Mr. Beerys Band Battle to End Cystic Fibrosis will be the rousing party of 2012. Last year there were thousands of dollars raised, dozens of kegs were drank, plenty of burgers, dogs and grilled cheeses were eaten, loads of great prizes were given out and Music Emporium helped by donating a Fender Guitar pack.

Well this year will be bigger, more prizes, more drinks, more bands, more food selections. Music Emporium has donated this year an Epiphone Les Paul Standard Cherry Sunburst Electric Guitar for the lead raffle. Here is Steve Beery in the camera shot with the grand prize displayed in the bar's front display case. Yea the whole thing will be stepped up a notch this year. Other raffled prizes will be a bike, a cool BBQ set, a Meat Smoker, Neon signs,T shirts and lots more stuff…

Go to the website and find your favorite local band's time slot or go through the prize list. Door Passes and raffle tickets are available right now at Mr Beerys…. www.mrbeerys.com or the festival page www.mrbeerys.com/cfbenefit.html

YOU HAVE TO BE HERE THIS YEAR!!!
BEST OF ALL PRESIDENTS DAY IS THE DAY AFTER, SO SLEEP LATE....

Fender’s Kurt Cobain Mustang takes you back there, with highly distinctive features including an angled single-coil Mustang neck pickup and ferocious Seymour Duncan® JB humbucking bridge pickup mounted directly to the body, dual on-off/phase in-out switches for each pickup, a polyester-finished alder body and an Adjusto-Matic™ bridge with dynamic vibrato tailpiece.

Other features include the classic 24” Mustang scale length, C-shaped maple neck with urethane finish, 7.25”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 vintage-style frets and vintage-style ivory dot inlays, four-ply pickguard (Aged White Pearl on Fiesta Red and Dark Lake Placid Blue with stripe models; Tortoiseshell on Sonic Blue model), master volume and tone controls, vintage-style tuners, and chrome hardware. Finish options include Fiesta red, Sonic Blue and Dark Lake Placid Blue with stripe. Available in right- and left-handed models.

The first 1,700 people to register their Kurt Cobain Mustang will receive a very special free gift—a Smells Like Teen Spirit single pressed on red vinyl and commissioned exclusively for Fender. The A side features an edit of the 1991 megahit title track, with three more songs—“Drain You” (LP version), “Even in His Youth” and “Aneurysm”—on the B side.

Due to the 25th anniversary of the RG series gutiars, the manufacturer releases the Ibanez RG1XXV-FPK. Not just the fluorescent pink or yellow finish and the black pickguard are reminiscent of the prime of power metal and high-speed solos: the body of the Ibanez RG1XXV-FPK consists of american basswood as the fingerboard of the 5-piece Wizard neck provides floresant Sharktooth inlays. DiMarzio IBZ pickups produce a distinctive tone which is defined by aggressive mids and fast and precise attack, Together with the Edge-Zero II vibrato, the Ibanez RG1XXV-FPK is a worthy anniversary instrument in an authentic eighties style.

Designed to replicate the guitar Synyster plays onstage, the Schecter Synyster Custom Electric Guitar boasts outrageously heavy tone. The Seymour Duncan Invader is designed for the heaviest tones a passive pickup can produce.

The Sustainiac® Driver/Pickup produces beautiful Humbucker tones when the Sustain switch is off, and works as the Sustainiac Driver when switched On. The Sustainiac Driver creates an infinite feedback sustain of string vibrations by electromagnetic feedback. And of course, this signature guitar still features Synyster’s iconic ebony fretboard with Deathbat and “SYN” inlays and is finished in black with silver pinstripes.

For more than a quarter century, the Ibanez Tube Screamer has continued to captivate players as the first name in overdrive pedals. With that same distinctive sound and high quality esteemed even by pro players, Ibanez compact effects pedals set the new standard in guitar sound.

The return of a legend! The heaviest of the Ibanez 9 series, the SD9 (the SD stands for “sonic distortion”) has risen from the ashes, newly modified to cast that metal-head of yours even deeper into the overdrive netherworld. Hit “Mid Boost,” hit “Gain Boost”, and say goodbye your loved ones. Grab a chord and hold on... Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore…