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Tito's Vodka Hosts Guitar Events

Filed under: Spirits

Preparing for a rocking summer, Tito's Handmade Vodka has partnered with Gibson Guitar and the Archiving and Preservation Programs of the GRAMMY Foundation on a series of music events. In addition to selling customized Tito's-branded Epiphone guitars, Tito's will be hosting Tito's Handmade Session events in Gibson Guitar showrooms around the country.

The first stop is Beverly Hills on June 30 where JIVE recording artist Alex Boyd will be in the house to help celebrate. Attendees will be encouraged to donate $10 or more to the GRAMMY Foundation's Archiving and Preservation Programs and Apogee Digital will have a recording station set up for attendees to take a stab at creating their own music to take home on a USB thumb drive. There will also be cocktails made with Tito's Handmade Vodka and DRY Soda.

The black Tito's Epiphone guitar sells for $299 and is available on the Tito's website.

[via Austin Business Journal]

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Classic Cocktails Make a Comeback (with video)

by Carrie Coolidge (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Spirits

At the newly renovated Plaza Hotel, which recently underwent a $450 million renovation, Luxist visited the famous Oak Room Bar where we discussed the comeback of classic cocktails with Head Bartender Orlando Rivera.

"It is almost like jazz music," says Rivera. "Classic cocktails never die.

Orlando Rivera, who has worked at the Plaza Hotel for 21 years, presides over the Oak Room Bar. During his time there, he has seen cocktails come and go, but the classic ones, such as martinis, Grey Goose martinis, dirty martinis and Bloody Mary, are very popular right now.

Rivera also told us which are the proper garnishes for different cocktails. A Sidecar is garnished with a lemon, while a Cuba Libre is served with a lime. A Bloody Mary is served with a lemon or a lime, but a Gibson must be served with an onion pearl, not an olive.

We couldn't think of a better place to learn (or a better person to learn from) about classic cocktails than at this landmark location. Built in 1907 (originally as a bar for men only), the Oak Room Bar remains an iconic meeting spot for New Yorkers and visitors to the city alike.

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Limited Edition Gibson Victorian F-style Mandolin

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Attention mandolin lovers! Gibson has introduced a limited edition Victorian F-style Mandolin and there are only 15 available worldwide. The mandolin features many Victorian Era details, including the back side accented with a Victorian Red Sunburst finish, a "double flower pot" inlay featured on the peghead face (a pattern that hasn't been used since the end of the pre-truss era), an ebony fingerboard, and a period correct black face top, to name just a few. Each of the mandolins comes with a vintage oblong hardshell case and a certificate of authenticity.

Via Mandolin Cafe

Gallery: Limited Edition Gibson Victorian F-style Mandolin

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Baldwin Exotic Pianos

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor

Baldwin Custom House has created a new line of hand-built, limited edition designs some of which will be displayed at the Gibson Guitar booth at CES. Each piano has a distinctive custom paint job that ranges from the elegantly beautiful to Liberace-style glitz to well, whatever the "Feelin' Groovy" model is above. The gallery below shows the wide variety of pianos available (some of the are actually quite attractive) and of course, if one of these doesn't suit your fancy, further customization is always available.

Gallery: Baldwin's Wacky Pianos

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Gibson Rock Guitar

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets

What do robots have to do with guitars? Famous guitar-maker Gibson has created the world's first robotic guitar. The robot guitar's genius is that it tunes itself so that it is ready to play no matter what, no matter where. The Gibson Robot guitar is a limited edition first-run Les Paul with a Blue Silverburst nitrocellulose finish that will never be used on any other Gibson guitar. It comes with a certificate of authenticity, a power adaptor for the system's rechargeable lithium battery, and a limited edition first run case with silver tolex and a plush silver interior. Each Robot Guitar's serial number will also be sequentially exact, beginning with "RG0001." It sells for $2,499 and there are just 10 per store.

[via Fox News]

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