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Slash To Perform “Bent To Fly” On Conan Thursday February 5

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SLASH Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. Photo Credit: Travis Shinn

SLASH Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. Photo Credit: Travis Shinn

Slash and his band featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators will perform their new single “Bent To Fly” this Thursday, February 5, 2015 on Conan, at 11:00 PM (EST/PST)/10:00 PM (CST) on TBS TV. The song is off their current album World On Fire.

To watch to “Conan” online the following day (Feb. 6), visit TeamCoco.

SLASH was honored with the Les Paul Award during the 30th annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards (Jan. 24).

They have announced a number of upcoming overseas tour dates, with a US tour to be announced soon.

Feb 09: Namba Hatch – Osaka, Japan
Feb 10: Studio Coast – Tokyo, Japan
Feb 12: O-East – Tokyo, Japan
Feb 14: Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Feb 17: Claudelands Arena Hamilton – Hamilton, New Zealand
Feb 18: Tsb Bank Arena – Wellington Central, New Zealand
Feb 21: Soundwave Festival – Melbourne, Australia
Feb 22: Soundwave Festival – Adelaide Sa, Australia
Feb 24: Hodern Pavilion – Sydney NSW, Australia
Feb 26: Festival Hall – Melbourne, Australia
Feb 28: Soundwave Festival – Brisbane, Australia
Mar 01: Soundwave Festival – Sydney, Australia
Mar 04: Teatro Caupolican – Santiago, Chile
Mar 07: Mandarin Park – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mar 09: Parque De La Exposicion – Lima, Peru
Mar 11: Agora De La Casa De La Cultura – Quito, Ecuador
Mar 14: Fundicao Progresso – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Mar 15: Galopeira – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Mar 17: Net Live – Brasilia, Brazil
Mar 19: Master Hall – Curitiba, Brazil
Mar 20: Pepsi On Stage – Porto Alegre, Brazil
Mar 22: Espaco Das Americas – Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mar 25: Pepsi Center Wtc – Mexico City, Mexico
Mar 26: Estudio Cavaret – Guadalajara, Mexico
Mar 28: Auditorio Banamex – Monterrey, Mexico
Apr 25: Central Florida Fairgrounds – WJRR Earthday Birthday – Orlando, FL
Apr 26: Welcome To Rockville (Festival) – Jacksonville, FL
May 03: Rock City Campgrounds – Carolina Rebellion – Concord, NC
May 09: Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion – Rise About Fest 2015 – Bangor, ME
May 15: Columbus Crew Stadium – Rock on the Range (Festival) – Columbus, OH
Jun 01: Sentrum Scene = Oslo, Norway
Jun 04: Sweden Rock Festival 2014 – Solvesborg, Sweden
Jun 05: Rock Im Park 2015 – Nuremberg, Germany
Jun 09: Sportshalle -n Hamburg, Germany
Jun 12-14: Download Festival – Leicestershire, England

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Washburn Guitars Unveiling Marzi Montazeri’s The Priestess Guitar At NAMM 2015

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Marzi Montazeri's The Priestess from Washburn Guitars.

Marzi Montazeri’s The Priestess from Washburn Guitars.

Washburn Guitars will be unveiling the new Marzi Montazeri (Philip J Anselmo & The Illegals) Signature Guitar “The Priestess” at NAMM this weekend in Anaheim, CA. According to a statement:

The Priestess combines modern and classic features, such as: an offset solid mahogany body with a carved raised center cradling 2 Marzi Montazeri custom wound Seymour Duncan pickups which provide unmatched tone and sustain. An Original Floyd Rose Tremolo System with locking nut is built in allowing you to make this axe squeal with delight or dive bomb to the depths of your soul. The mahogany neck sports an ebony fingerboard, split block inlays with custom 12th fret Marzi “M” inlay and super jumbo frets providing classic rock style with modern speed and superior playability. Custom Grover 18:1 tuners make it easy to keep the guitar accurately tuned.

