Archive for October, 2009

Guitar of the Day – G&L Legacy Custom Electric Guitar w/Curly Maple top

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Hey Moe! This is one curly that any stooge would be glad to have in their arsenal. Our Guitar of the Day is the G&L Legacy Custom Electric Guitar w/Curly Maple top.

G&L Legacy Custom Electric Guitar w/Curly Maple top

Rosewood fretboard

Premium Quilt Maple top

Flamed Maple Body binding

Upgraded Pearl pickguard

Premium Quilted Maple top

Wood body binding Custom Caramel color!

Nyuk, Nyuk your way over and give it a view.

G&L Legacy Custom Electric Guitar w/Curly Maple top

Guitar of the Day – Larrivee DV-03R Rosewood Acoustic Guitar

Monday, October 26th, 2009

“Cut me Mick!!” A cut above and a cut away. Our Guitar of the Day is the Larrivee DV-03R Rosewood Acoustic Guitar.

The Larrivee DV-03R Rosewood Acoustic Guitar features:

All solid wood construction

Rosewood Back & Sides (Indian)

Single Piece Mahogany Neck (S. American)

Canadian Sitka Spruce Soundboard

African Ebony Fretboard & Bridge

Canadian Maple Body Binding

Multi Strip Rosette

Symmetrical X-Bracing

Dovetail Neck Joint

Rounded Larrivee Headstock

White Wood-Fiber Inlaid Logo

Ping Tuners (18:1 Ratio)

Ivoroid Fretboard Binding

Microdot Fretboard Inlays

Traditional Larrivee Tortoise style Pickguard

Cleartone Light Gauge Strings

Will Handle Medium Gauge Strings

Limited Lifetime Warranty

The Larrivee DV-03R Rosewood Acoustic Guitar specs:

Lower Bout: 16″

Upper Bout: 11.875″

Waist: 10.875″

Depth: 5″

Scale Length: 25.5″

Nut Width: 1 & 11/16″ (43mm or 1.6875″)

Fretboard Radius: Compound (17″ to 21″)

Setup for Light Gauge Strings

Frets – Nickel/Silver

Frets – Width: 2.5mm (0.0985″)

Frets – Height: 1.0mm (0.0394″)

Satin Sheen Urethane Finish

TUSQ Nut & Saddle by Graphtech

Extras Included in Price

Flat-Top Case Included

Care Booklet / Warranty Card

Larrivee DV-03R Rosewood Acoustic

Guitar of the Day – Larrivee RS4 electric guitar in Rootbeerburst

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

When I was kid, if I was good, I got one special treat a month, my choice. Now as a child of the eighties, we had a lot of really cool toys that I could have cashed in on but I always was left wanting for just one thing. A root beer float at our local mom and pop diner. There was something magical to me about the taste and smell of root beer that it caused the angel on my shoulder to convince the devil on the other side to be cool and think of that float. Now many years later our Guitar of the Month has the devil in me ready to cast aside the angel, slam down a float and rock out. Our Guitar of the Month is the Larrivee RS4 in Rootbeerburst.

The Larrivee RS4 in Rootbeerburst specs:

WOODS
Core Body:  South American Mahogany
Top Plate:  Extra Thick Flamed Maple
Neck:  Single Piece South American Mahogany
Fretboard:  Indian Rosewood
Headstock:  Indian Rosewood

MEASUREMENTS
Scale Length:  25.5” or 650mm
Upper Bout:  9.875
Waist:  8.125”
Lower Bout:  13”
Body Thickness at Edge:  1.5”
Overall Length:  38.75”
Nut Width:  1 & 11/16th” or 43mm
Weight:  approx. 8 lbs.

