Gibson - Past, Present, and Future

Posted on Wed 13 February 2019 in namm-2019 • Tagged with acoustic, blues, electric guitar, gibson, history, jazz, les paul, mandolin, orville, robert johnson, ted mccarty

Gibson is synonymous with guitars and music. They have put more instruments in the hands of trail blazing musicians of the 20th century than any other brand.

They have had ups and down over years, had many hits, but equal amounts of misses with iconic guitar designs but ultimately have …


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Fender Release Limited Edition Jimmy Page Dragon and Mirror Telecasters

Posted on Tue 12 February 2019 in namm-2019 • Tagged with dragon, electric guitar, fender, history, jimmy page, led zeppelin, mirror, news, telecaster, the yardbirds

The world of Rock is filled with iconic guitars: Gary Moore/Peter Green's Les Paul, David Gilmour's Black Strat, and any guitar Hendrix ever touched. Many of these guitars that are becoming more legendary than the guitarists that played them even.
These instrument are often passed between the greats as …


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Vola Guitars - an introduction and mini review

Posted on Tue 26 June 2018 in entries • Tagged with electric guitar, guitars, japanese, metal, New brand, rock, shred, Vola

Vola Guitars Ares

I've been fortunate enough to have had the past couple of weeks off and have been enjoying the sunshine. All good things must come to an end but upon walking back into the shop I was presented with a guitar brand that I had never heard of before. These are …


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Introducing The New Fender Player Series

Posted on Tue 19 June 2018 in Current News • Tagged with bass, electric guitar, fender, jazz bass, jazzmaster, mustang, p bass, player series, review, stratocaster, telecaster

Fender Player Series

A new range of Fender Player guitars has been announced and today is the day they are released into the wild ready to be melting the faces of audiences all over the world!

This new range will be a direct replacement the outgoing Fender made in Mexico Standard series guitar …


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Yamaha presents a brand new Electric guitar series: Revstar

Posted on Tue 15 December 2015 in entries • Tagged with electric guitar, revstar, yamaha

Drawing inspiration from London and Tokyo’s vintage street-racing motorbikes, Japan’s heritage of engineering excellence, and Yamaha’s 50-year legacy of guitar craftsmanship, every detail of each Revstar model has been carefully engineered to bring out the unique personality of each guitar in the lineup.

From the curves …


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FINAL 10th ANNIVERSARY WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Posted on Mon 23 December 2013 in Competitions • Tagged with 10th anniversary, ableton, ableton live, ableton live 9, blackstar, blackstar ht-1r, combo amplifier, electric guitar, ernie ball, fender, fender modern player, fender modern player jaguar, focal, focal spirit professional, focal spirit professional headphones, guitar amplifier, natal, natal snare, Native Instruments, native instruments komplete, native instruments komplete 9, rob papen, rob papen blade, rob papen blue, rob papen explorer ii, rob papen predator, rob papen punch, rob papen rhythm guitar synth, rob papen rp delay, rob papen rp distort, rob papen rp verb, rob papen subboombass, snare, software synthesiser, sterling music man ax30crb, studio headphones

As part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, we've been giving away a selection of fantastic prizes every Monday before Christmas. As it's now the 23rd, we've reached our final set of giveaways, so good luck to all those who entered. Our final set of giveaways has been our biggest yet …


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IN-STORE GUITAR SALE!

Posted on Fri 28 June 2013 in General News • Tagged with electric guitar, sale

Sale!Over the next few weeks we will be running a special in-store only guitar sale on selected instruments! These deals will not be available online and you will need to come into our Bournemouth store to take advantage of them. CLICK HERE to find us. For more information or advice …


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ESP GUITARS

Posted on Mon 13 May 2013 in entries • Tagged with bass guitar, dokken, electric guitar, esp, esp guitars, george lynch, james hetfield, kirk hammett, living color, metallica, paul reed smith, ronnie wood, the rolling stones, vernon reid

ESP Guitars LogoWith Absolute Music having recently added ESP guitars to its lineup, now would perhaps seem like a good time to write an article on this much revered Japanese brand. ESP are possibly best known to the Heavy Metal crowd as they are one of the most respected & lusted after brands …


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FENDER ANNOUNCE NEW PAWN SHOP GUITARS

Posted on Wed 30 January 2013 in General News • Tagged with bass guitar, bass vi, electric guitar, fender, fender bass, mustang, pawn shop, pawn shop 70s stratocaster deluxe, pawn shop bass vi, pawn shop mustang bass, pawn shop super-sonic, stratocaster, super-sonic

Fender Mustang Bass Guitar, Candy Apple Red with StripeSome new guitars to tell you about now as Fender announce some gorgeous new Pawn Shop guitars. These new additions include the Fender Pawn Shop '70s Stratocaster Deluxe in 2-Colour Sunburst, Black and Vintage White finishes; the Pawn Shop Super-Sonic in Apple Red Flake, Dark Gunmetal Flake and Sunfire Orange …


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LINE 6 - DREAM RIG, SAVE BIG!

Posted on Fri 12 October 2012 in General News • Tagged with dream rig, dt25, dt25 112, dt25 head, dt50 112, dt50 head, dt50212, electric guitar, james tyler variax, jtv, jtv-59, jtv-59p, jtv-69, jtv-69s, jtv-89, line 6, pod hd pro, pod hd500

Line 6 Dream RigFrom now until December 31st 2012, Line 6 are giving you the chance to make huge savings on what they have dubbed the 'Dream Rig' - a combination of a James Tyler Variax guitar, a DT-series amp and a POD HD500 or HD Pro multi-effects unit. In this offer, Line 6 …


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