The Deal: Gibson USA and Native Instruments have announced a new contest where you can win a new Gibson USA Les Paul Traditional Goldtop and a Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 Kontrol Edition. Everything you need to setup your home recording Studio!
Entry Deadline: September 30, 2008
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The Deal: Musicians Friend has placed nearly the entire line of Crate V Series tube amplifiers on sale.
Starting at $99 for the Crate V Series V5 tube combo amp, these amps are selling for up to 72% off of the retail price.
For example, here’s the current pricing on the V5:
MSRP: $288.90
Regular Price: $199.99
Current Price: $99.99
Savings: $188.91(65%)
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The Deal: We know you dream about running around a huge stage…jumping off a giant stack of PA speakers…doing karate-kick jumps. Unfortunately, you’re probably rocking these sweet moves in your basement. Either way, a guitar cable can seriously get in the way of your rock star poses.
Time for a wireless system! If you’ve been thinking about relegating your cables to the closet, here’s a good deal on a Line 6 X2 XDS95 24-Bit Digital Instrument Wireless System. If you purchase one of these systems before the end of September, Line 6 will send you a $25 Chase Visa Rebate Card.
MSRP: $499.00
Regular Price: $349.99
Current Price: $299.99 (includes $25 Rebate)
Savings: $199.01 (39%)
Expires: September 30, 2008
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The Deal: Here’s one of the great deals Musicians Friend is offering during their Labor Day Holiday Clearance Sale.
They have knocked an extra $50 off the regular sale price of the Epiphone Limited Edition G-400 Electric Guitar with EMG Pickups. This guitar has the look and feel of an original ‘62 SG, but with its array of EMG pickups it delivers thoroughly modern tones. Fitted to the solid mahogany body is an EMG 81 pickup at the bridge and an EMG 85 at the neck, the exact array used by rockers like Zakk Wylde.
MSRP: $999.99
Regular Price: $599.99
Current Price: $549.99
Savings: $450.00(45%)
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The Deal: Rule #1: you can never have too many guitar stands. Rule #2: Guitar stands made out of the wrong materials can seriously damage the finish on your guitar.
Hercules Stands has gone to great lengths to make sure their guitar stands are manufactured from specially formulated foam at all contact points that the stand will touch your guitar’s finish. In addition, the Hercules TravLite Electric Guitar Mini Stands are built out of tough steel and fold up for easy transport. Add to that the $5 instant rebate that Musicians Friend is currently offering, it’s time to pull out that wallet and tell MF to send a few your way!
MSRP: $27.95
Regular Price: $16.95
Current Price: $11.95 (includes instant rebate)
Savings: $16.00(57%)
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I was pretty shocked earlier today when I saw the headline on Harmony Central that 60,000 Orange Amplifiers had been stolen from Orange headquarters in Borehamwood, England.
After reading the article, I realized that thieves did not make off with 60,000 amps (which would have been quite a feat!), but rather 141 Orange Tiny Terror combo amps worth £62,000. These amps were part of the first shipment of the new amp into the UK.
According to the press release, the amps were “stolen from a temperature controlled, sealed forty foot container. The robbers couldn’t break the locks so they attempted to use an acetylene welder and then angle grinders to cut through the quarter inch locking steel plates.”
Of course, the authorities and Orange are trying to find more information about this crime. Orange Amplifiers are putting up a reward of 5000 (not sure if it’s dollars or pounds) for information that will lead to a successful conviction and recovery of these amplifiers. If you have any information please contact the local Police force on 0845-3300222, quoting Crime Number J1/08/3588. The company has the serial numbers of all the products stolen which is available on it’s website.
The Deal: D’Addario and Planet Waves has just announced the Screamin’ Stomp Box Sweepstakes. In this effects pedal and accessories giveaway, Planet Waves will announce four grand prize winners.
Each Grand Prize package will include winner’s choice of one of the following:
Each Grand Prize package will also consist of:
The total Grand Prize package is up to $590!
Entry Deadline: October 7, 2008
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The Deal: I have to tell you…this contest is really confusing. There’s a lot going on, so try to stay with me!
