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GALLERY: Musikmesse 2010, Vol. 1

" Gibson had the new and much-discussed Slash Appetite for Destruction Les Paul on display. The guitar features a Grade AAA figured maple top with nitrocellulose ""Unburst"" finish, amber top-hat knobs, rosewood fingerboard with traditional trapezoid inlays, and Slash headstock graphic, a TonePros Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, and a high-density Corian nut. The neck is one-piece Grade A quarter-sawn mahogany with Slash's preferred slim у60s profile, 12"" fingerboard radius and 22 jumbo frets. The guitar is equipped with two Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Slash humbuckers."

See and hear Taylor’s Legacy Collection guitars played by his successor, Andy Powers.

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PRS Guitars today launched five new three-pickup, 22-fret models across the S2 and SE series. The S2 Series release includes the S2 Special Semi-Hollow and S2 Studio, while the SE Series welcomes the SE Special Semi-Hollow, SE Studio, and SE Studio Standard.

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For the first time ever, two guitar greats, John 5 and Richie Kotzen will be heading out on the road this year. The tour will launch October 16 and run through November, hitting markets across the U.S.

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AEROSMITH guitarist and songwriter JOE PERRY is set to return to the road for a series of August performances with THE JOE PERRY PROJECT. The 8-date run kicks off August 13 in Tampa, FL and wraps August 23 in Port Chester, New York, with an August 19 performance in PERRY’s Boston hometown (see the itinerary below). For the North American trek—which marks the first solo shows for PERRY this year—the legendary guitarist will be joined by his Aerosmith bandmates Brad Whitford (guitar) and Buck Johnson (keys), along with The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson (vocals), and Stone Temple Pilots’ Robert DeLeo (bass), and Eric Kretz (drums).

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