As always, you can get these updates everyday on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GearGiveaway365 or follow us on Twitter, at www.twitter.com/GearGiveaway365. You can also subscribe to our giveaway email alerts to get a weekly email with this summary of links by subscribing here.

In case you’re not checking us out on Twitter or Facebook, here’s our weekly round-up of giveaways:

• Ampeg is proudly celebrating 60 years of delivering professional, road-worthy bass amps by giving away a Micro-VR Bass Head & SVT-210AV Bass Cabinet. If you own an Ampeg, shoot a photo or video for a chance to win this killer setup. Enter Here
• Win a wine red Les Paul Studio electric guitar and pair of tickets to the Les Paul Tribute Concert in Nashville. Ten runners-up will receive two tickets to the Tribute Concert. Enter Here
• Win a free copy of IK Multimedia AmpliTube Fender plug-in by registering for an account at MyLocalMusicNow.com and blogging about any piece of gear. Enter Here
• Win a BOSS DS-1 Distortion pedal autographed by Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro plus $1,000 in additional BOSS gear. Enter Here
• Win a Yamaha NP-30 portable digital piano signed by Sarah McLachlan!You’ll just need to answer three trivia questions, but you don’t need to answer them correctly to enter. Enter Here
• Win an Epiphone Special Model II electric guitar signed by major rock band, Three Days Grace. Enter Here
• Win a $1,300 Sullivan Jam Series Bluegrass Maple Banjo from Banjo Hangout. Enter Here

You can still enter many of the past weeks’ giveaways, so make sure to check out the GearGiveawy365 Archives.

As always, you can get these updates everyday on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GearGiveaway365 or follow us on Twitter, at www.twitter.com/GearGiveaway365. You can also subscribe to our giveaway email alerts to get a weekly email with this summary of links by subscribing here.

Here are the seven gear giveaways from the last week:

• Acoustic Guitar and Amp Giveaway! Win an Ultrasound Amplifier & Dean Markley Guitar Setup (plus strings and accessories) worth $5,532 from Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Enter Here
• Win An Epiphone Inspired by 1964 Texan, The Complete Tim McGraw CD Catalogue Including
  His Latest Album Southern Voice, Plus McGraw Southern Blend Cologne! Enter Here
• Big guitar giveaway at gear-vault.com. Dean Vendetta Electric Guitar plus MXR & Electro Harmonix pedals, strings, shirts, & more. Enter Here
• Win a trip to the 2010 Rose Bowl (airfare & hotel included!), a tour of the Remo drumheads factory, and a bunch of drumheads. Total value: $3,500! Enter Here
• Nirvana Name that Riff Contest! Enter now for a chance to win a Fender Classic Player Jaguar Special HH. Runners up will receive a Nirvana T-Shirt. Enter Here
• Win an Epiphone El Capitan Acoustic-Electric Bass Guitar from Gibson and Enanitos Verdes! Enter Here
• Guitar Hero 5 / Beastie Boys Reissue Prize Pack. One Grand Prize winner will receive a copy of Guitar Hero 5 (for SONY PlayStation 3), a Signed Copy of the Beastie Boys’ “Ill Communication” Vinyl, a B-Boys T-Shirt, and copies of “Hello Nasty”, “Paul’s Boutique”, “Check Your Head”, and “Ill Communication” all on CD. Enter Here

Just in case you missed it, you can become a fan of our page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GearGiveaway365 or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/GearGiveaway365. If you prefer checking back on GearPipe.com, just stop by on Saturdays for a weekly round-up of links.

Here are the seven gear giveaways from the last week:

• Enter to win a Gibson SG electric guitar signed by Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother from FUEL.TV Enter Here
• Enter to win an ESP HEX-7 Seven-String Electric Guitar from Behemoth frontman Nergal! Enter Here
• Win a signed Ibanez Mick Thomson MTM1 Signature Guitar & 10 sets of Seymour Duncan Blackouts pickups, also signed by Mick. Enter Here
• Win a Native Instruments Maschine Groove Production Studio & Audio Kontrol 1 Interface. Total value just under $1,000. Enter Here
• Win a $500 gift certificate from Carvin.com toward any Carvin merchandise of your choice! This includes guitars & bass guitars, amplifiers, pro audio systems, and accessories. Enter Here
• Win a sweet Paul Reed Smith electric guitar, signed by members of Like A Storm! Enter Here
• Win a G&L Comanche electric guitar, a bunch of BBE guitar effects, and a 58″ Panasonic HDTV! Enter Here

In the world of the Internet, a lot changes in two years. A few other sites have popped up that only post gear giveaways. Manufacturers are launching more and more contests (so many that I could only write about a fraction). And social networking sites have become more and more a part of our everyday lives.