Washburn’s Parallaxe series is a breakthrough line of guitars aimed at the pro rock or metal guitarist. It is stage & recording ready and packed with unique features such as the Buzz Feiten tuning system, spring silencers, brass trem blocks, super jumbo frets and USA made electronics.

Visit us at NAMM: Hall B, Booth 5740
and meet Marzi Montazeri and “The Priestess”

Marzi Montazeri of Philip J. Anselmo & The Illegals

Marzi Montazeri of Philip J. Anselmo & The Illegals


KISS’ Paul Stanley Signature Guitars Coming From Ibanez Guitars

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In 1976, Ibanez Guitars approached KISS frontman Paul Stanley to collaborate on a signature guitar that would become the instrument with which he would be forever associated. Now, for the first time since 1996, Paul and Ibanez have reunited to reissue three exciting new versions of the original Paul Stanley Signature Model. More information will be released at the NAMM 2015 show.

“Renewing my collaboration with Ibanez feels like going home to where it all started,” commented Stanley. “The guitars we created remain iconic and we will celebrate them and more as we move forward into our future together.”

“We’re very excited to be partnering again with Paul Stanley,” said Ibanez artist relations manager Mike Taft. “It’s been an amazing year for both Paul and the band, including the release of his best-selling autobiography, the band’s long-overdue induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame , and the ongoing world tour to commemorate their 40th anniversary together. I couldn’t think of a better time for Paul to reunite with Ibanez. Along with their distinctive styling, these historic instruments have proven themselves on albums and in concert worldwide, where their sound has made them sought after by guitarists for decades.”

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Five Finger Death Punch Guitarist Getting Signature Diamond Guitar

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Diamond Guitars will be unveiling the first ever Diamond Artist Signature Series, the Halycon ZB, at the 2015 NAMM Show this January in Anaheim, CA at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Diamond Amplification, Inc’s Jeff Diamant commented:

“Working with Zoltan requires constantly pushing for the next level,” said Jeff Diamant. “He is an accomplished and successful guitar player, known for testing the limits in each and every way. Besides forming one of the world’s biggest rock bands, he frequently straps himself into fighter jets, races million dollars monster trucks, trains special operators in close-quarters combat, and earns medals in professional martial arts tournaments. It’s clear that he is at war with the word ‘impossible.’ As you may have guessed, when it comes to his gear, he has the highest expectations for the design and engineering. Not every company can keep up with his relentless quest of making things bigger, better, and faster. Inevitably he will break you or make you to break the sound barrier.”

The result of Diamant and Bathory’s research and development was the Halcyon ZB models, which will come in two colors with slightly different configurations. The first, the Halcyon ZB-FR Black Moonrise model, is a Flamed Maple over Maple body, Maple set neck with Ebony fingerboard, 24 fret, 25.5″ scale length, Floyd Rose bridge and Seymour Duncan Pegasus/Sentient pickup set, allowing players to use the thickest string gauge they want but retain clarity and ferocious tonality. The Halcyon ZB-FR Kona Brown model features a Flame Maple over Mahogany body, for a completely different and warmer feel, with Mahogany set neck and Ebony fingerboard with the aforementioned pickups and hardware configuration. The custom inlay on both models, spanning the first to third frets, is a Tibetan Flame encompassing a Double Dorje, which is also a tattoo on Bathory’s forearms. Symbolically a dorje represents the “thunderbolt of enlightenment,” that abrupt change in human consciousness, and coincidentally, the word also represents the diamond’s unique indestructible ability to cut any surface without harm to itself.

The new Halcyon ZB-FR models will be on display at the NAMM show in Diamond Guitars’ booth, Hall D Booth 3290, where customers will also have a chance to win one. As well, Seymour Duncan has announced the giveaway of one new Halcyon ZB-FR guitar model. Contest details can be found here.