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Good Signs: Essential Signature Gear

From Slash's pickups to Eddie's amp, here are five essential pieces of signature gear.

Stevie Ray Vaughan: Blues Power

An in-depth guide to the amps and effect pedals in Stevie Ray Vaughan’s arsenal.

La Grunge: Blues-Approved Overdrive

We look at the Top 10 blues-approved overdrive and distortion units around.

Small Wonders: Five Hot 15-Watt Amps

From Fender to Mesa Boogie to Vox, here are five essential 15-watt guitar amplifiers.

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Small Wonders: Five Hot 15-Watt Amps

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Guitar Center Introduces Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Collection Featuring Five Limited, Signature and Replica Models

Posted 02/05/2013 at 5:14pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Guitar Center introduced the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Collection Tuesday morning at its 14th Street location in New York City. The limited-edition collection features five Clapton tribute, replica and signature guitars, all of which will be available in North America exclusively at Guitar Center stores and at GuitarCenter.com starting March 21.

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NAMM 2013 Video: LR Baggs Lyric Acoustic Microphone System

Posted 02/05/2013 at 8:29am | by Guitar World Staff

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Here's a Guitar World video from the 2013 Winter NAMM Show, which took place January 24 to 27 in Anaheim, California. During the gear- and rain-filled weekend, we paid a visit to the gang at the LR Baggs booth to check out some new gear. This video profiles the company's new Lyric Acoustic Microphone for acoustic guitars.

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NAMM 2013 Video: Michael Anthony and Alex Skolnick Introduce Signature Peavey and Budda Amps

Posted 02/01/2013 at 4:05pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Here's a Guitar World video from the 2013 Winter NAMM Show, which took place January 24 to 27 in Anaheim, California. During the gear-filled weekend, we paid a visit to the Peavey/Budda Amplification booth to check out several new amps. Saturday afternoon at NAMM, Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick teamed up with Michael Anthony of Chickenfoot to introduce their new signature amps.

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NAMM 2013 Video: Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders Introduces His Signature Ibanez TAM100 Guitar

Posted 02/01/2013 at 2:31pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Here's a Guitar World video from the 2013 Winter NAMM Show, which took place January 24 to 27 in Anaheim, California. During the gear-filled weekend, we paid a visit to the Ibanez booth to check out several new guitars. On Thursday afternoon at NAMM, guitarist Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders introduced the NAMM crowd to his new signature Ibanez TAM100 8-string guitar.

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NAMM 2013 Video: Alex Skolnick Demos His Signature Budda AS Preceptor Guitar Amp

Posted 02/01/2013 at 1:53pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Here's a Guitar World video from the 2013 Winter NAMM Show, which took place January 24 to 27 in Anaheim, California. During the gear-filled weekend, we paid a visit to the Peavey/Budda Amplification booth to check out several new pieces of gear. On Saturday afternoon at NAMM, Alex Skolnick of Testament and the Alex Skolnick Trio introduced the NAMM crowd to his new signature Budda AS Preceptor amp, going through each of the amp's three channels.

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NAMM 2013 Video: Reverend Guitars Introduces New Models, Including Bayonet, Kingbolt and Tricky Gomez

Posted 02/01/2013 at 12:47pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Here's a Guitar World video from the 2013 Winter NAMM Show, which took place January 24 to 27 in Anaheim, California. During the gear-filled weekend, we paid a visit to the gang at the Reverend Guitars booth to check out the company's new models, including the Tricky Gomez (pictured). For more about Reverend Guitars, head to reverendguitars.com.com.

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NAMM 2013 Video: Dean Guitars Dave Mustaine Series

Posted 02/01/2013 at 9:00am | by Guitar World Staff

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Here's a Guitar World video from the 2013 Winter NAMM Show, which took place January 24 to 27 in Anaheim, California. During the gear-filled weekend, we paid a visit to the gang at the Dean Guitars booth to check out the company's Dave Mustaine series of electric guitars. For more about the Mustaine models, head to deanguitars.com.

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NAMM 2013 Video: Schecter Hellwin Amp Press Conference with Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold

Posted 02/01/2013 at 8:58am | by Guitar World Staff

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Here's a Guitar World video from the 2013 Winter NAMM Show, which took place January 24 to 27 in Anaheim, California. During the gear- and rain-filled weekend, we paid a visit to the gang at the Schecter Guitar Research booth to check out the company's new Hellwin amp. It was designed by amp guru James Brown (far right in the video) for and with Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates.

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NAMM 2013: Guild Electric Guitars Return with Newark St. Collection

Posted 02/01/2013 at 8:58am | by Guitar World Staff

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Guild is proud to announce the Newark St. Collection, the return of eight classic Guild electric favorites from the 1950s and ’60s — once again putting the distinctive Guild styling and voice that helped shape popular music into the hands of today’s guitarists.

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NAMM 2013 Video: VOX StompLab

Posted 02/01/2013 at 8:57am | by Guitar World Staff

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Here's a Guitar World video from the 2013 Winter NAMM Show, which took place January 24 to 27 in Anaheim, California. During the gear- and rain-filled weekend, we paid a visit to the gang at the VOX booth to check out some new gear. This video profiles the company's new StompLab multi-effect pedal.

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