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		<title>Yamaha FG730S FG Series Acoustic Guitar Review &#124; Full Compass</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get it here: http://www.fullcompass.com/product/379155.html Retailer of Pro Audio, Pro Video, AV, Lighting Gear and Musical Instruments Yamaha FG730 FG Series Acoustic Guitar overview at Full Compass Systems with Yamaha Guitars Product Manager, Armando Vega The heritage of yamaha guitars begins with the FG line of acoustic guitars. The FG730S acoustic guitar&#8217;s deluxe features including die-cast [...]]]></description>
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<p>Yamaha FG730 FG Series Acoustic Guitar overview at Full Compass Systems with Yamaha Guitars Product Manager, Armando Vega</p>
<p>The heritage of <a href="http://www.halfwaybroken.com" target=_self>yamaha guitars</a> begins with the FG line of acoustic guitars. The FG730S acoustic guitar&#8217;s deluxe features including die-cast tuners, solid sitka spruce top, and a rosewood fingerboard.</p>
<p>Since 1887, Yamaha has grown to become a leading producer of musical instruments and audio/visual products. Yamaha&#8217;s dynamic product range includes mixing consoles, speakers, digital pianos/keyboards, signal processing and more. Call Full Compass today and benefit from Yamaha&#8217;s renowned performance, innovation and value.</p>
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		<title>Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Stratocaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.ProGuitarShop.com &#8211; The Fender Hot Rod Deluxe is the classic hard-gigging, working man&#8217;s combo amplifier. 40 Watts of classic 6L6 tube tone that always gets the job done and never lets you down. The Fender Hot Rod Deluxe is a serious tone tool for the common guitar player. Andy makes this Hot Rod Deluxe Scream [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1PvFumhjZOo/0.jpg" align="left" title="Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Stratocaster" alt="0 Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Stratocaster" />www.ProGuitarShop.com &#8211; The Fender Hot Rod Deluxe is the classic hard-gigging, working man&#8217;s combo amplifier. 40 Watts of classic 6L6 tube tone that always gets the job done and never lets you down. The Fender Hot Rod Deluxe is a serious tone tool for the common guitar player.  Andy makes this Hot Rod Deluxe Scream with his Fender Custom Shop <a href="http://www.halfwaybroken.com" target=_self>stratocaster</a> Relic.   With the Hot Rod Deluxe and a Stratocaster, the gigging musician can play anything from dirty blues to rock and still come out in front of the mix.</p>
<p>The Fender Hot Rod Deluxe was designed to meet the needs of todays working guitarist.  The clean channel yields traditional, sparkly Fender clean tones with bite and punch.  When pushed up to the breaking point, the overdrive is spanky and tight with rich harmonic content and dynamic control.  The Hot Rod Deluxe overdrive channel yields warm, creamy overdrive reminiscent of Texas blues and southern rock.  When pushed into More Drive, the saturation gets thicker and the overdrive starts to sing a song of sustaining leads and rockin rhythms.  Fender designed the Hot Rod Deluxe to meet demanding specifications, the first of which is versatility.  Todays modern working guitarists need an amp they can rely on for many different applications and the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe is that amp.</p>
<p>Duration : <b>0:5:22</b></p>
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		<title>The Randy Rhoads Jackson Guitar Announcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In collaboration with the Rhoads family, the Jackson Custom Shop will build 60 exact replicas of the first Randy Rhoads Jackson, often referred to as the Concorde. Heres the video of the announcement and reactions from Rhoads sister Kathy and brother Kelly and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. Duration : 0:9:23]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/U3_nCP0K9IU/0.jpg" align="left" title="The Randy Rhoads Jackson Guitar Announcement" alt="0 The Randy Rhoads Jackson Guitar Announcement" />In collaboration with the Rhoads family, the Jackson Custom Shop will build 60 exact replicas of the first Randy Rhoads Jackson, often referred to as the Concorde. Heres the video of the announcement and reactions from Rhoads sister Kathy and brother Kelly and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian.</p>
<p>Duration : <b>0:9:23</b></p>
