Another new entry by Fano Guitars is the Alt de Facto TC6 Carved Top model. This model has a body shape similar to a Telecaster with specs similar to a Les Paul, including a set neck, flame maple top, mahogany body, and 24.75" scale. … [Read more...]
NAMM 2014: Fano Guitars RB6 Thinline
Fano Guitars have introduced a new model to their RB6 line called the RB6 Thinline. I really like how Fano takes existing ideas and meld them into a new design. There aren't many details on this model, except this photo found on their Facebook page. … [Read more...]
NAMM 2013: New Guild Electrics
I'm still catching up on news from NAMM this year. One bit of news I was glad to see is about Guild building electric guitars again. One of the most interesting "new" models is a reissue of the M-75 Aristocrat: Guild’s compact and lightweight M-75 Aristocrat™ model expertly evokes its predecessor of the early 1950s, with a gracefully sculpted single-cutaway hollow body … [Read more...]
PRS Guitars Reintroduces the Custom 22
I'm not sure if this is specifically NAMM related, but PRS Guitars announced the news this month that they are reintroducing the Custom 22: Reintroduced for 2013, the Custom 22 is a classic workhorse with all the tones you’ve come to expect from your PRS and a distinctive, musical, warm midrange. Along with its standard features – maple top, mahogany back, mahogany or rosewood … [Read more...]
NAMM 2013: Vince Ray Voodoo-Bucket 300CE
This is an interesting new guitar from Fender: the Vince Ray Voodoo-Bucket 300CE: You get skulls and skeletons, motorcycles, black cats and serpents, demons and witches, disembodied hands beating bongos from hell, fortunes told and spells cast, stars, flames, headstones and more. In short, you get the mind of Vince Ray himself embodied in a 500-instrument run of guitars that … [Read more...]