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Review: Ernie Ball Music Man Armada

Posted 04/29/2013 at 8:32am | by Paul Riario

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The following content is related to the June 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

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Artist Series Guitar Introduces Limited-Edition Chelsea Grin Guitar

Posted 04/24/2013 at 11:24am | by Guitar World Staff

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Utah-based deathcore band Chelsea Grin will release a limited strand of guitars by Artist Series Guitar (ASG), a Los Angeles-based corporation that specializes in limited-edition guitars designed by recording artists.

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Review: PRS Guitars SE Custom 24 7-String

Posted 04/24/2013 at 8:33am | by Paul Riario

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The following content is related to the June 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.

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Billy Duffy Signature White Falcon: Gretsch Puts the Cult Guitarist’s Name on His Ax of Choice

Posted 04/23/2013 at 5:35pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Few guitars throughout history are as elegant, distinguished and iconic as the Gretsch White Falcon, a full-bodied behemoth once characterized by Guitar World’s own Alan di Perna as “the indisputable gold-trimmed Cadillac Coupe DeVille of the electric guitar universe.”

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Review: Epiphone Ultra-339

Posted 04/22/2013 at 7:01am | by Chris Gill, Video by Paul Riario

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Nearly perfect since its introduction in 1958, the semihollow ES-335 is one of the most versatile electric guitars ever developed. With its new Ultra-339 model, Epiphone has improved the classic semihollow guitar design by using a smaller body and adding updates, like a NanoMag pickup system and a USB output. As a result, the Ultra-339 provides greater playing comfort, a variety of acoustic-electric and classic electric tones and the ability to plug into a computer to control amp and effect emulation software without an external I/O device, all without sacrificing the sexy looks, awesome sound and exceptional playability that have made the ES-style semihollow electric a timeless instrument.

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Eight Is Enough: Justin Stone’s Rocktopus Eight-Neck Guitar

Posted 04/17/2013 at 5:15am | by Chris Gill

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Many guitarists have often wondered, How can I play eight different string instruments during a song? By many, we actually mean one guitarist, specifically Justin Stone, who conceived his eight-neck Rocktopus guitar while absent-mindedly scribbling on a scrap of paper.

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PRS Guitars Introduces Piezo-Equipped P22 Trem Solidbody

Posted 04/12/2013 at 2:33pm | by Guitar World Staff

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PRS Guitars has introduced the P22 Trem model guitar. The solidbody piezo-equipped P22 Trem is essentially two guitars in one, providing the same classic humbucker tones and authentic acoustic sounds as the original P22 now with the added versatility of PRS’ prized tremolo bridge.

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Gittler in the Air: The Minimalist Gittler Guitar Makes a Comeback

Posted 04/05/2013 at 2:47pm | by Chris Gill

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Solidbody electric guitar makers in the mid Seventies became obsessed with the notion that greater mass equals increased sustain, resulting in multilaminate neck-through-body “hippie sandwich” instruments with brass hardware that tipped the scales at 12 pounds or more.

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Carbonite Copy: The Travis Stevens Han Solo Guitar

Posted 04/04/2013 at 10:34am | by Chris Gill

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When friends of Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody were looking for a special present for him, they didn’t want to get him an ordinary guitar. Instead, they commissioned Travis Stevens to build a one-of-a-kind Han Solo in Carbonite guitar for Moody, who is also a Star Wars fanatic.

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From Another Dimension: ODD 3-D-Printed Guitars

Posted 04/02/2013 at 10:10am | by Chris Gill

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As a professor of mechatronics at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand, Olaf Diegel has used 3-D printers for more than 15 years to prototype new product ideas.

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