Arm the homeless

Fender has finally unveiled the Arm The Homeless guitar, having worked closely with Tom Morello. It's made in Mexico. Pickups are EMGs & the bridge is the highly acclaimed GOTOH GE1966T.

However, Fender had issued a disclaimer about this flag image on the body which is disallowed for display in some parts of the world. Do take note if you are interested.

Pics: Fender

New @ stores

 

Some stuff that would do your weekend shopping some good - we begin with the Edwards LP-types here. The E-LP125SD ($1,450) gold top is equipped with Seymour Duncans from the factory so it lists for a little more than its brother. That black E-LPC ($1,150) is the non-Seymour Duncan version; a good investment if you are into Japanese guitars which are affordable but not skimpy. Available at Davis GMC.

Over at the Swee Lee camp, a pair of Fender signature models: 1) HER (above, $1,599) 2) Tom Morello (below, $1,879). 

PICS: Davis GMC/ Fender

Flashback Friday: Ibanez Talman

It's Friday already, hope everyone's having a good lunch before completing the later half of the working day & ushering in the weekend. Anyway, I'm still in planet Talman, managed to dig this up from my Ibanez catalogs; it's the final year of the series' production- 1996

As you can see, the Talman back then sports a truss rod cover, 2 metal knobs, a proprietary bridge design & a trio of lipstick pickups, unlike this year's TM320 in this gorgeous blue finish.

The other version featured a pair of P-90/ Jazzmaster-esque pickups. One of these was hanging on the wall of Swee Lee, beckoning me every time I pass by the store. Back then, the Plaza Singapura shifted to Takashimaya SC before closing down altogether. Those were the days.

The 1990s was a difficult period for manufacturers like Ibanez because it's the decade of anti-guitar. Grunge was taking over, everyone wants to be seen not being able to play the guitar properly. Shred was out of the question (but it wasn't dead). Ibanez had to enlist players like Tom Morello to propel the Talman model.