So, I’ve decided to throw a little wrinkle in the way I post giveaways. From now on, I’m going to post one giveaway per day, everyday, on Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. If you want to follow this feed on Twitter or become a fan of this page on Facebook, you’ll see these giveaways each day, without doing any extra work. On MySpace, the giveaways will be my status update each day. Then just click on the links and enter.

If you’re one of the few people who are not on Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace there are still ways you can stay up-to-date. Each Saturday I’ll post a summary of the week’s giveaways here on GearPipe.com. This will include links to all seven contests. Also, I’ve added a Facebook widget to the right sidebar of the site, which contains all of the links.

Here’s how you can connect to this new feature:

• Become a fan of the Musical Instruments Giveaways Facebook page. You can find it here.
• Follow the @GearGiveaway365 feed on Twitter. If you’re already following my @GearPipe feed, I’ll be retweeting the giveaways each day, so you’re good.
• I wasn’t sure if anyone is still on MySpace, but since the MySpace Music pages are still good for bands, I figured I’d post there, too. Just add GearPipe as a friend.
• Finally, if you just want to check out the weekly update on this site, you can either visit every Saturday, or subscribe to the Contests & Giveaways feed via RSS or by email.

To get you pumped about this, I actually started posting these a week ago. So, as promised, here is your weekly summary of links:

• Enter The Great KISS Guitar Giveaway! Win a Paul Stanley signature Washburn guitar autographed by all members of KISS. Enter Here
• Win 1 of 3 Sets of Istanbul Agop Cymbals from Modern Drummer Magazine. You’ll win either a Lenny White, Cindy Blackman, or XIST Cymbal Set. Enter Here
• Pearl Jam Backspacer Guitar Giveaway! Win a custom Gibson Les Paul Jr featuring artwork from Pearl Jam’s new album, Backspacer. Enter Here
• Win a $20,000 Mic Locker from Sweetwater Sound. 24 microphones including mics from Shure, Blue, Earthworks, Sennheiser, beyerdynamic, and more. Enter Here
• Win 2 tickets to the 2009 Atticus Tour, a custom Epiphone guitar, & a fully loaded D’Addario and Planet Waves accessories package including strings, tuners, picks and more! Enter Here
• Win a Buffet Crampon Greenline Bass Clarinet + a $1K Woodwind & Brasswind shopping spree (total value $10,000) Enter Here

I welcome your feedback on this, so please leave a comment if you have any ideas to make this better.

According to the official rules, this guitar is valued at $1,799, and I’m sure will be much more valuable in the future, as it’s a limited edition axe.

Good luck!

Entry Deadline: August 3, 2009
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Entry Deadline: July 31, 2009
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What can you win? A new Fender Buddy Miller Signature Acoustic Guitar. How do you enter? Just head over to the American Songspace website and tell them the ten records you can’t live without. That’s it!

Entry Deadline: April 26, 2009
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Gibson and Epiphone are giving you an exclusive opportunity to win an Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus-Top in Trans Blue valued at $1,082 and autographed by Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas. The Jonas Brothers, who play Gibson brand instruments exclusively, signed this guitar for a lucky Gibson fan at their Beverly Hills office in February 2009.

Entry Deadline: May 31, 2009
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This one might just be one of the best. They’ve teamed up with Breedlove to offer you the Breedlove Extraordinary Experience.

The Breedlove Extraordinary Experience is an all-inclusive 4-day getaway to Breedlove’s custom shop in the resort town of Bend, Oregon. This prize package includes FREE lodging, FREE meals, and FREE entertainment, plus a $500 voucher to cover travel expenses to and from Bend.

