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Revolver Classic,The Legacy Returns

Hailing from the land of the raising sun, cradle of Fernandes’ name and legacy, a classic breed of guitars reappears.

Reviving the legendary craftsmanship of early Fernandes models from previous decades, the Revolver Classic Series brings superb finesse and playability to all music styles.

Loaded with the popular Seymour Duncan Distortion humbucker in the bridge, Cool Rails in the middle and the Fernandes Sustainer in the neck position, Coil Tap switch, Bone nut, Pearl pickguard, Gotoh tuners and Wilkinson Vintage Tremolo, you have all the tools necessary to play, look and sound like a pro.

Features 5A Quilted Maple top, Alder body, Maple Bolt-On neck, Rosewood fretboard, 25 ½” Scale, 22 Frets, 1 5/8" Bone Nut, Gotoh Magnum Lock SGM-07 tuners, Wilkinson VG300C Vintage Tremolo, 5-Way Lever Pickup Selector switch, 1 volume, 1 tone, Coil Tap switch, Sustainer ON/OFF & Mode switches.

Available in 6 beautiful finishes: See-Thru Black, See-Thru Red, Lemon Drop, Natural, Tobacco Sunburst, See-Thru Amber. In Stores Summer 2010.

For pricing and ordering information, contact your Fernandes dealer today!

Venom's Iconic Leader Plays The Tremor

Another addition to our metal artist roster, Cronos, leader and frontman of VENOM. Coming to prominence towards the end of the 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal', VENOM's first two albums – Welcome to Hell (1981) and Black Metal (1982) – are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general. VENOM's second album proved influential enough that its title was used as the name of an extreme metal subgenre: black metal. Cronos left the band in 1988 to pursue a solo career and occasionally featured in many other bands, including Cronos, Enthroned, Cradle of Filth, Warpath, Massacre, and Necrodeath. He also produced some of the albums for other bands. VENOM tried to continue without Cronos but only managed a couple of releases before calling a halt on their efforts in around 1993 due to lack of sales and poor concert attendances. Cronos reformed the original VENOM line-up in 1995 and headlined the Dynamo Festival in 1996 to 90,000 fans. In 2000, the band went on to headline the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany and play a one-off show in Holland before they were forced to take a break after Cronos was injured in a climbing accident in 2002, which left him unable to play bass or sing for a few years. He took to the computer to pass the time and studied games programming, learned 3D software skills and worked as the main multimedia engineer for the computer companies K-Class Systems and Globalfibre.tv. Cronos again reformed VENOM in around 2003 with his brother Antton on drums and recruiting Michael Alan Hickey. After the next couple of years of planning and intensive rehearsals, VENOM released their latest album 'Metal Black' in early 2006 on the Sanctuary Group label Castle Music, and they embarked on a sold out world tour. Cronos also appeared on Dave Grohl's heavy metal side project Probot in 2004, and guest starred on the track Knights of the 21st century on HammerFall's 2005 album Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken. Check out the photo gallery at metalshots.com, and rockfoto.nu where he's seen playing the VENOM classics at several European festivals with his Tremor

Bob Wotton And The Tennessee three play Retrorocket

We welcome to our family one of the most legendary guitarists of American music, Bob Wooton. He joined Johnny Cash's backing band, The Tennessee Three, after original lead guitarist, Luther Perkins, died in a house fire. Bob had been a lifelong fan of Cash's and played his songs religiously until he had perfected the boom-chicka-boom style known as Cash's unique sound. At one of Cash's shows, a flight cancellation left only Cash and drummer W.S. Holland onstage, and Bob was asked to fill in and stunned the audience, particularly Cash himself, with perfect renditions of every song. Cash mentioned in passing that he might one day call on Wootton again, but within days asked him to join the tour as new lead guitarist. One of the next performances, perhaps the most notable of Bob's career, was at San Quentin State Prison where Cash's live album was recorded. Bob continued in the band with only a brief respite until Cash retired in 1997. From 2006 to 2007, he performed with Cash's original drummer, W.S. Holland, his wife Vicky and daughter, Scarlett Wootton, as The Tennessee Three. In 2006 the band released their first album since Cash's death, a loving tribute titled "The Sound Must Go On." The Tennessee Three was scheduled to perform at Folsom Prison in January 2008, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Cash's Folsom show. Bob eventually withdrew from the concert project, which was later scrapped following disputes between prison officials and show promoters. Bob continues his touring as The Tennessee Three with drummer Derrick McCullough, Vicky, Scarlett, and Montana Wootton to appreciative crowds across the globe.

