Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster guitar and Steve Harris Signature Precision bass

Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster guitar:
The Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster guitar features an alder body, one-piece satin-finished maple neck with a soft "V"-shape and medium jumbo frets, DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary DP103 neck pickup, vintage-style Strat middle pickup, DiMarzio Super Distortion DP100 bridge pickup, American vintage synchronized tremolo, signature chrome pickup covers, one-ply white pickguard, and Black thin-skin nitrocellulose lacquer finish.

Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster guitar

"I have always enjoyed the versatility that you get from playing Fender Strat guitars," said Murray. "This signature guitar plays and feels just like my original, with exception that it’s LOUDER! My thanks go out to Fender for putting this together. I’ll be taking this guitar out to play on the next tour."

Steve Harris Signature Precision bass:
The Fender Steve Harris Precision Bass guitar features an alder body, one-piece maple neck with medium jumbo frets, Seymour Duncan Basslines Quarter Pound split-coil Precision Bass pickup, chrome Badass II bridge, chrome pickguard, and his signature Rotosound flatwound strings and Royal Blue Metallic finish.

"It’s always been Fender Precision Bass guitars for me, whether recording or playing live," said Harris. "I only endorse things I use, so it makes sense to have my own signature model!"

Steve Harris Signature Precision bass

Fender Steve Harris Precision Bass guitars are available at Fender dealers worldwide with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of £1,139.99; Dave Murray Stratocaster guitars are available at Fender dealers worldwide with a suggested manufacturer’s price of £1,719.99

Ibanez JS1000 Guitar Joe Satriani series

A guitar God like Joe Satriani, one of the worlds most influential and best players does not choose his signature instrument of choice lightly, and it has shown. Throughout most of his career, Satriani has chosen Ibanez.

Quickly, Ibanez created a custom signature model for Satriani, seeing his great playing and making an instrument which best fitted his needs. Out of this was born the JS series of guitars, but most importantly (and expensively) the JS1000 was born. It reflects Joe's playing style in every degree.

Ibanez JS1000 Guitar Joe Satriani series

JS1000 has a unique rounded shape, beautifully balanced, and the silver tone and volume knobs are completely in sync with the smooth and perfect finishes. There are a range of trans black, trans red, and chrome. Instead of the faux transparent which is visible on many cheaper guitars, this guitar is actually completely transparent on some models. Also available are some limited editions, but for a much greater price. The black hardware (or chrome depending on body finish) match perfectly, and are placed to make the most eyecatching effect. The typical Ibanez headstock is as smart as ever.

Sound
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The dual dimarzio humbuckers are brilliant quality, and are very responsive to the sound. This guitar is completely responsive to an individual players tone and feel, and does not sound the same from player to player at all. This is great as your own unique style comes through. The push pull switch allows the pickup combination to switch, so the bridge humbucker becomes a single coil. This allows a near infinite range of tone. A licensed floyd rose bridge is a wonderful tool for sonic madness, to gentle tremolo.

Feel
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Possibly one of the most important but overlooked aspects of the guitar. The medium frets allow for great smooth bends and simple chording as well. Everything is within easy reach of your hands, and it just feels right. Nothing is too large, or overly small. Your pinkie of your right hand can nicely reach the volume for swells, or the trem arm for divebombs.

Price: Ranging $1,379 to $1,749

Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster 2009

I think Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore is another name of guitar who has been creating memorable guitar riffs for decades. His deft phrasing and unmistakable tone in hit songs from bands including Deep Purple and Rainbow have helped make the phrase guitar solo a household term.

Blackmore and Fender are proud to introduce the Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster Electric Guitar, based on his favorite ’70s model and featuring a maple neck with a graduated scalloped rosewood fretboard, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat pickups, and ’70s-style F tuners. Deluxe gig bag included.

Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster Electric Guitar Features:

• Neck: Maple, U-shaped, (gloss polyurethane finish)
  
• Fingerboard: Graduated scalloped, rosewood, 7.25" radius (184 mm)
  
• No. of Frets: 21 vintage-style frets
  
• Neck: 1 Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 single-coil Strat pickup
  
• Middle: 1 non-active "dummy" pickup
  
• Bridge: 1 reverse-wound/reverse-polarity Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4 single-coil Strat pickup
  
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (neck pickup), Tone 2. (bridge pickup)
  
• Pickup Switching — 3 Position Blade:
  Position 1: Bridge Pickup
  Position 2: Bridge and Neck Pickups
  Position 3: Neck Pickup
  
• Bridge: Vintage-style synchronized tremolo
  
• Machine heads: Fender/Schaller vintage-style tuners
  
• Hardware: Chrome
  
• Ritchie Blackmore signature on front of headstock,
• Case: Deluxe gig bag
  

Price: $1200.00

Notice: Product Prices, Features, Specifications Are Subject To Change Without Notice

Yamaha APX500 Thinline Acoustic Guitar

Yamaha APX500 Thinline Acoustic Guitar

The APX500 is a Thinline Acoustic with 1-way pickup system including a built in tuner and 3 band equalizer. This guitars have been designed for live playing and feature a new pickup system that captures the real sound of the guitar and a thinline body that fits better with the musician’s body. The Yamaha APX500 Thinline Acoustic Guitar features nato body with spruce top, nato neck, rosewood fingerboard, rosewood bridge, System55T 1-way piezo pickup system with control panel, built-in tuner and 3-band EQ.

