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The Best of '07

 Premier Guitar December 2007
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ProStageGear PS-GFC Flight Case December 2007
ProStageGear PS-GFC Flight Case

If you’ve ever used a flight case, you likely realized that there is a penalty for the protection they offer: weight. The people responsible for the PS-GFC addressed this issue and came up with a unique solution – a flight case with a gig bag inside, enabling globetrotting guitarists the ability to rock the flight case to their destination, and the gig bag once they arrive. An added benefit is the ability to use any guitar from your quiver that fits in the bag, as opposed to having a big, expensive single-purpose custom case. Don’t trust the baggage handlers? Check out the PS-GFC.

ProStageGear
MSRP $389
prostagegear.com


Best of the Web
We spent weeks debating how we would select the Best of 2007, and including some of your choices was part of that discussion. How could we best represent what you have deemed drool-worthy? Without further ado, we present a recap of the most popular products of 2007 viewed online at premierguitar.com.
April 2007
Hughes & Kettner Switchblade 100 Head

When it comes to gigs, it used to be that if you needed different tones, you had to haul several amps and hook them all up in a blizzard of cables. The Switchblade 100 aims to change that, with four distinct channels, and a bevy of onboard effects. Of course, if you still want to bring the pedalboard, there’s an effects loop capable of running in series or parallel and with a +4/-10 dB selector, meaning that everything from the smallest pedal to the highest tech rack unit will work.

Hughes & Kettner
MSRP $1999
hughes-and-kettner.com
 Hughes & Kettner Switchblade 100 Head


Fender Champion 600 June 2007
Fender Champion 600

When the Champion 600 showed up in our offices, the meager price stopped us in our tracks. This “tribute” to the Fender Champions of the ‘40s and ‘50s meant that rich tube warmth was now available to guitarists at a price that wouldn’t set the kid’s college fund back. It has a three dimensional quality not generally found in amps in this price range, and features an impressive response for such a small package.

Fender Musical Instruments Co.
MSRP $266
fender.com


September 2007
SPG Guitars Vintage TL Chambered Guitar

Pulling the Vintage TL out of its case for the first time is an experience; the highly figured Maine birdseye top and birdseye slab neck both scream out for attention. And with a Glendale vintage compensated bridge, Amalfitano custom wound pickups, a RS Guitarworks super volume pot and a ToneStyler tone control – designed to expand the guitar’s traditional frequency response – the Vintage TL is just as beautiful on the inside. If you’re looking for a versatile guitar that effortlessly blends tradition and technology, you’ve found it.

SPG Guitars
MSRP $1895
spgguitars.com
 SPG Guitars Vintage TL Chambered Guitar


Robin Savoy Dolphin Classic May 2007
Robin Savoy Dolphin Classic

Robin Owner/Founder Dave Wintz was a big fan of the 1960s USA-made Epiphone Rivera and Sheridan models and wanted to create something in that family. The Savoy Dolphin Classic fits the bill with a semi-hollow design, complete with curvaceous f-holes, a well-matched AAAA flame top and abalone dolphins swimming across the rosewood fretboard. Loaded with Rio Grande BBQ and Genuine Texas humbuckers, this guitar shines with its balanced, complex sounds, and aside from high-gain mavens, players of all stripes will find something to love here.

Robin Guitars
MSRP $3995
robinguitars.com




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Rebecca from PG
on 01/03/2008 		The Fender Classic Player 50s Stratocaster has an MSRP of $1142.84, but retails for more like $799, paired with the Orange Tiny Terror (MSRP $699) that retails for $550, you'll be set up very nicely for just over $1300. Hey, who doesn't like dreaming though?
Rory Bluesthug Connolly
on 12/14/2007 		Happy Holidaze,Ahhhh yes,to sleep is to dream.Especially when your a married man with 1 kid,2dogs,and all the bills that roll in every month!!!!was there nothing/guitars made for under $1,300.00 in the past year that we mere weekend hacks playing the open jam at the local------(icehouse,pizzia joint,you fill in the blank)could use?Come on ,say a prayer for the hard working people.Try again next year guys



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