The night kicked off with the ever so entertaining 7X Grammy winner, Buddy Guy along with his timeless riffs and mesmerizing playing. It was a night of legendary playing! The seven time Grammy award winner Jeff Beck was ranked fifth on the list of “100 greatest guitarists of all time” by Rolling Stone magazine. He is Considered one of the most influential guitarists in history, Jeff Beck helped shape the sounds of blues rock, psychedelia, and heavy metal, inspiring guitar players for decades with his unique style and explosive sound. The show had the crowd in awe from start to finish. It was a night of legendary playing and was truly spectacular to witness the living legends, Buddy Guy and Jeff Beck. Make sure to visit his website at http://www.jeffbeck.com/tours/ to stay up to date on the latest tour news. Information [Read More]

PRS unveils the Private Stock Custom 24 8-String in celebration of 20th Anniversary of Private Stock

August 18, 2016

PRS Guitars is celebrating their 20th Anniversary of Private Stock with the revival of Guitars of the Month. Check out the latest news: PRS Guitars is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Private Stock with a revival of the program that started it all: Guitars of the Month. Each month in 2016, the Private Stock team will be offering a unique design in limited numbers that will highlight the fine craftsmanship and remarkable playability that the Private Stock team is known for while utilizing some of the most deluxe materials available. For August, PRS is introducing the Custom 24 8-String model. Inspired by an 8-String designed with Periphery’s Mark Holcomb, these instruments allow players’ creativity to take over with no limitations. Thanks to their extended range, 8-string guitars inspire new technique and unorthodox compositions that can work with any musical style. The inclusion of Holcomb’s signature Seymour Duncan Alpha and Omega pickups offer a snarling and aggressive tone that is also glassy and articulate. The Custom 24 8-String model celebrates more. More registers available; more chord [Read More]

Richie Kotzen delivers intense soulful bliss with his song This Is Life

May 11, 2016

Richie Kotzen truly digs deep with his new song, This Is Life. His vocals are superb as they deliver soulful bliss to warm your heart and awaken your senses. Check out the amazing new track and lyric video here: The song truly highlights the towering vocal range of Richie and you can feel the passion when he sings. If you have every seen Richie perform live, you will understand when I say, “You can almost picture him high atop his chair on his tippy toes, as he digs deep for those high notes”. He is pure magic. His lyrics will have you ponder this thing called life and also remind you cherish every moment. Oh It’s A Mystery Why We Are Here I Don’t Understand It I Don’t We’re In A Circus Without Any Rhyme or Reason I Don’t Know Why But I Ask Myself What Is It All For? You can pick up the new song by heading over to iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1110117641?ls=1&app=itunes. Need some more Richie, check out some photos of him when he [Read More]

Dean Zelinsky Guitars announces Johnny Winter Signature Model

May 5, 2016

Earlier this week, Dean Zelinsky Guitars’ President, Dean Zelinsky, announced the release of the Johnny Winter Signature Guitar. This is the same guitar made by Zelinsky that Winter had been playing and touring with in his most recent years, until his untimely passing in July, 2014. Guitars are sold exclusively through the company’s website www.deanzelinsky.com. Check out a video on the signature model: The First 25 Signature Guitars will be hand signed and numbered by Dean Zelinsky and come with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Zelinsky and Johnny Winter’s wife, Susan Winter, for the Johnny Winter Estate. Zelinsky comments, “I am excited to be building Johnny’s Signature Guitars. Johnny had been my guitar-playing idol since I was a kid, and was clearly one of the greatest players of all time. While I had met Johnny briefly many years ago, I first started building guitars for him after a chance meeting in a club parking lot in 2011. I had been designing thin guitars for a few years and knew this ultra-thin single cut was going to [Read More]