Guitar Info

New Electric 12-String from Depinto Guitars with a strong Mosrite influence!

Move over, boys. Girls with guitars are leading the new rock revolution: article from The Independent.

Who's Guitar? Gibson recreate Pete Townshend's "No.1" Les Paul Deluxe guitar complete with the added middle pickup and 2 mini toggle switches to tap it and put it out of phase.

Guitar Karaoke from Fender: Fender announce the World's first guitar digital entertainment centre with built-in effects and instrument backing with drum beats and bass lines.

Synth Guitar For Less Than $800: Godin break the price barrier with the Godin Freeway SA.

No More Rusty Guitar Strings: Elixir introduce longer lasting anti-rust strings.

Zombie joins the BC Rich family of unique body styles: Guess what? It's pointy!!!

BC Rich introduces Platinum Series Eagle Bass

Tech 21 offers new XXL pedals for guitar and bass

Schecter Banshee 'Modern Vintage' Electric Guitar: I like the styling of this one. It looks familiar but different at the same time.

Martin Offers OMC-16E Maple and Koa Models with Elllipse Blend

Four New Aura-Equipped Martin Acoustics Announced

Martin HD-7 Roger McGuinn Signature Edition

Martin Guitars - 2005 NAMM Show Special model limited to just 25 guitars

Martin 000C Steve Miller Pegasus Signature Edition

Martin Unveils 000-45S Stephen Stills Model

Martin Unveils 000-45S Stephen Stills Model

Gibson Montana introducess Traveling Songwriter Guitar: Gibson's first travel acoustic.

Paul Reed Smith CE Mahogany returns

Ovation goes deep for 2005 Collector's Edition

New Scarab XT Model Guitar from Hamer: it looks like a malnourished Explorer.

Martin D-45 Mike Longworth Commemorative Edition

LGM launches Leviathan Series Electric Guitars: it's just the ticket u=if you like 'em pointy pointy pointy!

Hamer USA introduces new Monaco Bass

Deep Purple’s legendary guitarist and his wife craft ancient melodies: Ritchie Blackmore swaps Stratocaster for a hurdy-gurdy.

Ibanez AEF20CSNERLG Nylon Acoustic-Electric: Nice name... Sorry, that's me being sarcastic. I hate these awkward model numbers and codes. Give it a name that everyone can remember! Having said that, it looks to be an instrument that I wouldn't mind having in my collection: nylon-electric with a slim neck, medium-sized body. Sounds great!

Slammer T5 Series Guitars: cheapo Tele copies, courtesy of Hamer (I do believe).

Archtop P90 Goldtop Added to Hamer's XT Series: reminiscent of a Les Paul double cutaway, and nicely priced too!

Takamine Introduces TRI-AX Acoustic Pickup

Takamine's LTD2005 Model Unveiled at NAMM: just what we've all been waiting for... a guitar with a picture of a bullrush embedded in the top. Weird. It's probably a nice guitar though.

New "Truckster" James Hetfield Signature Model from ESP: personally I can't see why anyone would want a guitar with a crappy finish like this, but I suppose the Metallica fans will like it.

Dave Mustaine Axxion Joins ESP Signature Line: New signature series guitar recognizes 20 years of Megadeth. Another weird shape from ESP.

ESP Introduces New Guitars for 2005: there's a spiky one, there's a knobbly-looking one, and there's a lop-sided looking acoustic. All in black.

Guitar Wolf Receives Signature Epiphone G-310: available in Japan only!

Epiphone and Nick Valensi Team Up for Signature Riviera: he's the guitarist for The Strokes apparently. Nice guitars though!

DigiTech Introdudes GNX2000 Guitar Workstation: Allows guitarists total creative freedom for stage and studio, with features like XLR outputs for plugging directly into PA systems, and a USB interface for hard disk recording applications.

PRS 20th Anniversary Special Editions

Ovation Introduces Custom Legend LX Model

Ovation LX Series Expands with Custom Elite Model

Epiphone Rocks The 2005 NAMM Show

Epiphone Announces Guitar Of The Month Program For 2005: I've linked to a news story about this already, but here we get the low down on each of the models from Epiphone themselves!

Steve Morse and Music Man celebrate 20 years with new signature Y2d guitar

GFX-1 and GFX-3 Multi-Effects Pedals

Nuno Bettencourt and Washburn launch N5 and N6 guitars: I've not heard that name for a fair few years!

Epiphone Dot Studio gets new worn finishes

Epiphone recreates Hendrix's Psychedelic Flying V guitar: where's the photo? I wanna see what it looks like!

New Michael Schenker Electric and Acoustic Models from Dean: I'm disappointed that the acoustic isn't Flying V shaped.

Ibanez - The Untold Story Book

New Ibanez AEF100 Acoustic-Electric features on-board Fishman electronics

New AU756 Rock Deluxe Guitar from Austin: Oh, another generic superstrat. Nothing new there.

Guitars gently weep: Sale of rare guitar and amp collection in Toronto aids cancer research.

