If you love the feel of your guitar but think it needs a little something extra in the tone department, check this out.
Custom builder Emerson Custom Guitars is giving away a prewired assembly (pots, switches, etc). The winner will get his/her pick of any assembly, and Emerson specializes in Fender, Gibson, and PRS style assemblies.
This is a KILLER giveaway from Fender and Reunion Blues!
Enter to win a Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster, Fender ‘65 Twin Reverb amp and a Reunion Blues case and guitar strap, valued at $5,000.
Everyone really got into the DigiTech Facebook giveaway last week, now they’re moving the goodness over to Twitter. Just follow Digitech on Twitter and retweet their giveaway announcement with the hashtag #jamman and you’ll be entered to win a JamMan Delay pedal worth $500.
We’ve had a few people win bags and cases in the past, and I think they’ve been as pumped as anyone else!
Enter to win what looks to be a very nice guitar gig bag from Fusion. The grand prize winner will score a $225 Fusion F1 guitar gig bag, plus two accessory bags that attach right to the main bag. Two other winners will also get guitar gig bags.
Hank at EffectsBay has another great boutique pedal giveaway happening right now. Head over to his site and enter to win a VFE Fiery Red Horse Fuzz pedal.
There’s a lot of buzz about VFE Pedals, and this is your chance to get in on the tone!
This is an awesome giveaway from Schecter Guitars! Enter to win a trip for two to San Diego with tix to the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, PLUS three guitars! The winner will score Zacky Vengeance, Synyster Gates, and Shaun Morgan signature Schecter guitars. Wow.
Do you want to get your dirty tone from your pedals or your amp? Let’s go with both! Enter to win a Blackstar Amplification HT-DUAL 12AX7 tube driven distortion pedal AND an HT-1 12AU7 driven one watt combo amp.
The good people at Orange Amps have put together an auction full of great gear to benefit those affected by the recent tornadoes in Joplin MO.
I’ve donated 12 dozen GearPipe picks, but the must-see item is a rare and valuable (last one of only twenty made) Orange Union Jack half-stack worth at least $6000.
Please go check this out and, if you’re able, help the people of Joplin out.
I think I forgot about the Music Connection magazine Friday Feebie for a while. The shame!!! But I’m bringing it back on a good week!
Enter to win a copy of Samplitude 11 Professional, MAGIX’s flagship DAW software. This software is worth about $1,000 and Music Connection is giving away three copies.
This is an amazing guitar giveaway. Enter to win a Gibson Guitar USA SG ‘61 Reissue. That’s all I have to say.
New high-end drum company Crush Drums is giving away a killer drum set, we just don’t know which one.
They will give the kit away when they reach 10,000 Facebook fans, and will announce the model at 9,000. They are at just over 8,000 now, so let’s get them closer to 10K!
What has been called “the most extreme tour of the year,” the Summer Slaughter tour, kicks off tomorrow in LA.
You don’t have to attend to enter to win an ESP/LTD guitar, signed by the headliners the Black Dahlia Murder and Whitechapel. Cue devil horns.
In case you haven’t noticed, the world of gear review videos is an extreme sausage fest. Fuzz Box Girl is trying to inject a little sex into the pedals we already lust over.
You should check out her videos, and while you’re at it, enter her current swag contest. You could win a Fuzz Box Girl t-shirt, a sheet of stickers, and a FBG fridge magnet.
I can tell you from experience that the toughest instrument to mic up, live or in the studio, is a drum kit. It’s a skill, but you might as well start with a nice set of drum mics.
Enter to win a CAD Touring 7 kit, which includes four TSM 411 dynamic mics for use on snare and toms, two GXL 1200 condenser mics for overheads, and one D12 large-diaphragm dynamic for kick.
This is one of my favorite all-time posts!
Michael Stettes, a regular here on my Facebook page, has just launched his own pedal company, NoiseKICK FX. Please congratulate him, but also please like his Facebook page.
Once NoiseKICK gets up to 333 fans, Mike is going to give away a Colorsound One-Knob Fuzz clone pedal. Go Mike!!!
This is a good one!
Darren from Jet City Music just emailed to let me know they are taking a two week hiatus from their weekly pedal giveaway. To make it up to you, when they resume their Thursday giveaways on Aug 4, they are giving the winner their choice of any pedal in their inventory. All you have to do is “like” their Facebook page to enter.
I’ve got dibs on this one!!!
From Premier Guitar, enter to win a Breedlove Solo C35 acoustic/electric guitar. This solid spruce top guitar is equipped with the L.R. Baggs Stage Pro pickup with chromatic tuner, notch, filter and EQ and a side port soundhole, and is worth $1,199.
We can all use more T-shirts, right? Especially guitar T-shirts.
Used gear site UsedGuitar.com has just ordered up a bunch of tees, featuring a design by Wes Freed (who designs album covers for Drive-By-Truckers & others). Just like their Facebook page to be entered into their weekly tee shirt giveaway.
I know what you people like. You people like Orange Amps.
Fearless Records is giving you the chance to win a seriously killer Orange half stack, including a TH30 amp and 4x10” speaker cabinet.
The band Suicide Silence just released their third album, The Black Crown, and hit the road with Mayhem Fest. To celebrate, they are giving away an Epiphone guitar with some pretty awesome custom Suicide Silence graphics.
Pro audio gear manufacturer Alto Professional has just launched in the US. To kick things off, they are giving away an Alto ZEPHYR ZMX122FX mixer. This is an 8-channel, 2-bus mixer with 256 onboard effects.
I actually really need this mixer, so I hope I win ;-)
This is a killer giveaway from Vintage Guitar magazine!
