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more about #guitars Killjoy: Let's see... stainless steel picks, wood picks, cymbal brass picks, Scott Ian's guitar tech's pick... nope, I don't have any circuitboard picks. Sold... more » Segador: These prices aren't actually that outrageously high for a metal (or metal-ish) pick. I've also known some people who readily pay upwards of $10 each f... more » vyseaurion: Am I the only one who would be worried about damaging my strings? I mean, I change them ever 2 weeks to a month, but that metal-on-metal type of thing... more » johnnyabnormal: Might look cool, but imagine the toxic crap you'd expose your skin, eyes and mouth to. more » Anonymoose: wait, is this a mexican strat or an american strat? i don't want to have to change out the pickups and have to tune it every one hour of playing. more » The Lab: Memo written to product designers at large: Wood is beautiful. Metal is beautiful. Plastic can be beautiful. Plastic painted to look like wood is ... more » suland: STRADIVARIUS more » otko: This is the phone that the 50 year old mid-life crisis guy will buy in hopes that hipsters at Starbucks will see it and think he's "cool". more » Andinator: The best part would be at the end of the contract when I got to smash it Who style... Or burn it Hendrix style. more » STFU_FPU!: Not Accurate to a Fender at all colorwise. The back should match Fender colors not Les Paul colors OH! And no strings or whammy bar!! more » RStock521: Having a wood grain phone would be sweet as hell more » Sleaze: Not to mention the back looks more like a flamed maple top on a Les Paul. more » Assassin_Kensei: The world just got a little worse. more » reddingofish: I cannot imagine what the world would have been like if Les Paul had not existed. Thanks for everything Les. more » jps1369: Cover your fenders and hide your shame whilst you plug in your Gibson and honor his name. more » FooSchnickens - BPH Free: Wow... I just don't know what to say. more » LazyLomax: R.I.P. My guitar gently weeps.... more » SgtBeavis: He was one of the biggest contributors to modern music in the 20th century. Les Paul, we salute you for giving us the music we truly enjoy today. W... more » FrankenPC: Rock on for eternity Les!! more » Super Moose: Solid Body electric guitars existed before Les Paul made his. People had already put pickups on solid body Hawaiian guitars in the 1930s. more » -
#guitarpics
Shred Like a Geek: Recycled Circuit Board Guitar Picks
These recycled circuit board guitar picks aren't cheap, as far as picks go, but if you're serious about your alt-rock IT garage band's image they may be a necessity. Just don't go tossing them willy-nilly to your screaming fan. More » -
#tmobile
Something Not Quite Right About Limited Edition Fender MyTouch 3G
I am as much a fan of the silky Strat as the next person raised on classic rock—especially Mark Knopfler's modified one—but this Fender finish on the MyTouch 3G Android phone doesn't seem very rock 'n' roll. More » -
#guitars
Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
Les Paul, the legendary inventor behind the birth of rock n' roll, died today of complications from pneumonia at the age of 94. More » -
#guitars
Buy a Modded Guitar Hero Controller To Cheat at Fake Rocking
We're big Guitar Hero/Rock Band fans, but buying a controller so that it can play the songs perfectly so that you don't have to do anything? That's taking it a bit too far. More » -
#guitarhero
New Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Looks Just Like the Old One
It looks the same, but it's not! On the inside, anyway. More » -
#editorial
Plastic Controllers Are the Future - Stop Complaining
That Tony Hawk plastic peripheral skateboard elicited groans from people who didn't want yet another plastic controller in their living room, but you know what? Suck it up, because they're the future. More » -
#gaming
Handy Guides for Repairing Guitar Hero Instruments
One modder posted a handful of guides for fixing common Guitar Hero instrument problems, like flaccid whammy bars and unresponsive drumheads. Worth a looksie even if you're only duct-tape-proficient. [PowerTunePlus via Ars via Lifehacker] -
#guitars
Manson MB-1 Guitar Has an Integrated, Touch-Controlled, X-Y MIDI Pad for Effects
Guitars are fun. X-Y MIDI controlers, like the Korg KAOSS Pad, are also fun. So in theory, combining the two, like this Manson MB-1 Guitar does, makes this thing twice as fun. More » -
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#spacesaver
The Guitar Hanger For a Closet Full Of Axes
With all the money he saves on clothes, the Naked Cowboy can fill his closet full of guitars thanks to this hanger. And guitars never go out of style my friend. [Guitar Hanger via BBG] -
#iphoneapps
Star Guitar iPhone App Promo Video Brings You All the Charm of Late Night Infomercials
Lisa and Toyo demonstrate the Star Guitar iPhone app with such paid-for enthusiasm that we just need to award them the Giz Video of the Day award. It's that good. More » -
#guitars
Zivix Headliner Guitar Will Befuddle the Guitar Hero Haters
Legitimate guitarists have a beef with Guitar Hero/Rock Band mainly because they make people think they can actually play guitar. But what of the Zivix Headliner, a real guitar that works with these games? More » -
#beatles
Beatles: Rock Band Will Come With Custom Beatles Instruments
The fact that there's a new Rock Band:Beatles iteration is coming this year isn't a surprise, but the fact that they're going to have custom Beatles instruments is. More » -
#guitarhero
14-year-old Breaks 80 Plastic Guitars To Set Guitar Hero Record
This amazing story of a 14-year-old kid setting the 973,954 point record in Guitar Hero would be an example of man triumphing over technology—if only that technology could actually keep up. More » -
#music
The Pistol Instrument Cable Knows How to Rock, Kill
If you need to plug in your guitar to an amp, then chances are that you aren't some hippie activist—so you'll be able to appreciate this Pistol Instrument Cable. More » -
#guitars
Blackbird Rider Nylon Guitar Actually Carbon-Fiber and Nearly Indestructible
Blackbird's Rider Nylon guitar is actually not made of nylon—ok its strings are—but instead it's far more highly-tech'd and its body and neck are actually carbon fiber. It may not be bullet-proof, but Blackbird says its "nearly indestructible," making it perfect as a travel guitar. The material has meant a few design tweaks over a traditional shape: it's far squarer, and the sound holes are now a single hole moved up to the neck, and dubbed a "soundscoop" instead—apparently this makes for a better sound response. The other side-effect is that it's light enough at 3-pounds to fit into an aircraft overhead locker. High-tech costs though—the nylon string model is $1,900, a smaller steel-stringed version is $1,600. [Product via GadgetLab] -
#guitars
Gibson's Dark Fire: Les Paul Reborn as RoboCop
It looks like the reason Gibson's self-tuning Robot guitar had a limited run is that the legendary guitar innovator had a much more insane second stage already blueprinted up: Gibson's Dark Fire Les Paul-style digital guitar is the crowning shred-related scientific achievement of our time. More »
