Posted by Alan Cross on February 26, 2015 · Leave a Comment
1970 was a golden year for muscle cars in America. Back then, it was all about speed and power. A Dodge Challenger of that year had a sticker price of just $4,056, and it came loaded with a 426 cubic-inch V-8, 425 horsepower engine. So what if...
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Posted by Alan Cross on February 6, 2015 · 3 Comments
The term "prodigy" gets thrown around too much these days, but if anyone deserves the title, it's Neal Schon. He joined Santana at age 17, after rebuffing Eric Clapton's offer to fill the late Duane Allman's spot in Derek & the Dominos. By 19, Schon formed Journey. Today, 40...
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Posted by Alan Cross on January 30, 2015 · 1 Comment
Sure, we may talk philosophically about limiting ourselves to just one guitar, and debate endlessly about what that guitar would be, but it's all bunk because guitarists don't live that way. We're all craving "just one more." Well, Fender is set to taunt you with...
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Posted by Alan Cross on January 30, 2015 · Leave a Comment
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, he cut the product line down from 350 to 10. His motto: "Just get rid of the crappy stuff and focus on the good stuff." But what if everything you make is not just good, but great? Well,...
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Posted by Alan Cross on January 27, 2015 · 4 Comments
David Gilmour. Eric Clapton. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Yngvie Malmsteen. Ritchie Blackmore. Bonnie Rait. Even Avril Lavigne. They all have Fender signature models. And for us fans, it's a chance to play the same guitar our heroes play. Well, for 2015, Fender has a couple of...
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Posted by Alan Cross on January 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Attention plutocrats, oil barons, hedge fund managers, Warren Buffet: if you have a hefty chunk of cash weighing down your Sansabelts, and you're sick and tired of buying Rembrandts,
and you're looking for a great starter guitar, then does Fender has a model for you!
It's called the Pine...
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Posted by strat-talk on January 8, 2015 · Leave a Comment
It's not often you hear a story about "your guitar" on National Public Radio - but NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday featured just such a story last Saturday (Jan 3, 2015). In honor of the iconic guitar's 60th Anniversary (last year) the radio program praised the...
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