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New Solo Album Successfully Funded on Kickstarter!
December 13, 2022A Kickstarter campaign for the new Max Carlisle Titanium Reign solo album has been successfully funded!
Jackson’s Ultimate Budget 1980s Shred Guitar
September 12, 2022Right now everyone is talking about the new USA Jackson Soloists... it’s impressive, sleek, fast, and a great heritage, but it has a price tag of $2,500. For $500 you can get this incredibly cool 24 fret shred monster… and in all your favorite, totally radical 80s colors! With an upgrade or two, this guitar...
3 Brothers Guitars: A New Impressive Brand!
August 16, 2022Locking tuners, brass block, beautiful frets, roasted neck, alder body, easy on the eyes… this is the first I’ve heard of the 3 Brothers Guitars brand, but it’s starting off on the right foot. Let’s check out this brand new guitar brand!
First Look at the Music Man Sterling SR50 Stingray!
July 12, 2022From Sterling / Music Man, this SR50 Sting Ray combines classic looks, solid quality and affordability. How have I missed out on this brand?? The Firemist Silver finish is classy, and the little details like locking tuners and polished chrome switchplate help set this guitar apart from other mid-range price electric guitars. Let’s check it...
Max Creates Rocket Launcher Guitar for the Harley Benton DIY Kit Challenge!
May 16, 2022To celebrate and promote the Thomann / Harley Benton DIY KIT Challenge, Max has built a heavily modified kit guitar that fires a rocket! This guitar is a fully functional SG style guitar, and features aluminum plating, a fret-hand heat shield, and a solid fuel rocket that can be fired from the guitar!
Solid Spruce Top Acoustic With Fishman Electronics! The Orangewood Mason Live
April 18, 2022It doesn’t matter if it’s an electric or an acoustic guitar… I always love a good deal. With a spruce top and pau ferro back and sides, plus Fishman electronics with a built-in tuner… AND a nice quality gig bag, all for around $400, you can’t go wrong… as long as it sounds good. Let’s...
Collaboration Album With Dean Cascione Coming This Year!
March 23, 2022A new, to-be-titled instrumental shred album will be released later this year under the banner of Cascione – Carlisle. This album is a collaboration between guitarists Dean Cascione and Max Carlisle. Below is the first promo image for this upcoming release. The album will be released on physical media as well as digital outlets, and...
Firefly Guitars’ New FLYING V Model!
December 13, 2021Firefly guitars continues to roll out new models! In this video we review the new Flying V (FFLV) model. With a mahogany body and set neck, rosewood fret-board and AMAZING fretwork… this thing rocks hard and looks good doing it. At under $300, how can you go wrong? Let’s find out.