TRIM/CONSTRUCTION
Neck Join:  Extra Long Mortis & Tenon, Glued in
Headstock Border:  Sterling Silver
Headstock Logo:  Mother of Pearl
Fretboard Binding:  Ivoroid w/Black Side Dots
Fretboard Inlay:  Mother of Pearl & Abalone V-Block Inlays
Body:  Ivoroid with Multi-Strip Purfling
Heelcap:  Ivoroid
Pickup Rings:  Curved Plastic
Knobs:  Speed Knobs
Backplates:  Textured Black
Cutouts:  Back & Cutaway
Metal Hardware:  Nickel & Chrome

HARDWARE
Tuners:  Schaller M6 Tuners
Pickups:  Larrivee Custom Humbucker Pickups(Made in USA)
Bridge:  Tonepros T3BT-N Nickel Bridge
Tail:  Tonepros T1Z-N Nickel Tail
3-Way-Switch:  Switchcraft Short Toggle Switch
End-Pin Jack:  Switchcraft ¼” Mono Jack w/Short Thread
Potentiometers:  CTS Long Shaft 500k Audio Pots
Capacitors (Bridge):  Luxe Bumblebee Paper-in-oil (PIO) 0.022mF
Capacitors (Neck):  Luxe Bumblebee Paper-in-oil (PIO) 0.015mF
Strap Buttons:  Schaller Strap Locks
Truss Rod:  Single Action Coated Steel Rod
Truss Rod Adjustment:  Mini Spoke-Nut design on Final Fret
Strings:  Cleartone Electrics
Guitar Case (included):  Custom Fit

Wooden Case with Blue Velvet Lining (Made in Canada)

Larrivee RS4 in Rootbeerburst

Amp of the Day – Reason Bambino Deluxe Combo

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Continuing our look at things without 6 strings, Guitar Adoptions introduces a new feature, the Amp of the Day. The Reason Bambino Deluxe Combo amp.

The Bambino was born out of a single design objective: to build a low power amp that had the feel and nuance of our favorite larger amps. We’re pleased to say that the Bambino combo delivers that in the ultimate “grab n’ go” package.

The key to the Bambino’s “big amp feel” lies within its power amp, where a pair of NOS 6AQ5 Beam Power tubes work in Class AB push/pull. Feeding the power amp is Reason’s proprietary StackModeSM front end. The Bambino’s Normal and Bright channels deliver a broad range of classic voices while StackMode provides an unparalleled level of control over the texture, gain and feel of the amp.

Despite the Bambino Combo’s diminutive size, it boasts a 12″ Eminence Red Coat Private Jack speaker- no boxy “small amp” sound here! A front panel switch allows you to select between the full 8 watt output or a modest (but still delicious) 2 watts.

Want a plug and play combo with expanded usability? The Reason Bambino Deluxe Combo has features that take it’s usability to a new level. A balanced line out with sophisticated cabinet emulation allows for direct recording, re-amping or plugging into FOH for bigger venues. There is even a Headphone out with Level control for silent rehearsing and recording.

The Bambino is the smallest thing in big amps!

Reason Bambino Deluxe Combo Specifications:

  • Tube Compliment: (2) 6AQ5, (3) 12AX7
  • Output: 8 watts switchable to 2 watts.
  • Operating Class: Class AB Cathode Bias, Push Pull
  • Channels: Normal, Bright, StackMode
  • Normal – Volume, Tone, Pull “Thick” switch – British Voicing
  • Bright – Volume, Treble, Bass, Pull “Bright” switch – American Voicing
  • StackMode – Normal & Bright channels active, plus Stack Volume
  • Footswitchable: Two button footswitch is optional

Reason Bambino Deluxe Combo amp

Bass of the Day – Lakland Skyline Series 55-02 Deluxe in 3 Tone Sunburst

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Just so you know that we are not 6 string elitist today we are featuring a Bass of the Day to recognize the importance that all you who play bass have for keeping the band going. The Lakland Skyline 55-02 Deluxe is 3 Tone Sunburst kicks off our Bass of the Day feature.

This Lakland Skyline 55-02 Deluxe is 3 Tone Sunburst Deluxe features a gorgeous 3 Tone Sunburst finish with a stunning Quilted Maple top and maple fretboard. And we’ve said it before: “35-inch scale necks make for killer low B’s!” That’s why the low tones on Skyline 5-string basses boom with piano-like clarity!
New Lakland pickups!
Weight: 9.6 lbs.

Lakland Skyline 55-02 Deluxe is 3 Tone Sunburst

Guitar of the Day – Larrivee PV-09 Flamed Maple Sunburst Parlor

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

For our Guitar of the Day we set this parlor on fire. And by parlor I am speaking of the Larrivee PV-09 Flamed Maple Sunburst Parlor, not the front of the house. Although perched on a stand in that front room, one could argue that the temperature in the room would certainly go up.

