Ini adalah Les Paul: gitar listrik yang paling ngerock dalam sejarah. Ini dimainkan oleh Slash: seorang pria dengan rokok dan topi diatas,   telah menjadi soundtrack  sejak tahun 1987's Appetite For Destruction.

Kecuali Anda benar-benar gila, Anda akan ingin memiliki mantan dan yang terakhir - dan itulah tempat gitar Epiphone baru Selera masuk, penyediaan (sebagian besar) fitur dari sendiri Slash's Gibson Les Paul di (relatif) hemat £ 699.
Hats off?

"Ini Les Paul , chunky D-profil Slash-yang ditentukan, yang benar-benar dikelola dan memberikan dukungan yang sangat baik."
Sementara format tonewood tubuh mahoni dan topi maple adalah Les Paul protokol, ada keberangkatan tonal yang halus di sini berkat 'Slash' Seymour Duncan Alnico II humbuckers.

Ikon cutaway gitar Gibson SG double electrik ini ternyata sudah 50 tahun. Untuk merayakan, perusahaan ini merilis model baru setiap bulan, kick-off dengan Standard SG 24.

Spec termasuk tubuh mahoni solid, menempel-di leher mahoni kuartal-gergajian, PAF-style 57 Classic humbuckers, Nashville bridge Tune-o-matic dan tailpiece stopbar, tuner vintage dan 24-fret seperti namanya. Diakhiri dengan lambang headstock sebuah logo '50an khusus dan Antique Ebony.

RRP adalah $ 2129 - lihat Gibson lebih lama.

Ada detail sedikit tentang model yang tersisa akan dirilis tahun ini selain itu mereka akan membayar upeti kepada "seorang artis legendaris yang terkait dengan Gibson SG". Pete Townshend, Robby Krieger, Angus Young dll

Gibson SG Standard 24 press release

1961 merupakan tahun di mana Soviet menempatkan manusia pertama di luar angkasa, Yuri Gagarin diikuti oleh AS di bulan Mei dengan Alan Shepard. Konstruksi Tembok Berlin dimulai, keterlibatan langsung pertama militer AS di Vietnam terjadi dan musik populer termasuk Chubby Checker's Pony Sisa dan Will You Love Me Tomorrow oleh Shirelles.

Namun tengara yang sangat berbeda dan radikal pada tahun 1961 adalah pengenalan cara gitar depan tahun nya, gitar Gibson SG pertama berguling dari jalur produksi di pabrik Gibson di Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Pada tahun 1961 Gibson SG Standard (SG Solid Guitar) sementara menggantikan Les Paul Standar di garis Gibson , sedikit yang menyadari bahwa ikon masa depan gitar rock sedang diperkenalkan ke tempat kejadian. Awalnya disebut Les Paul / SG, ini radikal, double-cutaway listrik dengan dua dramatis asimetris menunjukkan "horns" dan tubuh semua mahoni-tipis dari maple cutaway tunggal dan mahoni Les Paul yang diganti.

Hal ini terbukti memiliki kekuatan yang sama, punch dan fleksibilitas, tetapi juga menyatakan suara sendiri, yang telah meraih banyak heavy rock dan pemain Metal pada khususnya, bersama rock klasik yang tak terhitung jumlahnya dan seniman blues. Pada saat Les Paul cutaway tunggal kembali pada akhir 60-an, Standard SG sudah melegenda, dan selamanya mengklaim tempatnya dalam sejarah rock.

Setelah diperkenalkan pada tahun 1961, gitaris adalah kunci dalam revolusi rock and roll dari pertengahan '60-an, dari Eric Clapton dan Pete Townshend di Inggris untuk Jerry Garcia, Frank Zappa dan Robby Krieger di Amerika, cepat jatuh cinta dengan Slinky, baru, neck, gitar double-cutaway - membuatnya menjadi salah satu gitar paling keren di rock and roll dan gitar terlaris Gibson Guitar's.

Kini 50 tahun setelah pendahuluan SG, Gibson USA meluncurkan garis model HUT ke-50 untuk merayakan warisan ikon ini enam-senar. Setiap bulan, model baru akan diluncurkan, masing-masing membayar upeti kepada artis legendaris yang terkait dengan gitar Gibson SG. Busyeet..!

