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NAMM 2013

NAMM 2013: Schecter Guitar Research Announces Nikki Sixx Signature Series Bass

Posted 01/17/2013 at 11:34am | by Guitar World Staff

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Schecter Guitar Research has announced its new partnership with bassist Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe and Sixx: A.M. "It was an exciting and creative process to work with Schecter on the new Schecter Sixx Signature Series Bass," Sixx said.

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Fender Adds Two Guitars, Two Basses to Pawn Shop Series

Posted 01/14/2013 at 11:14am | by Guitar World Staff

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Fender has added four new models to its Pawn Shop Series, which the company calls a line of "guitars that never were but should have been.” There's the Pawn Shop ’70s Strat Deluxe, Pawn Shop Super-Sonic, Pawn Shop Mustang Bass and Pawn Shop Bass VI.

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Gretsch Adds Five New Models to Its Roots Collection

Posted 01/11/2013 at 12:53pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Gretsch has added five models to its Roots Collection, a series of banjos, mandolins, resonator guitars, ukuleles and Rancher acoustic guitars that evoke the time before the company made its entry into the electric guitar world in the 1950s.

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Orange Amplification Launches Handwired Custom Shop 50 Amp

Posted 01/10/2013 at 3:53pm | by Damian Fanelli

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At this month's 2013 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California, Orange Amplification will launch its new Custom Shop 50 amp. The hand-wired amp has a vintage flavor, much like its predecessor, the Retro 50, which the new circuit is based on. Each Custom Shop 50 is built in the Orange custom shop.

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PRS Guitars Introduces Brent Mason Signature Model

Posted 01/09/2013 at 1:58pm | by Damian Fanelli

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PRS Guitars has announced its new Brent Mason signature model guitar. Mason, a Nashville session pro, worked with Paul Reed Smith for several years to arrive at this unique model that meets the need for a versatile and reliable, recording and gigging instrument.

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NSFW Video: Steel Panther Roast Zakk Wylde

Posted 01/09/2013 at 12:00pm | by Josh Hart

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While they couldn't make it in person, Steel Panther couldn't turn down the opportunity to let Zakk Wylde have it at the first-ever Guitar World Rock and Roll Roast back in January. The boys in Steel Panther sent in a video roast for Zakk, which is NSFW, to say the least. Check it out below.

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Vintage-Inspired SC245 Model Returns to PRS Lineup

Posted 01/08/2013 at 6:11pm | by Guitar Wortld Staff

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PRS Guitars has brought the SC245 guitar back into its current lineup. The SC245 is a vintage-inspired singlecut perfect for more traditional single-cutaway players.

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PRS Guitars Introduces Two Neal Schon Signature Models, NS-14 and NS-15

Posted 01/08/2013 at 2:18pm | by Guitar Wortld Staff

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Neal Schon of Journey is joining the PRS family of artists with two distinct signature models: the NS-14 and NS-15. Schon was intimately involved in the design of nearly every aspect of these instruments, from the stylized f-holes to the hardware details.

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Orange Amplification Launches Twin Channel OR100 Amp

Posted 01/08/2013 at 1:46pm | by Damian Fanelli

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Just in time for Winter NAMM, Orange Amplification has launched its new Twin Channel OR100 amp. This guitar amp, which delivers up to 100 watts, is the first OR model to feature two channels. Drawing on the heritage of the original ‘Pics Only,’ which was launched in 1972, the OR100 has applied the best of the original features in terms of tone, construction and design and added new technology to improve the amp.

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