As tribute to Bob's lifetime work, Fernandes made him a custom black Retrorocket guitar, same specs as Deluxe model, except featuring The Tennessee Three logo, Bob's name on the truss rod cover, TN3 inlay in the 12th fret and Seymour Duncan NS/APS/NS pickups.

Summer NAMM 2010 Report ,jun 30

As every year, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) hosted the 2010 Summer NAMM Show in Nashville, June 18th-20th.

Flood relief efforts, music education support were main themes for three-day event. "In addition to some of our industry's largest manufacturers and distributors, Summer NAMM appeals to the new and emerging companies, and there were 70 brand new NAMM exhibitors this year," said Joe Lamond, president and CEO, NAMM. "During the show, the independent dealers, along with the largest buying and marketing groups, were able to see exciting new products to stock in their stores for the fall and holiday selling seasons."

“Fernandes generated quite the buzz at Summer NAMM with the Japan-made Classic Series, the Shin Series and the Limited Edition Spalted Maple Series." stated Jack Thompson, Fernandes and Musical Distributors Group, Sales Manager. "Everyone was talking about the quality and playability of the Revolver Classic. Overall a great time was had by all!"

Fernandes extends a big thank you to Musical Distributors Group, all our dealers, business partners, artists and visitors who made this show a great event.

Fernandes Auff Deutsch
jul 29
Fernandes Germany has launched it's new official website, featuring an impressive layout and exclusive content in German language, local artists and news. If you are in the area, make sure to sign up for the newsletter on the top of the homepage to receive updates. Thanks to our distributor in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and Denmark; Ahead Music.

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Matt Bellamy's Signature Guitar Going For 2nd Run
Apr 15
Mansons Guitar Shop in Exeter, UK, has announced a second run of the MB-1 Matthew Bellamy signature model, which is already sold out. Next run wont happen until late 2010 or early 2011. Probably the most technologically advanced signature guitar on the planet and based on Bellamy's own cracked mirror M1D1, the MB-1 features a 101 Sustainer circuit and an X/Y MIDI controller pad. The first run, not surprisingly, showed to be as innovative and in demand as the great MUSE frontman himself. The Sustainer system is mainly used in this guitar to keep the strings ringing, to produce the keyboard-like sounds Matt is known for. The band's fifth studio album The Resistance was released in 2009, topping the album charts in 19 countries. MUSE will be headlining the Glastonbury Festival 2010 and the 2010 Hovefestivalen, as well as T in the Park 2010 and Oxegen. Check out the picture gallery of guitars made for Matt at Mansons website, where you can see an interesting array of Sustainer configurations: mansonguitars.co.uk. Please visit Mansons' main site

Vortex Delux Limited in Stores This Summer
Mar 29New eye-catching Red and Snow White Bevels have been added to the Vortex Deluxe, now you can have a stylish accent to this bestselling bodyshape's contour with the same top quality and features. Alder body, Mahogany body and neck, neck-thru construction, 24-fret Ebony fingerboard, Abalone binding diamond-shape inlays and Tune-O-Matic bridge. Equipped with a pair of EMG 81 and EMG 85 active humbuckers for full metal attack, and ultra-comfortable body shape. Vortex Deluxe Limited is available in Black Gloss with Red Bevels and Snow White Bevels. Hitting stores this summer!