Spotted on the Suhr Forum:

I’m sure Ed already posted this but figured I’d throw it out there as well because I’ve received a lot of questions about these guitars. Just wanted to let you know that Suhr is now accepting orders for their 7 string Modern. I received the following from Ed last night.

“We can now take orders for the Modern 7-String that was introduced at NAMM but the bridge choice is still limited to the Floyd Rose Original 7-String and the EMG pickups. The base price is the same as any other Custom model. John is working on a 7-string version of the Aldrich pickups and looking at other bridge options but it may still be a little while (several months) before other options for the bridges and pickups are finalized”.

dirtbox.net has returned with a cool new look!

How often have you heard a couple of cool overdrive pedals on youtube or somehwere and then had to go searching around several websites in order to find more information about it? Lots of times, exactly. Welcome to Dirt Box.

Dirt Box is designed to gather all of that information for you and put it all in one place. We give our honest opinions of the pedals on show in our review sections and in the information area we try to give you an opinion based on what we know about the pedal, the company who designed it, the components inside of it, etc…etc…

There are literally thousands of Overdrive, Distortion, Fuzz and Boost pedals out there and Dirt Box aims to track as many down as we can and provide as much information as possible on the pedals. We don’t just cover the ’boutique’ pedals either! At Dirt Box you will find information on EVERY pedal we find from copanies such as Boss, Modtone, and Behringer right up to the high-end custom made pedals by BK Butler, Analogman, and more!

Piece by piece, pedal by pedal we are building an exhaustive database of Overdrive, Distortion, Fuzz, and Boost pedals of all kinds. Enjoy!

Musicradar has just posted up the results of its poll of readers for the best electric guitars under £1000:

Following The best electric guitars under £300 as voted for by MusicRadar’s axe-loving, GAS-infected community, we’ve upped the price range and the lust factor significantly. Ladies and gentlemen, here are finest electric guitars under £1000 in the world today.

Thanks for all your nominations. The results include an eclectic mix of classics from Fender, Gibson, Ibanez and PRS, pointy metal axes from the likes of Dean and Washburn, something British-made from Gordon-Smith and an eye-watering fluorescent Charvel in the mix too. In short, there’s a guitar here to suit every player and every style.

If you have a budget of up to £1000 (even if you haven’t, many of these instruments can be found for closer to the £500 mark on the street) be sure to click through the following pages and read the reviews before shelling out. Spent wisely, £1000 can buy you a killer axe that will give you years of pleasure.

In Alphabetical order the list reads:

BC Mockingbird ST
Charvel San Dimas Style 1
Dean Razorback Cemetary Gates
Epiphone “Inspired by John Lennon” Casino
Epiphone Les Paul Ultra II
ESP LTD EC-1000VB
Fender American Special Series
Fender American Standard Series
Fender Classic Player Series
Fender Road Worn Series
G&L Tribute Series ASAT Classic Bluesboy Semi-Hollow
Gibson Les Paul Junior
Gibson Les Paul Studio
Gibson SG Special
Gordon-Smith GS2
Ibanez JS100
Ibanez RG1550M Prestige
PRS SE Custom Semi-Hollow
PRS SE Singlecut Korina
Schecter C-1 Classic
Washburn WV40V Pro E
Yamaha SA503 Troy Van Leeuwen Signature

Guitarist Magazine are currently reviewing the new Guthrie Govan set-neck signature Suhr guitar for next month’s magazine. AS a tease they have posted up some gallery images of the guitar.

Very cool HD video of the Suhr Guitars Factory with a backing of Guthrie Govan’s ‘Sevens’.

Does it get any cooler than that?….I think not.

I’ve been the proud owner of a Cornford Roadhouse 30 head for a couple months now so it was about time I did a MasterThatGear demo video