The Larrivee PV-09 Flamed Maple Sunburst Parlor features:

Gloss finish
Flamed Maple back and sides
All solid wood construction
Single Piece Mahogany Neck (S. American) Canadian Sitka Spruce Soundboard
African Ebony Fretboard & Bridge
Flamed Canadian Maple Body Binding
Symmetrical X-Bracing
Dovetail Neck Joint
Rounded Headstock
Pearl Inlaid Logo with Silver Headstock border
Ping “Mini” Tuners (18:1 Ratio) with Chrome buttons
Tortoise pick-guard
Ivoroid Fretboard Binding
Silver Microdot Fretboard Inlays
D’addario Light Gauge Strings
Will Handle Medium Gauge Strings
Larrivee Limited Lifetime Warranty
Lower Bout: 13.25″
Upper Bout: 9.5″
Waist: 7.75″
Depth: 4.0″
Scale Length: 24″
Nut Width: 1 & 3/4″” (44.3mm or 1.75″)
Fretboard Radius: Compound (17″ to 21″)
2 3/16″ string spacing at the bridge Setup for Light Gauge Strings
Frets – Nickel/Silver
Frets – Width: 2.5mm (0.0985″)
Frets – Height: 1.0mm (0.0394″)
Gloss Urethane
TUSQ Nut & Bone Saddle

Extras Included in Price:

Larrivee arch top Hard-shell case included
Care Booklet / Warranty Card
Truss Rod Wrench

Larrivee PV-09 Flamed Maple Sunburst Parlor

Two Things That Go So Well…The Girls of Guitar Adoptions Wallpapers

Monday, October 12th, 2009

It is a scientific fact, that every male who picks up a guitar does so for one very obvious and sometimes social unacceptable reason.

To play music. What did you think I was going to say. Now of course there are some side benefits to being able to express oneself through six strings and electrified coils. And let us not forget our unplugged brothers and sisters and your choice of instrument by no means lessens your chance to impress your desired gender group. Seriously, you’d be amazed at the ladies that Bob Denver rocked. Well okay maybe don’t look too much into that last one.

The point is that few things go better together than a beautiful guitar and a beautiful woman. One could argue perhaps chocolate and peanut butter nudge the victory but I would ask that you take a peek at the new Guitar Adoptions Wallpapers for your computer desktop first. Go ahead. It’s okay. I’ll wait.

You can download the Girls of Guitar Adoptions desktops starting now at the below link:

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We have all sizes available:

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1680by1050

1440by900

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Now chocolate and peanut butter or guitars and beautiful girls?

I thought so.

Guitar of the Day – Flaxwood Liekki (LI-T) Electric Guitar in Redburst

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Our Guitar of the Day, An instrument of class, the Flaxwood Liekki (liekki = flame) neatly embodies the entire Flaxwood philosophy: vintage elegance with modern design. Featuring Seymour Duncan SP90 Vintage Soapbar pickups and the ultra-stable Schaller LP Tremolo, the Liekki sets a new standard for superb playability and P90 tone. I can only imagine what the surface of Mars might look like and the burst on this guitar is just as out of this world…..

The Flaxwood Liekki (LI-T) Electric Guitar in Redburst features:

  • Color featured: Karpalo Redburst
  • Weight: 3.27 kg / 7.21 lbs
  • Material: flaxwood
  • Features: F-hole; flaxwood resonating back plate
  • Material: flaxwood
  • Neck joint: 3-D glued
  • Angle: High
  • Scale: 25.5″
  • Nut Width: 1 5/8” (42mm)
  • Fretboard Radius: 12″
  • Frets: medium jumbo
  • Measurements:
  • o 1st fret: 43.5 / 20.5 mm
    o 12th fret: 52.5 / 23 mm

  • Tuners: Gotoh SG360 HAPM; locking
  • Nut: Tune-X tuning system
  • Inlays: celluloid f
  • Shipped with string gauge: Elixir Nanoweb .010 – .046″
  • Bridge: Schaller LP Tremolo
  • Pickups: Bridge: Seymour Duncan SP90-1 Vintage Soapbar Neck: Seymour Duncan SP90-1 Vintage Soapbar
  • Controls: master volume, separate tone controls for both pickups
    3-way selector switch
    1. bridge
    2. bridge + neck
    3. neck
  • Neck: Kivi natural rock
  • Hardware: Chrome

