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I HEART KEYTAR: 5 Keytars you must try before you die
Roland AX-7The AX-7 MIDI Keyboard Controller offers stage performers more freedom and expressiveness, and the ability to show off those David Lee Roth high kicks you perfected in the basement. A host...
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COOL SHIRT ALERT: Yamaha SHS-10
Check out this awesome Keytar shirt from Young Lovers. Of course it features the venerable Yamaha SHS-10, probably one of the more T-shirt friendly keytar designs out there. CLICK HERE to buy the...
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FEATURE: Cool Guitars They Don’t Make Any More, Part 3
Charvel SurfcasterThe Charvel Surfcaster debuted in 1992 and at the time it was a bit of an anachronism. A little too early to cash in on the grunge-inspired attraction to vintage designs, and a little...
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NEWS: New DiMarzio Billy Sheehan videos
Here are a couple of great new DiMarzio videos featuring Billy Sheehan. In this one he talks about discovering hammer-ons from under the shadow of Billy Gibbons’ cowboy hat. And here he shares a secret...
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Most Metal Thing Ever: Giant Screaming Fireskull In Space
Remember those great old Yamaha guitar ads with the tagline ‘Naked Girls And Flaming Skulls Don’t Make A Guitar Work Better. Unfortunately’? Well, sure, that may be true, but it certainly doesn’t...
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REVIEW: Yamaha THR10C Amplifier
Like the high gain-oriented THR10X, the Yamaha THR10C is a little 10-watt modelling amp which is designed to take the personal-amp concept to a new level of audio fidelity. It uses Yamaha’s exclusive...
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INTERVIEW: Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland
Limp Bizkit are stayers, alright? They’ve had their ups and downs, their band member comings and goings, and they’ve ridden out a particularly intense backlash against the genre they helped to define –...
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PRESS RELEASE: Line 6 To Be Acquired By Yamaha
CALABASAS, Calif. – December 20 2013Yamaha Corporation and Line 6, Inc. today announced a definitive agreement for Yamaha to acquire Line 6, a leading manufacturer of innovative solutions for...
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Hilarious Yamaha guitar ads, circa 1992-93
I don’t know who wrote the copy for these Yamaha ads from 1992-93 (which I recently tracked down in some old guitar magazine issues) but they were a marketing genius. These ads are informative and fun,...
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New Yamaha Pacifica 612VII Limited Edition
PRESS RELEASE: Yamaha has unveiled the Pacifica 612VII electric guitar, a limited edition model featuring an SSH Seymour Duncan pickup configuration. Only 100 pieces will be released in the U.S....
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