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art vista, interviews, videos
360 - Writers and Reviews, Exclusives, Featured 5 - Press Releases, Interviews

Art Vista Productions was founded in 2000, in Los Angeles, by Hans Adamson and Amanda Seward. It was in pursuing his own song writing career that Hans became involved in the sampled instruments business, requiring realistic sounding sampled instruments for his own recording needs. He then created his first sampled instrument, the Malmsjö Acoustic Grand, […]
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660 guitars, Guitars, patriot
360 - Writers and Reviews, Exclusives, Featured 2 - News, Interviews, NAMM, News, Ticker

660 Guitars announced today the introduction of their new Patriot model guitar for 2016. The Patriot, as well as 660 Guitars, will make their debut at the 2016 NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) trade show in Anaheim, California this January. Customers can place orders directly from the factory while they work to establish dealers […]
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fender, Guitars, interviews, namm
360 - Writers and Reviews, Exclusives, Featured 1 - Show Reviews, Interviews, NAMM, Ticker

At the 2016 NAMM Show, the American Elite Series had fans buzzing about Fender’s newest and most high-performance electric guitar and bass line. Attendees were welcomed into the Fender Showcase by a pair of “exploded” American Elite guitars, 360-degree works of art crafted by Austin, Texas, artist John A. Peralta. The exploded Stratocaster and Telecaster […]
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bass, interviews, marleaux, namm, videos
360 - Writers and Reviews, Exclusives, Gear Box, Interviews, NAMM

The Imagination Knows No Limits. Marleaux BassGuitars = passion since 1990. From play bass for bass Building. A manufactory which manufactures We are crafted Basses premium class. Our years of experience and the pursuit of perfection are the driving force for continuous development of our models. Dialogue with professional bassists and customers from around the […]
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amy winehouse, drops
Drops, Ticker

Amy Winehouse’s career, though meteoric, was unfortunately cut short by tragedy, but the multi-GRAMMY® Award winner’s musical legacy can now be appreciated anew with Island Records/Universal Music Enterprises’ remastered and vinyl debut of her first album, Frank on 180-gram, 2-LP black vinyl with a printed gatefold sleeve that includes lyrics. The Frank album was previously […]
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interviews, namm, rob bell, sandbox bullies, videos
360 - Writers and Reviews, Drops, Exclusives, Featured 4 - News, Interviews, NAMM

SANDBOX BULLIES First album..ROCK N ROLL WOMAN…on itunes,,c.d. baby, In the fall of 1997-98, the founding members of Sandbox Bullies were; Robert Bell (Stringbean), Darrel Landpher (Detox), Woltan Martinez, Robert Todd Anderson (Sick Boy) & Tommy Dube (Smooth). After Learning I, Robert Bell, was a guitar player, Detox (the nickname for Landpher because of his […]
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festivals
Festivals & Events, Journal, Ticker

Fest300, the most comprehensive guide to the world’s best festivals, announced today its annual list of the 300 most highly regarded festivals from around the globe. Making this year’s list were returning favorites Glastonbury (Pilton, UK), Diwali (India), and Envision (Costa Rica), as well as list newcomers Electric Zoo (New York, USA) and Cape Town […]
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equipment, Guitars, interviews, namm, stuart spector
Gear Box, Interviews, NAMM

Stuart Spector first began producing handmade basses in his Brooklyn workshop in 1976. Not content to mimic conventional designs, Stuart recruited fellow Brooklyn woodworker Ned Steinberger to design an instrument that was better suited for the modern bassist. This design, referred to as the Spector NS-1, took the bass world by storm upon its release […]
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Jeff Loomis 'Cygnus' JLX-1 FR, schecter
Gear Box, Ticker

ARTIST MODELS WHAT THEY GET, YOU GET We are extremely proud of not only our Artist roster, but also our Collection of Artist models! Nothing is a truer testament to our commitment to design and quality than offering the EXACT guitars these guys an gals play on stage! No bait and switch here. The same […]
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dolan brotherhood, drops, Reviews
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“Love and Hurricanes,” is the name of the album for this somewhat new band called Dolan Brotherhood. The band has been together for a little over two year years now, and this is their first studio album, which was produced by Billy Sherwood. It’s a compilation of six songs that showcases all of the influences […]