Enter to win a Reverend Guitars Reeves Gabrels signature model guitar and a Victoria VIC 105 amp, valued at more than $2,800. VG doesn’t do a lot of giveaways, but when they do, they do ‘em right!
More pedals! The good people at Prymaxe Vintage have just launched a monthly pedal giveaway, hosted on YouTube.
This month they are giving away an Etched Dwarfcraft Devices Eau Claire Thunder pedal. Just subscribe to their YouTube channel to enter.
ProAudio.com always rocks great giveaways, but they’ve just announced a year’s worth of contests! 12 months. $12,000 in prizes. Each month they are giving away a home studio recording bundle worth over $1,000.
In July, score a Lexicon interface, dbx direct box, Shure mic & headphones, and a bunch of accessories.
Squier Guitars have always gotten kind of a bad rap, but the Fender understudies are putting out some really nice guitars these days, especially the upgraded models.
Enter to win a Squier Classic Vibe Strat from Active Musician. Sunburst finish, tortoise shell pickguard. Just like the real thing!
This may be silly, but I always felt that if I were playing shows with in-ear monitors, I had arrived!
One of you could be rocking out (even in your basement) with a new pair of JH Audio JH16 Pro custom in-ear monitors. This is JH Audio’s flagship system, priced at $1,149. This is a worldwide giveaway.
You don’t always need to drastically alter your tone. Sometimes your tone just needs a little kick in the back side.
This week’s pedal giveaway from Jet City Music will do just that! Enter to win an Xotic AC Booster Overdrive/Boost pedal, a $168 stompbox that gives you 20dB of clean transparent boost.
Earlier today I posted two pretty amazing microphone giveaways. But what if you need something to record on? Problem solved (for one person, at least).
Enter to win a Korg MR2 High-Resolution Mobile Recorder. If you’ve been recording audio on your phone or a cheap recorder, get on this one! The Korg MR2 lists for $899.
The good people at Earthworks are running a second mic giveaway right now.
This is a mic for a more specific use, but if you’re a serious sound guy or gal, you’ll want to enter to win an M30s Small-diaphragm Wide Spectrum Omnidirectional Measurement Microphone. Just like their FB page to enter.
Here’s a chance to win a seriously hi-def microphone from Earthworks.
They are giving away a P/30C, a periscope cardioid microphone that can be used for drums, guitar, vocals, strings, and more. Basically, if you want your recording to sound EXACTLY like the real thing, use one of these. This mic sells for $799.
Another great giveaway for the drummers!
Sabain is giving one lucky winner their choice of an AA Rock Performance Set (14” Hats, 16” Crash, 20” Ride) or an HH Performance Set (14” Hats, 16” Medium-Thin Crash, 20” Medium Ride). Good luck!
I know this guitar giveaway has been out for a while, but it’s a really good one and I’m sure not all of you have seen it! Enter to win a Paul Reed Smith Tremonti guitar from website Fret12.
Another really great monthly giveaway from Sweetwater Sound.
Enter to win a Radial Workhorse 500 Series Rack filled with eight of Radial’s unique tone-sculpting modules. In layman’s terms, this is a crapload of effects stuffed into your rack.
To celebrate their 20th Anniversary, DRUM! Magazine is giving away another AMAZING snare drum this month.
Enter to win a DW 14” x 6.5” cherry & walnut shell Collector’s Series Super Solid Edge snare drum, worth $1,799.
File this giveaway under: Straight Up Useful.
Enter to win a Galaxy Audio CM-130 handheld SPL meter (useful if you run sound or are trying to keep a backyard party under police-notifying decibel levels) and a Rapco CD100 Cable Doctor (useful to see which one of your cheap cables crapped out on you).
See? Useful.
I think we’ve gotten away from the metal guitars lately, and for that I apologize.
To celebrate the release of a commemorative 25th Anniversary version of Megadeth’s ‘Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?’ enter to win a Dean Guitars Dave Mustaine VMNTX United Abominations guitar and $200 in Iron Fist Clothing.
OK…one more pedal giveaway today. The guys at Jet City Music usually go for the new and cutting edge companies, but for this week’s Giveaway Thursday they’re kicking old school. Goin’ back to what works!
Enter to win an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Boy, a killer sounding analog delay pedal that sells for $179.
It appears to be a good week for pedal giveaways!
Hank at EffectsBay is giving away a Source Audio Soundblox Tri-Mod Flanger pedal. We don’t see a ton of flanger giveaways, do we? Make sure you enter to win this one, which retails for $179.
Dan at Six String Soul has just launched another great boutique pedal giveaway. Head over and enter to win an Empress Effects Multidrive.
Not that I have to tell you what this pedal is all about, but “the Multidrive allows you to blend Overdrive, Distortion and Fuzz together, creating a full and rich array of tones that would not be available otherwise.” I want.
I hope everyone had a good 4th! I tried to find a very “American” giveaway, like a stars & stripes guitar, but no luck. So I found a beer-related giveaway, instead. That’s very 4th of July, yes?
Enter to win a guitar & amp package from Heineken. I don’t see specs, but the prize is worth $1,000. Other prizes include a luxury sound system, high-end turntable, and a large-format framed photo.
I own a Gretsch drum kit that I love, but I would not kick this prize out of bed!
Enter to win a 5-piece Gretsch Renown 57 kit in black and white, 6-piece set of Sabian Hand Hammered cymbals, Gibraltar Turning Point hardware, gear from Latin Percussion and Toca, and a 7-piece set of Protection Racket cases. Total value? $8,300!
I hope all of you yanks have settled into your three day weekend. I wouldn’t mind sneaking away for a three day weekend with this Royer R-121 ribbon microphone from Recording Hacks. This is a seriously pro mic that sells for $1,295!
