Guitar Giveaway: Ribbecke Halfling Guitar and Retro Channel RR1 Amplifier

Enter for your chance to win a Ribbecke Halfling Les Paul -style guitar and Retro Channel RR1 guitar amplifier. Giveaway ends September 20, 2011. The total value for this rig is almost $6,000![LikeMe id=4]

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About the Ribbecke Halfling Guitar

This guitar utilizes technologies of the Testadura instruments from Toms private practice; in the anchoring of the bridge and tailpiece into a sub top Rosewood or Wenge block. It has the structure and rock stability at high volume of a true chambered electric. It has the bite and high-end crunch of a solid body but has the enhanced integrity and presence in the mids and bass of the Testadura hollow-body. The top and chambering is asymmetrical and if you tap on both sides of the bridge you will hear the octave separation of the chambers.

It features a 1 3/4″ nut and a 25″ scale with a carbon fiber reinforced neck and a two way adjustable truss rod. It has a laminated headstock, as in all Ribbecke products, and has a fit and joined neck. It has a top which is designed to be slightly microphonic. The percussive effect created from this top that truly defines its characteristic sound.

The chambered electric Halfling is built in a sandwich style with laminated sides. Pickups can be a combination of P90s or Humbuckers. Controls are non stack-pot style with tone and volume controls for each of the pickups with a standard three way selector switch. These can be ordered in stack-pot controls as well. The jack on the back is another innovative feature. The neck is a bit closer in shape to the traditional Les Paul guitars.

About the Retro Channel RR1 Guitar Amplifier

The amp that Retro Channel emulated was known for it’s incredible harmonic content, unmatched touch sensitivity and beautiful tone. That incredibly rare amp is no longer in production and examples of this amplifier fetch upwards of $40,000 in the used market.

High-end boutique amps are generally very preamp tube dependant. Changing the preamp tubes in this type of circuit changes the tone and feel of the amp. Retro Channel have eliminated that variable.

Retro Channel provide the best possible touch-sensitive tube tone with their proprietary solid state chip set and the player can now enjoy a lifetime of consistent high quality performance, with zero maintenance.

The RR1 includes features like:

• Master Volume Control (obtain the tones you desire at any volume level, even bedroom volumes)
• A 100 watt power section (for incredible headroom)
• Effects loop
• Line out (the amp provides the same performance whether used with or without a cabinet)