This guitar comes in five different finishes, natural, black, oriental blue burst, old violin sunburst and dark red burst and has limited lifetime warranty. The price of the Yamaha APX500 Thinline Acoustic Guitar is $299.99-$399.99.

Yamaha RBX4 A2 Electric Bass Guitar

Yamaha RBX4 A2 Electric Bass Guitar has a very simple design and very low weight. Yamaha has challenged the concept "the more uniform and heavy, the better the sound", with an advanced technology called Alternative Internal Resonance, or AIR. AIR combines lightweight and resonant softwoods between harder tonewoods creating an instrument loaded with sustain and tone while maintaining an ultra lightweight construction. Already proven in the RGX line, Yamaha now offers this sustain and tone in the RBX line with the RBX4 A2 bass guitar.

Yamaha RBX4 A2 Super-Light Electric Bass Guitar Features:

• Bolt-on construction
  
• AIR body
  
• Maple neck
  
• Rosewood fingerboard
  
• 24 frets
  
• 34" scale
  
• 10-5/8" radius
  
• Die-cast bridge
  
• 2 Y.A.S.H. custom shop designed single coil pickups
  
• Front volume, rear volume, master tone controls (LED lit pickup indicator and selector)
  

Price: Approximately about $300.

DBZ's Bird Of Prey Electric Guitar

DBZ Guitars has announced the "Bird of Prey" a radical new instrument that will redefine the world of metal guitars. From the darkest depths of legendary guitar designer Dean B. Zelinsky, and anchoring the company's metal-inspired Darkside of Dean line, the Bird of Prey combines advanced design techniques, high performance and unstoppable off-the-hook stage appeal in the same instrument.

DBZ Guitar's Bird Of Prey

It is said to be built for aggressive players with refined tastes, the Bird of Prey is a carved work of art that fuses form and function. Available in a variety of custom colors and graphics with a highly contoured body, the Bird of Prey makes the ultimate artistic statement without having to say a word. The Bird of Prey comes loaded with EMG 81 and 85 active humbuckers providing all the intensity and punch needed to compliment the powerful design. The Bird of Prey's extended scale length, soft V profile and easy access 24-fret neck gives players the ability to tear up the fretboard in style while lending their music an unparalleled visual statement.

Being a pioneer of metal guitars, many of metal's royalty gravitated towards Zelinsky's designs early on. "One look at the Bird Of Prey and you'll see that we are giving metal a whole new level of respect," says CEO and founder of DBZ Guitars, Dean B. Zelinsky.

"We are using technology and sophisticated design sensibilities to set a new precedent for metal guitars. From these perspectives the Bird Of Prey is a guitar that simply cannot be denied."

Available in both import and USA models, the USA Bird of Prey features a Mahogany body, optional Flame Maple top, a 24-fret set neck and an ebony fingerboard and also includes EMG 81/85 humbuckers, custom DBZ inlays, Sperzel tuners and a locking Floyd Rose tremolo system. Every Bird of Prey is available in a variety of custom colors, or stunning graphics.

FRV-1 Fender Reverb pedal

BOSS and Fender USA have collaborated to make the FRV-1, a stunning recreation of the 1963 Fender Reverb. A staple sound of rockabilly, country, blues, surf rock and even grunge rock, this tube-driven reverb sound is now available in an affordable, rugged compact pedal.

Boss's FRV-1 Fender Reverb pedal

The FRV-1 recreates the classic spring-reverb sound of the 1963 Fender Reverb via patented COSM® technology. The controls are simple, as a pedal emulating the straightforward Fender Reverb Unit should be: Dwell controls the length of the reverb tail, Tone, the overall coloration, and the Mixer control acts as your wet / dry mix., adding buttery warmth or sparkling twang.

You might wonder why one would need an additional reverb effect, being that boss already makes the respectable RV-5, and most amps already sport their own, built-in reverb. The obvious adherents to the classic Fender Reverb, country pickers and surf-guitar aficionados, will tell you there's no replacing a spring reverb's grinding, magical, atmospheric mojo. That character seems to be pretty-well captured by the FRV-1, and probably makes even more sense as an effects pedal than the other, "amp simulating" stompboxes in the Legend Series.

The FRV-1 is expected to be available in late July.

Iron Maiden pack in Rock Band

Rock Band and Rock Band 2 are to be graced with an Iron Maiden track pack which brings 12 classic tracks and new live concert performances (from 9th June), according to the Rock Band community 'zine and Kotaku.

12 tracks from the uncompromising leaders of what was once called the New Wave of British Heavy Metal will mix classic eighties album recordings with recent live performances from the Flight 666 tour film. Following are the lists:

Iron Maiden Flight 666 Tour

Aces High (live)

2 Minutes to Midnight

The Trooper

Wasted Years

The Number of the Beast

Run to the Hills

Can I Play With Madness

The Clairvoyant

Powerslave

Fear of the Dark (live)

Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)

Iron Maiden (live)