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		<title>Ibanez ARZ307-BK Demo &#8211; IBANEZ GUITAR CENTRE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ARZ307 is a powerful and reliable 7 string for anyone who wants to play heavy downtuned riffs. The simple design and fixed bridge mean that the guitar has great sustain and playability. Its perfect for heavier music with the Ibanez AH 3 and 4 pick ups which use ceramic magnets to ensure that the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bC3T3r8x5Jw/0.jpg" align="left" title="Ibanez ARZ307 BK Demo   IBANEZ GUITAR CENTRE" alt="0 Ibanez ARZ307 BK Demo   IBANEZ GUITAR CENTRE" />The ARZ307 is a powerful and reliable 7 string for anyone who wants to play heavy downtuned riffs. The simple design and fixed bridge mean that the guitar has great sustain and playability. Its perfect for heavier music with the Ibanez AH 3 and 4 pick ups which use ceramic magnets to ensure that the guitar sounds good no matter how much gain you put it through. The ARZ307 was played through an Orange Thunderverb 50 Half stack. Demo by Tyron Sander of Audio Rebound</p>
<p>Duration : <b>0:2:54</b></p>
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		<title>1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard 2 00978</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This superb forty-nine year old Les Paul Standard &#8216;Burst&#8217; weighs just 8.90 lbs. and has nice, fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body with a &#8216;lighty-flamed solid carved maple top which is totally unfaded. One-piece mahogany neck with a typical thin &#8217;60 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0DtPYN2a_Lk/0.jpg" align="left" title="1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard 2 00978" alt="0 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard 2 00978" />This superb forty-nine year old Les Paul Standard &#8216;Burst&#8217; weighs just 8.90 lbs. and has nice, fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body with a &#8216;lighty-flamed solid carved maple top which is totally unfaded. One-piece mahogany neck with a typical thin &#8217;60 profile. Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets. Inlaid pearl trapezoid (crown) position markers. Two PAF humbucker pickups (double-black) with outputs of 9.12k and 8.22k. Housed in the original Gibson four-latch brown &#8220;Non-Burst&#8221; flattop hardshell case with pink plush lining (8.50)</p>
<p>Duration : <b>0:3:32</b></p>
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		<title>ESP Guitars: NAMM 2012 Wrap-Up Video (Part 1/2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A variety of scenes from the 2012 NAMM Show (Anaheim, CA). Featuring ESP artists including Kirk Hammett (Metallica), George Lynch (Lynch Mob, Souls of We), Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom), Gus G (Ozzy/Firewind), Frank Bello and Rob Caggiano (Anthrax), Michael Wilton (Queensrÿche), Stephen Carpenter (Deftones), Pancho Tomaselli (War/PHILM), Evan Brewer, Andy James, and more! http://www.espguitars.com/ [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4iYcVVIjoGE/0.jpg" align="left" title="ESP Guitars: NAMM 2012 Wrap Up Video (Part 1/2)" alt="0 ESP Guitars: NAMM 2012 Wrap Up Video (Part 1/2)" />A variety of scenes from the 2012 NAMM Show (Anaheim, CA). Featuring ESP artists including Kirk Hammett (Metallica), George Lynch (Lynch Mob, Souls of We), Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom), Gus G (Ozzy/Firewind), Frank Bello and Rob Caggiano (Anthrax), Michael Wilton (Queensrÿche), Stephen Carpenter (Deftones), Pancho Tomaselli (War/PHILM), Evan Brewer, Andy James, and more! http://www.espguitars.com/</p>
<p>Duration : <b>0:3:30</b></p>
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		<title>Fender Guitars 57 Reissue Stratocaster Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free Ebooki when you sign here http://www.guitarjamz.com/new_requests/ http://www.buffalobrosguitars.com Duration : 0:3:15]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fiPXpo6ZGB8/0.jpg" align="left" title="Fender Guitars 57 Reissue Stratocaster Review" alt="0 Fender Guitars 57 Reissue Stratocaster Review" />Free Ebooki when you sign here http://www.guitarjamz.com/new_requests/<br />
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<p>Duration : <b>0:3:15</b></p>