ESP profiles new signature guitars from Magedeth's Mustaine and Metallica's Hetfield

No More foxx Hunting: Furry 70s stompboxes stage a comeback.

The Plexi is back: Marshall expands the handwired series with 100W classic.

Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham - "The D Word (Death) Never Came Up": Scott Gorham talks about Phil Lynott and the final days of Thin Lizzy.

Former Guns N Roses Guitarist Gilby Clarke Joins MC5

H.R. Giger Limited Edition Guitars from Ibanez: limited edition guitars feature graphic designs by the influential modern painter and sculptor (and creator of the Alien in the Alien series of movies).

New AX Series Baritone from Ibanez

Alvarez adds three new models to fusion series

Washburn Pilsen Idol Series Electric Guitars: I always liked their Idol guitars. This "Pilsen" version seems to be more beefed up, something along the lines of a Les Paul.

Ani DiFranco Gets Signature Alvarez Model: Streuth! I'm not sure about that scratchplate.

New Vihuela Mexican Guitar from Lucida

Fender speed-e Keychain Tuner: the world's first fully functioning keychain guitar tuner!

Fender Time Machine '66 Stratocaster: the new Time Machine series 1966 Stratocaster guitar is an exact reproduction of one of the most rapidly collectable Stratocaster guitars around, right down to its nitrocellulose-lacquered alder body with a WLS undercoat.

Scott Ian signature series guitars from Washburn

Dimebag Darrell tribute guitars from Dean

A Guitar A Month: Epiphone launch a new series of limited edition electrics - one for each month of 2005.

Epiphone Announces New Models At 2005 NAMM Show

Classical Meets Modern with the Lucida Mahogany Electric Spanish Guitar

Yamaha Redesigns FG Acoustic Guitar Line

Yamaha RGX320FZ and RGX520FZ Electric Guitars: Yamaha Guitars announces its first true double cutaway set-neck guitar at Winter NAMM.

New Additions to Yamaha's BB Series Electric Bass Family

Gretsch G6128TCG Duo Jet in Cadillac Green Reissue

New T5 Thinline 5-Way Guitar from Taylor: There are electric guitars, there are acoustic guitars, and now, there is the new Taylor "T5" - a little bit of both, and a whole lot more. Allegedly.

New Artcore Semi-Hollow Guitar from Ibanez: First-ever semi-acoustic with tremolo but no backplate tremolo cavity (not including guitars with Bigsby style trems, obviously).

Ibanez AF105NT, and AF105FNT Artcore Jazz Guitars

Ibanez Gets Exotic with New Acoustic Guitars: exotic woods and affordable too! Ooh-errr!

Ibanez Debuts First SZ Prestige Guitar: Ooh, it looks to be quite nice. I've never liked Ibanez guitars before.

Washburn debuts Timbercraft Solid Wood Acoustic Guitars: The five models have solid spruce tops with solid wood backs and sides, as well as one piece mahogany necks.

Ibanez creates S520EX "Extreme Metal" model

Ibanez Unveils Steve Vai "Bad Horsie" JEM Signature Model

Epiphone interview Seiji from Japan's Guitar Wolf

Yamaha debuts AES500 and SA500 Semi-Hollow Guitars

Ultra Bass Joins Schecter's Diamond Series: shades of the Thunderbird bass, I think.

RKS Shows Unique Hollow Body Electric Guitars and Basses: it's a hollow body, Jim, but not as we know it.

Brian Moore Guitars debuts iGuitar.USB at Winter NAMM: "The iGuitar.USB is the first guitar to offer on-board, Class Compliant USB audio to streamline the guitar to computer connection eliminating the need for an external audio interface."

RainSong Introduces All-Graphite Acoustic Guitars

Rotor EX Added to Peavey's Electric Guitar Lineup

Peavey Unveils Jerry Donahue Signature Omniac Guitar: another mutant Telecaster design.

New Southern NiteFly Guitar from Parker: it looks like a Parker Fly crossed with a Telecaster!

Parker Debuts Fly Mojo Flame Single Cutaway Model

New Reverend Horton Heat Signature Model from Gretsch

Full Line of Bigsby Vibrato Kits Launched at NAMM

Lucida Introduces Guitarron Mexican Bass: just what you need for your mariachi band!

Canvas Guitars and Basses: I quite like these simple but fresh designs.

Blackmachine: super thin, hand-built, paint-free guitars from London.

The G7th Performance Capo: the capo redesigned!

Fender Introduces Custom Shop Mary Kaye Tribute Stratocaster

Classic Series '50s Fender Esquire Guitar Debuts at NAMM

New Transparent Satin Strat Models Added to Squier Lineup

New Squier Master Series Electric Guitars: although these include some new non-Fender bodyshapes, I still like the Thinline Tele.

Eric Johnson Signature Stratocaster: A long time coming for some, Fender has officially announced an Eric Johnson signature model, constructed with a contoured 2-piece Alder body, maple neck, and custom pickups.

ToneSmith Guitars: these look quite tasty! (Link via Guitar Bizarre).

