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The Pink Giveaway
Guitar Nerds is brought to you in association with Shergold Guitars, Ernie Ball, and KMA Audio Machines.
Shergold Guitars:
Celebrated by Total Guitar Magazine as “one of the most refined single-cuts on the market, with endlessly satisfying playability and a flawless set of tones”, the Shergold Provocateur combines remarkable specification with a retro vibe for a unique and bona fide rock guitar.
From the brand that once powered the likes of Joy Division and is now championed by modern guitar pioneers And So I Watch You From Afar and many others comes a fresh and exciting range of electric guitars.
Designed by legendary British guitar luthier Patrick James Eggle and featuring a roasted mahogany neck and a solid mahogany body loaded with USA-made Seymour Duncan pickups, it’s easy to see why Guitarist Magazine officially voted the Provocateur one the ‘Best Electrics of 2019’.
You can find your nearest Shergold dealer here … And if you’re not in the UK, don’t fear, many UK based Shergold dealers have super awesome international shipping options to guarantee your Shergold will make it to you in the most far-flung of places.
New Ernie Ball Slinky Strings:
Ernie Ball is excited to announce that the highly anticipated VPJR Tuner pedal is here. It's the perfect combination 2-in-1 pedal offering precise volume control with an enhanced definition digital tuner. The pedal features a fast and accurate chromatic tuner with a graphic volume display that is visually attractive and easy to operate.
The tuner can be calibrated to a variety of ideal reference pitches and its compact, rugged design consists of aluminum housing and features a stronger, more durable PVC coated Kevlar cord ensuring consistent tension throughout the foot sweep. Available in Silver, Red, White, and Black click here to learn more.
KMA Audio Machines:
KMA Audio Machines are hand-made from start to finish and with an unwavering passion for perfection, each and every pedal is designed using custom double- sided PCBs, assembled, silk-screened, tested and numbered by hand in their own workshop, all of which guarantees high-quality, while the use of a virtually indestructible powder-coated die-cast enclosure ensures maximum durability.
This week we’re announcing a brand new giveaway.
We have teamed up with TateFX and Marcusdluxe Pedalboards to bring you our big pink giveaway.
The winner of this competition will receive a custom pink TateFX Antares overdrive a guitar nerds pink Marcusdeluxe slatted pedalboard and a whole bunch of pink accessories from Ernie Ball - pink cables, pink wristbands - an Ernie Ball Pint glass and even a selection of Guitar Nerds Gravity plectrums.
Entry is FREE and open world-wide and all you have to do to enter is visit any of our social media channels, find the entry post, and comment on that post tagging a friend who you think should also enter.
We’ll announce the winner on Wednesday 6th May right here on the podcast, you will have until the 4th of May to enter.
This week the team pick the winner of the ThorpyFX Heavy Water competition, prepare for the big quiz on Friday, and discuss some very exciting new Ernie Ball Music Man signature models.
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