Article: Taylor K4.(GP Editors' Top Picks from Winter Namm)

Article: Yamaha LL26.(GP Editors' Top Picks from ...
Guitar Player;  May 1, 2004 ;     344 words ...Yamaha's gorgeous, handcrafted L Series includes the LL26 ($4,199), which boasts an ebony fretboard, open-gear tuners, square mahogany side bracing, 90-degrees non-scalloped X-bracing, a 5-ply mahogany/ padauk laminated neck, a solid Engleman spruce top, a newly designed "C" block at the neck

Article: Guyatone Ultron/Chopshop.(GP Editors' Top Picks ...
Guitar Player;  May 1, 2004 ;     341 words ...The Ultron envelope filter ($TBA) and Chopshop tremolo ($TBA, pictured) are tone tweaker's delights. The Ultron is designed to be an improved Mu-Tron III that offers tap tempo and oodles of waveform and expression-pedal control. The Chopshop also sports tap tempo, as well as stereo outs, panning,

Article: PRS 22/12.(GP Editors' Top Picks from Winter ...
Guitar Player;  May 1, 2004 ;     337 words ...This year, Paul Reed Smith launched its largest introduction of new models ever, and the stunning Custom 22/12 ($3,400) is the company's first production 12-string. The 22/12 features a hum-sing-hum pickup configuration, 22 frets, a figured-maple top and mahogany back, a rosewood-on-mahogany neck,

Article: Eastman strings AR805CE.(GP Editors' Top Picks from ...
Guitar Player;  May 1, 2004 ;     328 words ...The AR805CE ($2,395) is a fully hand-carved 16" archtop jazz guitar with solid flamed maple back and sides, an aged spruce top, and a three-piece maple neck with an ebony fretboard. Hardware includes a metal tailpiece with an ebony top, deluxe "stairstep" tuners, and a floating Kent Armstrong

Article: Fender '57 Twin.(GP Editors' Top Picks from ...
Guitar Player;  May 1, 2004 ;     341 words ...Featuring handwired circuitry, a finger-jointed, solid-pine cabinet, and a pair of Weber-designed, Eminence-made 12" alnico-magnet speakers, the new '57 Twin ($2,999) is a reproduction of the "low powered" model 5E8A amplifier that was the amp to own from 1955 to 1957. This explosive sounding

Article: More hot releases!(GP Editors' Top Picks from ...
Guitar Player;  May 1, 2004 ;     552 words ...Aiken Invader amp, AKG Emotion/ TriPower Series, Alvarez-Yairi MMY1 Monte Montgomery signature, ART MPA Gold preamp, TCS dual compressor, Xdirect, CleanBox II, Atomic Amps Reactor 112, Boss BR-1600, Breedlove Altas Series, Budda Super-drive 18, CA Guitars X Model, Cerwin-Vega ProStax and Vision

Article: Switch Strav-II.(GP Editors' Top Picks from ...
Guitar Player;  May 1, 2004 ;     353 words ...The Strav-II ($469) is one of many new Switch models to feature a neck-thru-body design made from a molded resin called Vibracell. The Strav-II features a sculpted body, a 25 1/2"-scale neck with a rosewood fretboard, three Switch-designed single-coils, black hardware, Grover tuners, a 5-way pickup