Children of Bodom
The sweepstakes winner will receive:
OK…that’s part one. Within this widget you’ll find the “Blooddrunk” guitar competition. You are challenged to upload a video of yourself playing Alexi Laiho’s guitar solo from “Blooddrunk.” ESP Guitars and Children of Bodom’s management and label will choose the grand prize winner based on technical prowess and performance skill, so make your video dead on and entertaining.
The grand prize guitar contest winner will receive:
The runner-up guitar contest winner will receive:
For those of you who want to check out this widget, here you go:
Entry Deadline: August 29, 2008
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These are currently the top 10 best-selling overdrive, distortion, fuzz and boost pedals at Guitar Center.
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The Deal: Musicians Friend is now running a promotion on the Fender Classic Series Effects Pedals.
For a limited time, purchase a Fender Classic Series pedal, which includes the Fender Blender Custom, Fender Phaser, Fender Fuzz-Wah, Fender Volume, or Fender Volume/Tone pedals and get a vintage-styled Fender KoilKord instrument cable for free (a $19.99 value).
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The Deal: Epiphone has announced the Metal Masters Black Sabbath Guitar Giveaway. The winner of this contest will take home two Epiphone guitars and some Black Sabbath CDs and DVDs
This contest got me in the mood for some Sabbath, so here’s the band performing Paranoid back in 1970!
Entry Deadline: August 31, 2008
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The year was 1987. I was ten years old. Even though my older sister typically listened to bands like Depeche Mode and They Might Be Giants, she had just come home with a new cassette tape - Guns n’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction.
Looking back, I was listening to some pretty crappy music. Poison and Whitesnake totally ruled my jambox, but this new band struck a chord with me. This music was aggressive. This music was honest. This music was rock and roll.
Although I didn’t yet play an instrument, I was very familiar with the electric guitar. I could tell that this band’s guitarist, Slash, was playing with a different goal in mind than many of the guitarists of the 1980s, who seemed more concerned with how many notes they could pack into a solo.
Now, more that 20 years later, Slash has become perhaps the definitive lead guitarist of the past two decades. Of course, with that stature comes great influence. These days, a guitarist with great influence has the opportunity to attach their name to the guitar and gear of their choice.
This page is meant to be the Internet’s definitive guide to Slash guitar gear. Enjoy!
Check out these two videos from DunlopTV. The video on the left features the man himself, discussing the guitar gear he uses on stage and in the studio.
The second video features Adam Day, who has been Slash’s guitar tech since the beginning of Guns N Roses. Adam takes us backstage at a Velvet Revolver show to run through the finer points of Slash’s live gear.
Slash and his signature tone have always been associated with the classic Gibson guitar through a Marshall amp combination. It’s natural that both companies, plus others, would want to promote that fact by releasing Slash signature products.
Epiphone Slash Signature Les Paul Standard Plus Top
The Epiphone Slash Signature Les Paul Standard Plus Top was designed and produced in close cooperation with Slash himself.
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These are currently the top 10 best-selling 6 string acoustic guitars at Musicians Friend.
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The Deal: The 2008 Acoustic Guitar Players’ Choice Awards are your chance to tell everyone which jumbo sounds sweetest, which amp is crystal clear, which strings complete your guitar, which flatpicker is most inspiring, and much more. In this contest, you choose the front-runners from among your favorite instruments, accessories, instruction materials, and, for the first time, players.
Perhaps you’re a selfish person, though, and you don’t like seeing others succeed…you’re in luck! After you cast your ballot, Acoustic Guitar also gives you a chance to enter their Players’ Choice Awards Giveaway. They’re giving away $3,000 in gear, broken down like this:
Prize winners will receive gift certificates from a selected music retailer.
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The Deal: DigiTech has just announced a new promotion for August. If you purchase a DigiTech Whammy™, JamMan® or the new HarmonyMan™ pedal during August, you’ll get your choice of a free DigiTech Bad Monkey™, Death Metal™, Grunge®, Hot Head™ or Screamin’ Blues™ distortion pedal via mail-in rebate.
Expires: August 31, 2008
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