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Collings Guitars City Limits Olympic White
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Collings Guitars – City Limits Deluxe Olympic White – Demo

Extremely versatile, whether you’re looking to crank a half stack or fill more of a rhythm role, this Collings City Limits Deluxe features some amazing appointments, including a very subtle and tasteful tortoise package. Read up on all the specs over on our website. Link: Collings Guitars – City Limits Deluxe Olympic White Check out our current inventory of boutique electric guitars at Mass Street … Continue reading Collings Guitars – City Limits Deluxe Olympic White – Demo

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Klon KTR Versus Klon Centaur
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Klon Shootout – Centaur vs KTR Demo

Have you ever wanted to A/B a legendary pedal with its modern counterpart? Well do we have the demo for you. Recently we had our very own Eric P demo the classic Klon Centaur with the newer Klon KTR. Demo’d as a boost as well as an overdrive, we ran these pedals through both single-coils and humbuckers to give you a range of tonal variations. … Continue reading Klon Shootout – Centaur vs KTR Demo

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Fender American Originals Guitars
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An American Original: Fender’s New Vintage-Inspired Lineup

We’ve been in countdown mode ever since the folks at Fender announced the all new American Original series. These “Best of the Decade’ guitars deliver vintage tone, style and appointments with some modern playability. With era-appropriate materials, build and construction techniques these solid-body electrics have set themselves apart at this price point. Here are just three of our favorite features across the line. Vintage Voicing … Continue reading An American Original: Fender’s New Vintage-Inspired Lineup

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Waterloo WL-12
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Waterloo WL-12 Mh – First Impressions

The crew at Waterloo Guitars, led by master luthier Bill Collings, continues to build these stripped down, vintage inspired guitars, each one filling another niche in the all but forgotten parlor guitars of the past. Whereas the original Maple backed WL-12 has a bright sparkle to the tone, this all Mahogany 12-Fret model is dark and moody, with a direct, crisp attack followed by a … Continue reading Waterloo WL-12 Mh – First Impressions

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Staff Spotlight: Mike & All That Gypsy Jazz

We’re constantly talking about music and gear here at the store. Not only is it our profession, it’s also our passion. Whether it’s a discussion about hide-glue and tongue braces, neck profiles and nut widths, solid-state vs tubes, pickups and wiring, solid vs laminate, analog vs digital…if it has to do with making music it’s on-topic here at the store. While the debates can get … Continue reading Staff Spotlight: Mike & All That Gypsy Jazz

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Repair Spotlight: Swimming Pool Route

The Repair Shop here at Mass Street is always up for a challenge when it comes to satisfying the requests and mods of our customers. This time around Matt H. was tasked with turning a three pickup Stratocaster into a dual humbucker configured guitar. The easiest way to accomplish this was routing out the entire pickup cavity, and creating what’s known as a swimmming pool … Continue reading Repair Spotlight: Swimming Pool Route

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CollingsGuitars D1 Traditional Series
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First Look: Reviews and Impressions of the Collings Traditional T Series

To say there’s been a focus on Collings at the store this past month would be an understatement. It seems like every few days another Traditional model is rolling in, ready to be inspected, photographed, demoed and recorded. We thought it might be a good idea to take a selection of our photos and demos videos, along with some first thoughts from the luthiers up in the Repair Shop and really showcase this new line up of Traditional T Series guitars from Collings.  Continue reading First Look: Reviews and Impressions of the Collings Traditional T Series

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Analog Outfitters NAMM Detour

Being located right off of I-70 has it perks. One of them being whenever our favorite vendors, artists or customers are heading across the country, Lawrence, KS makes for a fantastic mid-prairie-pit stop. We had a great time on Monday hosting our friends from Analog Outfitters as we checked out some of their latest gear, and discussed what we would like to see in some potential future products. … Continue reading Analog Outfitters NAMM Detour

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