We came across this cool 2008 photo of the Legendary Kris Kristofferson with his Masterbilt DR-500P the other day. This is the only Masterbilt that has a Maple body and it sounds great! Good choice Kris! CLICK HERE to check it out.
Archive for October, 2009
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Oct
09
emperor swingster demo
I’ve been working on an audio demo of the Emperor Swingster this afternoon. These pickups are smokin’ hot and the combinations of series and parallel settings give you a wide variety of tones. I think you will be impressed. Look for a Swingster feature (with audio demo) on www.epiphone.com soon!
Here’s something cool for the vintage freak in all of us. Today I had this beauty in the studio for some detail photography. It’s a 1964 Coronet on loan from our friends at Chicago Music Exchange in the rare “Silver Fox” finish.
A white grain filler was used and then covered in a “green-ish” clear back in ’64 to get this desired effect… and is quite difficult to reproduce today. But we have the guy who can do it! (hint, hint)
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Oct
09
it only looks expensive
We have been creating some new print ads lately and last week it was time to spotlight the new “Worn ’66 Wilshire“. The idea was to point out that this new version of a classic brings you incredible value (MSRP is a ridiculously low $632) with the tag line of… “It Only Looks Expensive”. To hammer the point home, we found the most luxurious car we could find in a local parking lot (BMW X5) and convinced the owner to hand over the keys for a half hour or so. The natural lighting was perfect and I fired off 60 or so frames from every possible angle. The final ad is below… you should be seeing it in music publications soon.
BTW… I couldn’t help but play this beauty for a few minutes after the session and man what a great guitar. These things are gonna be flying out of stores next month. You should check it out. CLICK HERE for more info.