The guitar is based on Randy’s 1974 original Les Paul Custom, with 200 VOS and just 100 Aged examples available world-wide. This VOS is finished in Randy Rhoads White which, to our eyes at least, is a little heavy on the yellow.
It features a pair of brand new pickups, a pair of Gibson Custom's new Super '74 humbuckers that reside beneath two worn covers. The units are based around Alnico III magnets for added authenticity and sound very cool indeed.
The pickups are selected by a standard Switchcraft three-way toggle that, here, also beards a brass tip and plate, just like Randy’s. The quartet of controls are classified as CTS 500k audio-taper potentiometers, and work perfectly.
The Gibson logo is bereft of the dot over the eye, just as the original mid-seventies Customs were, and the headstock is pitched at 17 degrees. The neck is fashioned from three pieces of mahogany and the very smooth ebony board features 22 medium jumbo frets. Model is numbered RR127 and the rear of the headstock also bears tuner holes to recreate the aperture left when Randy switched out the originals.Each guitar comes with its own Custom Shop hard case that bears the man’s squiggle. Is there anything as cool as an aged Alpine White Les Paul Custom? Tone down the yellow of the finish and  be sold.

With an impressive two songs in Gibson.com’s Top 50 Guitar Solos of All Time (“Crazy Train” and “Mr. Crowley”) and a legion of fans still worshiping his unparalleled shredding abilities 28 years after his blazing career was cut short, Randy Rhoads is firmly established as one of the brightest stars in the metal-guitar heavens. After forming Quiet Riot while still in his teens, Rhoads stepped up his game when Ozzy Osbourne asked him to audition for his own band in 1979. Along came Rhoads, a practice amp in one hand, and his beloved 1974 Les Paul Custom in the other – and before the young guitarist had even finished his warm-up licks, Osbourne told him “you’ve got the gig.” What followed was an amazing ascent, but a too-swift ending, which earned Randy Rhoads a unique place in rock history.

To honor this achievement, Gibson Custom is releasing the Randy Rhoads 1974 Les Paul Custom, an instrument crafted in the image of Rhoads’s own much-loved, much-played instrument, and limited to only 100 hand-aged and 200 VOS guitars. Don’t be fooled by the light yellow color in the live shot. Gibson artisans have worked closely with the Rhoads family to perfectly reproduce the exact rich amber color of the original guitar. Rendered in period detail, the Randy Rhoads 1974 Les Paul Custom captures all the fire and aggression of this hard-rock favorite of the early ’70s, including numerous details that were particular to the model’s production for a relatively short period of time. Specific woods, pickups and dimensions have been painstakingly recreated by Gibson Custom, and the precise look of Rhoads’s own guitar also has been captured. One hundred examples of the Randy Rhoads 1974 Les Paul Custom will be hand-aged by Gibson Custom to match the playing wear and road abuse experienced by the star’s guitar, while another 200 will be treated to Gibson Custom’s VOS process to present the look of a gently aged instrument. All in all, this is the closest any fan, player or collector can get to owning Rhoads’s own guitar… without owning Rhoads’s own guitar.

Added three new dirt-cheap workhorses with 24 frets to get you up to that super high E and beyond! See them all on the first three slides of this gallery or, if it's your first time here, keep on scrolling for a selection of guitars to suit every player - all under £300...

Round-up of 13 electric guitars under £200 was a devil-horned foray into the beginners’ world of aspiring Jack Whites on a budget. However, it’s surprising what an extra £100 will buy you. Granted, guitars under £300 still stand firmly in 'first guitar' territory, but the upgrades to materials, hardware, electronics and finish are noticeable, even to novice eyes and ears.

It's nice to know Phil Demmel’s Demmelition and Mark Morton’s Dominion Artist Signature Series Jackson guitars are available to anyone who wants to play the instruments that these metal icons wield. Now Jackson is offering both models in its budget-conscious X Series as the Phil Demmel PDX Demmelition King V and Mark Morton Dominion D2. Their low prices aside, the stimulating performance aspects of these guitars may make them preferable to their high-end counterparts for certain types of players. Plus, each comes with a Jackson gig bag.
 
