A fitting tribute to one helluva guitar player, Dean has introduced a guitar that honors his legacy. Alder body 25.5" scale, 3 single coils and "Teaser" inlayed at the 12th fret. In this video we talk to the guitar's designer, Nick Simmons, and Johnnie Bolin, Tommy's brother.
Rob Marcello walks through the features of Boss' new flagship multi-effects guitar processor. It features Boss' latest custom-made DSP nad proprietary sound-modeling COSM engine.
Rob Marcello uses the BOSS GT-10 to play his new song which just happens to be called, "My New Rock Song." Playing to a backing track, Marcello uses a number of tones and effects stored in the GT-10 as he shreds away.
This year’s NAMM show was a monstrous affair, to be sure. Over four days in mid-January, more than 88,000 people found their way to the Anaheim Convention Center in
Here's a walkthrough of two Seymour Duncan pedals that give you maximum controlled distortion in two diffrerent ways -- the SFX-08 Power Grid Distortion (available this Spring) and the SFX-04Twin Tube Mayhem (available now). The Power Grid is a high gain, solid state stomp with an active EQ section. It helps you saturate any signal cleanly, even the most precise tones from vintage pickups, and it gives you ridiculous sustatin. The Twin Tube Mayhem is a preamp with a built-in boost (4dB or 8dB, user selectable), made with Sylvania 62051 pentode tubes. Ideal for serious metal, it can also be harnessed for heavier old school rock.
These press conference highlights from NAMM '08 include comments from guitar historian Tom Wheeler, Paul Reed Smith and Carlos Santana. Among the other artists on hand for the event were David Grissom, Paul Jackson Jr., Howard Leese, Johnny Hiland and Pat Travers.
New for 2008, Orange Amps rolls out two killer heads at NAMM. First up is the vintage-flavored OR 50, a single channel monster with a special boost and a foot-switchable master. Also, check out the cool 40th anniversary head which will be made with 40 different circuits and given the names of 40 different girls. Jimmy Page has the first one (he's been using a version Orange's AD 30TC for a while now).