Schecter redesigns TSH-1 and TSH-12 semi-hollow guitars: is it just me or do these have a Danelectro vibe about them?

Luna Guitars ... Engaging, Passionate & Uniquely Feminine: Armadillo Enterprises proudly introduces Luna Guitars, a line of guitars and basses designed uniquely for females of all ages. See: www.lunaguitars.com

Paul Reed Smith Guitars signs racing deal with Chevrolet

Manics' fan snares band's guitar

Traynor adds to custom valve line with YCV50blue amplifier

New from Schecter, the Stiletto Exotic Bass

Ex-Bread guitarist Jimmy Griffin dies: Former guitarist for 1970s pop group Bread and Academy Award-winning songwriter Jimmy Griffin has died. Griffin co-founded Bread who were responsible for hits such as "Make It With You", "Everything I Own" and "Baby I'm-A Want You".

Schecter's C-1 Goes Exotic at Winter NAMM

Excalibur Shawn Lane model from Vigier guitars

Reissue Hagstrom Guitars Start Shipping: The legendary Hagstrom line will be officially relaunched at the 2005 Winter NAMM Show. The classic brand, now being manufactured and distributed by American Music & Sound (AM&S) under license from AB Albin Hagstrom, has just begun shipping. See also the new website: www.hagstromguitars.com

Guitar Chord Library: Look up Guitar Chords - Illustrated Pages of Guitar Chords.

State of the Vintage Stratocaster, 2005, by George Gruhn

Heart's Nancy Wilson loves the new Les Paul Ultra from Epiphone

Statue unveiled to Johnny Ramone (includes a photo).

Guitarists Continue To Rock: Guitar virtuosos use talents to create a thriving niche market.

Statue of punk guitarist unveiled: A bronze statue honouring late punk guitarist Johnny Ramone was unveiled before hundreds of celebrities and cheering fans at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Mike Lull announces TX model guitar: does the world need another Tele?

Corsair Semi-Hollow Joins Schecter's 2005 Guitar Lineup

Lennon 'almost gave up on guitar': John Lennon almost gave up playing guitar after just two lessons, one of his early bandmates reveals.

Epiphone Rocks The 2005 Music City Bike Show

Elvis Guitar: Gibson signature model honours the King

Electric Guitar Signed by More Than 30 Music Superstars Goes Up for Auction on eBay: Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Rod Stewart, Tim McGraw, Lenny Kravitz and others sign 'Today' show Toyota concert series guitar to raise money for the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation. See the guitar here.

For guitar lovers, Allan Holdsworth shows how it's done in Buffalo

Damageplan guitar up for auction: The Blitz WBZX 99.7 (www.wbzx.com) are auctioning off a Washburn Dime V guitar (signed by all members of Damageplan, including late guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott).

Switch guitars: these guitars are interesting. They claim to feature Vibracell technology. I believe this refers to the stuff they're actually built from, that is, some kind of plastic resin. Interesting they have both electric and acoustic models in their catalogue. I like the ones that look as if they've been styled after the Burns Flyte guitar.

10-ft. guitars: Valley on a Fender bender: more about Arizona's Stratocaster sculptures.

Bassists get their own Carl Martin chorus pedal

RM20 Joins Randall's Line of Modular Amps

This is completely bonkers! The motorcycle guitar from MJ Guitars.

Peavey to Introduce 6505 Amplifiers and Carina Guitars at NAMM: there is life after their association with Eddie Van Halen!

MacMice Simplifies Connecting Guitars and Mics to Computers: now this is a bloody good idea!

Willie Nelson stages tsunami gig

Guitar man's tsunami aid plan stalled: A man tries to sell Garth Brooks signed guitar on eBay to raise money for the tsunami survivors, but is it real or is it a fake?

If that guitar could talk ... Burton Harris reflects on his adventures on stage and off.

Punk guitarist Johnny Ramone to be immortalised in Bronze

Jimi Hendrix Best Guitar Face: Didn't they do this "guitar face" crap last year?

This Gibson Les Paul Standard signed by Slash is being auctioned on eBay as part of The Sun's Tsunami Appeal Auction. Update: the winning bid was for £6,900.

The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide 2005 Published

Jay Jay French: A Twisted Interview...And Les Paul (and a nice PINK one at that!)

GuitarResources.net: A wealth of guitar tablature and chords.

Fender and the Sound of the Sixties

Legendary guitarist Hank Garland dies at the age of 74: He performed with Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers and Patsy Cline among others.

Man Sets Guitar on fire and gets burned: stupid arse.

Gibson Debuts Americana Series with Chambered Body Design: Gibson USA's new Americana Series features the Pioneer, a round-shouldered, cutaway dreadnought, and the Ranger, reminiscent of the L-00 design. The guitars are based on the Chet Atkins SST solidbody acoustic concept and have a new body chambering process for extra resonance.

Les Paul Standard Gets Faded Finishes: these look great. It's a pity that they aren't in the same budget price range as Gibson's 2004 Faded series.