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		<title>The Great Gibson Guitar Raid: Months Later, Still No Charges Filed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;They&#8230;come in with weapons, they seized a half-million dollars worth of property, they shut our factory down, and they have not charged us with anything,&#8221; says gibson guitars CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, referring to the August 2011 raid on his Nashville and Memphis factories by agents from the Departments of Homeland Security and Fish &#38; Wildlife. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/V5IYGroW1nA/0.jpg" align="left" title="The Great Gibson Guitar Raid: Months Later, Still No Charges Filed" alt="0 The Great Gibson Guitar Raid: Months Later, Still No Charges Filed" />&#8220;They&#8230;come in with weapons, they seized a half-million dollars worth of property, they shut our factory down, and they have not charged us with anything,&#8221; says <a href="http://www.halfwaybroken.com" target=_self>gibson guitars</a> CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, referring to the August 2011 raid on his Nashville and Memphis factories by agents from the Departments of Homeland Security and Fish &amp; Wildlife.</p>
<p>The feds raided Gibson for using an inappropriate tariff code on wood from India, which is a violation of the anti-trafficking statute known as The Lacey Act. At issue is not whether the wood in question was endangered, but whether the wood was the correct level of thickness and finish before being exported from India. &#8220;India is wanting to ensure that raw wood is not exported without some labor content from India,&#8221; says Juskiewicz.</p>
<p>Andrea Johnson of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) counters that &#8220;it&#8217;s not up to Gibson to decide which laws&#8230;they want to respect.&#8221; She points out that Gibson had previously been raided under The Lacey Act for imports from Madagascar.</p>
<p>This much is clear: The government has yet to file any charges or allow Gibson a day in court to makes its case, much less retrieve its materials. &#8220;This is not about responsible forestry and sustainable wood or illegal logging, this is about a bureaucratic law,&#8221; argues Juszkiewicz, who testified last year before a congressional hearing convened by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). It is, he says, &#8220;a blank check for abuse.&#8221;</p>
<p>About 6 minutes. Written, produced, and narrated by Anthony L. Fisher; shot by Joshua Swain.</p>
<p>Music: &#8220;Improvisation: Fast Blues in A&#8221; by Rev. Gary Davis</p>
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		<title>NAMM 2011 &#8211; Epiphone Guitars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guitar World stops by the epiphone Guitars booth to speak with Dr. Epiphone at NAMM 2011 to check out some brand new axes. Duration : 0:6:1]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/FeQ6Vzlzm4c/0.jpg" align="left" title="NAMM 2011   Epiphone Guitars" alt="0 NAMM 2011   Epiphone Guitars" />Guitar World stops by the <a href="http://www.halfwaybroken.com" target=_self>epiphone</a> Guitars booth to speak with Dr. Epiphone at NAMM 2011 to check out some brand new axes.</p>
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		<title>NAMM &#8217;10 &#8211; Yamaha Guitars FSX720 &amp; FSX730 Acoustic/Electrics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.premierguitar.com PG&#8217;s Jordan Wagner is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2010 NAMM Show where he visits the yamaha guitars booth. In this segment, we get to see two of their newest acoustic models for 2010. The new models are the FSX720 and FSX730, which are both derived from the FG series. The FSX720 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qUBV-HuyKY8/0.jpg" align="left" title="NAMM 10   Yamaha Guitars FSX720 &amp; FSX730 Acoustic/Electrics" alt="0 NAMM 10   Yamaha Guitars FSX720 &amp; FSX730 Acoustic/Electrics" />http://www.premierguitar.com PG&#8217;s Jordan Wagner is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2010 NAMM Show where he visits the <a href="http://www.halfwaybroken.com" target=_self>yamaha guitars</a> booth. In this segment, we get to see two of their newest acoustic models for 2010.</p>
<p>The new models are the FSX720 and FSX730, which are both derived from the FG series. The FSX720 has mahogany back and sides, rosewood bridge and neck. Also, it features piezo electronics.</p>
<p>The FSX730 has rosewood back and sides, rosewood bridge and neck. Also, it comes loaded with transducer electronics.</p>
<p>For more NAMM 2010 coverage or to view our completely FREE digital edition of Premier Guitar magazine, be sure to visit http://www.premierguitar.com</p>
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