PHIL DEMMEL PDX DEMMELITION KING V
King V body shapes convey an aggressive attitude, but those jetfighter wings also create powerful sustain and a distinct low end. Alder keeps the long body from becoming a shoulder anchor, and beveled edges make the radical form easy on the arms and belly. Jackson’s own Floyd Rose–licensed Jackson double-locking bridge floats in a route that allows the bar to be dropped or pulled up. In place of the higher-priced Demmelition’s active EMGs, this incarnation features a passive set of EMG-HZ humbuckers.
Jackson gave the PDX Demmelition hard-hitting punch by bolting the maple neck to the body, instead of using the original King V’s neck-through-body configuration. The neck almost perfectly replicates the thin U-shaped profile, jumbo frets and shark fin inlays that made Charvel/Jackson Model 4 and 6 guitars some of the fastest and most beloved of the era. Sweeping feels second nature across this wide, compound radius board, and the huge frets facilitate two-handed tapping.

The PDX Demmelition features a combination of essential metal characteristics: chunky and thick low-mids, fierce bass notes, slightly scooped mids and controlled highs. The passive EMG-HZ pickups may be a cost-effective compromise, but their loud, raw output drove the front end of my Mesa Mk IIC+ hard and provided perhaps the most organic and hollow tones that I’ve heard from any EMG. There were no blurred notes from the PDX Demmelition, even in the lowest registers. Chords came through with defined authority, and the guitar’s innate ability to produce certain odd-order harmonics translated into an angry personality. 

PERFORMANCE
The Dominion D2’s surging string energy produces explosive harmonics, dynamics and sustain, especially in front of a high-gain amp. Blazing mids blooms are balanced by warm lows and clear highs. Like the mids, the highs are particularly responsive to attack and therefore capable of being razor sharp or round and smooth. A change in touch can turn stinging staccato lines into wailing sustain.
 
THE BOTTOM LINE
Jackson's X Series Phil Demmel PDX Demmelition King V and Mark Morton Dominion D2 are affordable options for fans of the original Dominion and Demmelition guitars. More importantly, they each capture old-school vibes in their own way, which are enjoyably different from their high-end brethren.

In celebration of 30 years of fine instrument making, G&L is proud to announce the release of the 30th Anniversary Collection of instruments made in the historical G&L facility on Fender Avenue in Fullerton, California.

The year 1980 brought many significant events that still reverberate through our lives:
• Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States
• Bill Gates licensed a computer operating system called MS-DOS to IBM
• The first fax machine and domestic camcorder were introduced in Japan
• The passing of John Lennon
• George Fullerton and Leo Fender founded G&L Musical Products

The G&L company was Leo Fender’s vision, an avenue for him to pioneer new ideas in guitar and bass design. At G&L, Leo's engineering brilliance rewarded musicians around the world, as he focused all the knowledge and experience he had gained in the prior thirty years to create, in his words, "the finest instruments I have ever made."

In celebration of 30 years of fine instrument making, G&L is proud to announce the release of the 30th Anniversary Collection of instruments made in the historic G&L facility on Fender Avenue in Fullerton, California.

30 Years - The Pearl Anniversary
The official gemstone of the 30th anniversary is the pearl. In keeping with this tradition, the 30th Anniversary Collection brings together pearl aesthetic features to create a strikingly beautiful and sonically expressive series of instruments.
The 30th Anniversary F-100 and Legacy mark the debut of the G&L DFS Vibrato, which builds on the success of G&L’s Dual-Fulcrum vibrato with the inclusion of Stainless Steel saddles and a Cold Rolled Steel bridge block, all CNC machined from solid billet materials.

Celebrate a Special Moment in History

G&L has established a special place in history, thanks to Leo's brilliance, the experience and dedication of the G&L team, and to the passionate musicians all over the world who share the pioneering sprit of our founder. Be a part of the rich fabric of G&L history and let your hands, eyes and ears experience one of the truly spectacular G&L 30th Anniversary models.