Flaxwood Liekki (LI-T) Electric Guitar in Redburst

Guitar of the Day – Blackbird Super OM Steel String Guitar With Electronics

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Our Guitar of the Day is the Blackbird Super OM Steel String Guitar With Electronics. We appreciate powerful, big guitars like dreadnoughts but they are cumbersome. The Blackbird Super Orchestra Model has a cannon voice with jumbo-like volume and fullness but is compact and 3D sculpted with body cuts for enhanced comfort and playability. The tone goes above and beyond convention with uncommon sustain, perfect clarity and string balance the length of the fretboard. The OM’s power and clarity is born from Blackbird’s holistic approach to maximizing resonance: a proprietary hollow neck and head carbon-fiber uni-body construction, asymmetric design with off-set sound hole, as well as a head and body sound port. It’s also among the lightest guitars in the world which further helps produce a tone that evokes a custom wooden instrument, but this acoustic is nearly indestructible and impervious.

The Blackbird Super OM Steel String Guitar With Electronics features:

  • Carbon Fiber strength and environmental stability
  • 3.5 lbs. among the world’s lightest guitars
  • Resonance-driving hollow neck and head with sound port
  • Offset soundhole for increased volume and bass
  • 25.5″ scale length
  • Asymmetric design for enhanced tone in a compact body
  • Fishman Matrix Infinity

The Blackbird Super OM Steel String Guitar With Electronics specs:

  • CONSTRUCTION: Carbon Unibody
  • TOP: High-Modulus Carbon Fiber
  • NECK MATERIAL: High-Modulus Carbon Fiber
  • NECK SHAPE: Carbon Fiber Low profile, Hollow
  • NECK REINFORCEMENT: Dual carbon tubes
  • NUT MATERIAL: Graphtech
  • HEADSTOCK: Hollow with Sound Port
  • HEADPLATE: Carbon Fiber
  • FRETBOARD MATERIAL: Micarta
  • SCALE LENGTH: 25.5″
  • FRETWIRE: Medium
  • NUMBER OF FRETS CLEAR: 18
  • NUMBER OF FRETS TOTAL: 21
  • FRETBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1 3/4
  • FRETBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2 1/8
  • FRETBOARD MARKERS: 5, 7, 9, 12 & 15
  • BRIDGE MATERIAL: Micarta
  • BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2 1/8
  • SADDLE: 16″ Radius/Compensated/Graphtech
  • TUNING MACHINES: Gotoh
  • RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Light-Medium
  • CASE: Gator Rigid Foam
  • ELECTRONICS: Fishman Matrix Infinity
  • FINISH: High Gloss Polyurethane
  • DIMENSIONS: 39 1/2″ x 15 1/2″ x 5″
  • WEIGHT: 3.5 Lb

Blackbird Super OM Steel String With Electronics

Guitar of the Day – G&L F-100 in Old School Sunburst

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

According to the Slang Dictionary, Old School means to do something in a way that is more in line with traditional technique/style rather than modern or progressive style. So for our Guitar of the Day the G&L F-100 in Old School Sunburst, one could say G&L is “kicking it” old school with the sunburst they threw down on this guitar.

The G&L F-100 in Old School Sunburst features:

  • BODY WOOD: Mahogany
  • BODY FINISH: Old School Sunburst
  • NECK WOOD: Hard Rock Maple with Maple fingerboard
  • NECK WIDTH / RADIUS: 1 5/8” Width at Nut; 12” Radius (G&L #1B spec)
  • FRETWIRE: Medium Jumbo 6100
  • TUNERS: G&L/Schaller Non-locking
  • NECK FINISH: Satin finish
  • PICKUPS: Two custom wound Magnetic Field Design humbuckers
  • CONTROLS: 3-Way pickup selector Volume Tone with Push/Pull coil split for both pickups (outer coils activated)
  • BRIDGE: G&L Dual Fulcrum
  • CASE: Black G&G Deluxe Tolex with black plush lining
  • Weight 8.5 lbs.

G&L F-100 in Old School Sunburst