Sparrow Guitars is partnering with Ashton Music to bring their line of guitars to a select number of retailers in the UK. The Canadian based operation imports bare bones guitars from Asia, overhauls the hardware and transforms them with custom artwork. We’ve covered the launch of Sparrow Guitars in Australia previously, and have even reviewed [...]

Gibson is featuring a unique guitar each month during 2008 and is highlighting the Gibson Longhorn Double Cut Electric Guitar with Trans Blue Finish during July. The Longhorn guitar was produced in a limited run of 1,000 instruments. The Gibson Longhorn Double Cut Guitar has a unique body style that incorporates slightly extended, asymmetrical cutaways [...]

Ah, there’s nothing that warms the cockles of the heart more than seeing kids enjoying themselves. There appears to be an increasing trend of kids being wanting to be involved in classic rock. No doubt influenced by the likes of Guitar Hero and movies such as School of Rock – the youngsters are signing up [...]

Would you pay $150 or more for these custom designed and crafted Shark Inlay control and trim plates, made of materials such as White/Black/Gold Mother of Pearl, Paua, Red Abalone, semiprecious stones?  Created by Master Inlay Artist Cliff Suttle to fit PRS guitars,each pieces cut and milled to tolerances in the 1000′s of an inch. [...]

Guitarists looking for diversity and a more unique look will appreciate two new releases in the “alternative” guitar range. The Kronodale Recycled G is a 3D open body shaped guitars, which backs up its imaginative telecaster shape with 2 Kent Armstrong pickups, gotoh locking tuners and a variety of finishes. Alternative Guitar and Amplifier Company [...]

For those who really want to travel light and still enjoy their guitar playing, check out the Rees Ramble Travel Electric Guitar. The neck is a full size 25.5 inch scale, but everything else is built with lightness and durability in mind, including simplified recessed controls, double truss rod, wrap around bridge, korina hardwood body [...]

To celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday, Gibson Guitar will be presenting the world leader and icon with an icon of its own – a custom made Gibson Les Paul Studio.  The guitar will be presented as part of the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Celebration concert at London’s Hyde Park on June 27.  The guitar itself [...]

An Italian company, Manne Guitars, has taken an unusual bent on special guitar making project – this time making a limited run of 3 guitars made from old oak malt whiskey casks!  These casks come from the Lagavulin distillery in Scotland, which manufactures single malt whiskey. So, one of these beautiful old casks arrived in [...]

According to GuitarSite, the VoiceTone Harmony-G, the vocal harmony and effects pedal is now shipping.   VoiceTone Harmony-G is a studio-quality vocal harmony and effects pedal for singing guitarists that takes the programming completely out of the equation, since the guitar playing tells Harmony-G what notes to harmonize. Adaptive harmony arrangement algorithms follow the guitar and [...]

Inventor, musician, and entrepreneur Les Paul “flipped the switch” at Marshall & Ilsley Corporation’s (M&I) corporate headquarters in downtown Milwaukee on Friday, June 20, lighting two sides of the 18-story corporate headquarters in the shape of Les Paul styled guitars. To honor Les’s recent 93rd birthday, M&I also presented him with a birthday cake, which [...]