Classic Vibe Stratocaster 50’s Fender has been celebrating the 60th anniversary of it’s Stratocaster throughout 2014. A couple of weeks ago we featured our favourite of the 6 special editions, the 60th Anniversary American Vintage 1954 Stratocaster. It’s a beautiful guitar, but at $1500, it’s not …
PRS S2 Singlecut Standard The S2 series is Paul Reed Smith’s more affordable line of American made guitars. Whether you consider a $1000 dollars and change affordable all depends on which side of the rock ‘n’ roll tracks you hail from. The recent adds to …
TAMA Cocktail-Jam Kit From the country that brought you the capsule hotel comes this compact curiousity. What you are looking at is Japanese drum manufacturer TAMA’s Cocktail-Jam Kit. Now cocktail drum kits have been around a long time, sproting up as the big band …
The Epiphone SG Special This SG Special is part of Epiphone’s Gift of Music promotion with over 30 instruments for under $300. So if you’ve got a fledgling rock star on your list, their site is definitely worth a look. You’ll find Acoustics, Les Pauls …
ES-335 Lemon Burst Created in the 50s, the ES-335 is the sexy semi-acoustic cousin of Les Paul. But never has their shared gene pool been so apparent. As you can see the ES-335 Lemon Burst’s figured maple top is finished in a shade of citrus that is …
Keith Moon Ludwig Super Classic ’64 Drum Kit This 1964 Keith Moon drum kit is in remarkably good condition considering the Who drummer’s notoriety for being a wild man. You know the cliché about rock stars trashing hotels and throwing TVs out the window? Well …
Grestch Crème de Marine Falcon Guitar If there was ever a guitar that merited being referred to as a woman it would be the new Grestch Crème de Marine Falcon. She’s an absolute babe, a stunner, a hottie. But at the same time classy. This …
PRS S2 30th Anniversary Custom 24 For the past 30 years, Paul Reed Smith Guitars has crafted high-end America made instruments. Forever the underdog to the mighty Gibsons and Fenders of the world, PRS has continuously put out great guitars that the big guys …
The Gibson Dave Grohl ES 335 Rocks Mr. Nice Guy, Mr I’ll play with anybody, drums or guitar it’s all good, Mister yeah Nirvana was cool, but have you heard my other multi-platinum selling band. Somebody give this man his own guitar already. Actually he’s …
iRig HD-A and AmpliTube for Android For a while now, Apple owners have been able to plug and play their electric guitars and basses anywhere thanks to the iRig digital guitar interface and AmpliTube app. Salivate and wait has basically been the only option for …
Gretsch reintroduces the Broadkaster series You know that Gretsch drum sound. We can say that with a high degree of certainty, because Charlie Watts plays on a set of ’57 Gretsch. In the 1950s, probably when Charlie was just learning to get his backbeat on, …
Tim Armstrong Hellcat Acoustic One of the great things about the Rancid sound is you can hear that the songs were written on an acoustic. Even after they’ve been amped up, they never get so slick that you can’t imagine Tim working out a chorus …
Moniker Guitars Zuma à la Sweet Noisy Things At Moniker Guitars they don’t build guitars for people as much as with people. You choose everything from the ground up. The body, fretboard, colour, design, tuners, pick ups and controls.
Adam Clayton Jazz Bass When you play in a band with two skyscraper personalities like The Edge and The Bono being underrated comes with the territory. But when you break it down, a U2 show has only three guys up there playing instruments a majority …
Les Paul Classic Seven String When we heard about the Les Paul Classic 7 String guitar, it made us think of men’s razor commercials. You know the ones announcing yet another blade giving a guy a baby’s ass for a face and enough sharp edges …