On your guitar getaway, you’ll learn the secrets of Breedlove’s design, and take home the ultimate souvenir your own custom-built instrument. You even get to choose the actual woods and materials used for your guitar or mandolin!

In between the workshops and interactive tours, you’ll attend private performances. 2009 artists include: Grammy Award Winner and Fingerstyle Master, Ed Gerhard, Guitar Virtuosos Ben Lacy and Jay Roberts, and Country Music and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Chris Hillman among others.

Entry Deadline: May 31, 2009
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From what I’ve heard, this is a really good product for the money (MSRP: $219.99), and would be a great addition to a home or project studio.

HowAudio has also done a Product Spotlight on the T1952, if you’d like to learn more about it.

Entry Deadline: May 12, 2009
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The 3-voice Godin LGXT is a masterfully crafted instrument using only the finest woods, hardware and custom electronics. This flagship model is considered an industry leader in the realm of 13-pin technology, giving the player direct access to a multitude of 13-pin devices such as guitar synths and computers via midi.

The critically acclaimed 2-voice Godin Freeway SA features a hum-single-hum pickup configuration providing a wide range of electric guitar tones. The Freeway SA takes all of the versatility of the Freeway Classic and adds synth & computer access via a built-in 13-pin connector, courtesy of the revolutionary Ghost pickup.

The Prize Package

• Godin LGXT guitar
• Godin Freeway SA guitar
• John McLaughlin This is the Way I Do It DVD

Entry Deadline: May 18, 2009
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There’s a lot going on here, so let’s get right to the prizes:

First Prize

• From Mapex: The new Meridian Maple drumset six-piece Studioease configuration: 18×22 bass drum, 8×10 and 9×12 rack toms, 14×14 and 16×16 floor toms, 5½x14 snare. Hardware includes a snare stand, a bass drum pedal, a hi-hat, a cymbal stand, and a boom stand. Your choice of color.
• From Zildjian: a three-piece set of K Custom Hybrid cymbals, including 14¼” hi-hats, a 17″ crash, and a 21″ ride, plus twelve pairs of Zildjian 5A drumsticks.
• From Modern Drummer: The 25-Year Digital Archive + Year 26.

Second Prize

• Mapex Meridian Birch drumset five-piece Standard configuration: 18×22 bass drum, 9×12 and 10×13 rack toms, 16×16 floor tom, 5½x14 snare. Your choice of color.* Hardware: snare stand, bass drum pedal, hi-hat, cymbal stand, boom stand.
• Zildjian three-piece A Custom ReZo™ cymbals:, 14″ hi-hats, 16″ crash, 21″ ride, plus twelve pairs of Zildjian 5A drumsticks.
• Modern Drummer 25 Year Digital Archive.

Third Prize

• Mapex’s new MPX snare drum: 6×13 all-birch shell in transparent black finish with black hardware
• Zildjian 5A drumsticks (twelve pairs)
• Year 26 of the Modern Drummer Digital Archive

Entry Deadline: March 31, 2009
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Wilson has teamed up with Gibson and Epiphone to give you the chance to win a personally-signed Gibson Epiphone Ebony EB-0 bass guitar played by Brian at his recent shows. In addition, the runner up will be sent “That Lucky Old Sun” DVD signed by Brian himself.

Here’s the catch! You have to go to Brian Wilson’s official website and answer 20 trivia questions about Brian correctly to have a chance. All 20! They say you can find all of the answers on Brian’s “That Lucky Old Sun” DVD. If you don’t own it or plan to buy it, you best head over to Wikipedia.

Entry Deadline: March 26, 2009
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Retailer Music123 is also running a product review contest right now. All you have to do is go to their website (follow the link below) and review a product that they sell, positive or negative. You’ll automatically be entered into a weekly drawing for a $250 Music123 gift certificate.

Entry Deadline: April 3, 2009
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Here’s how it works. Between now and May 15, 2009, go into your local music store and demo a Seymour Duncan pedal. Then go to their website and submit a review of the pedal you played. Each week, Seymour Duncan will be giving away one pedal per week to a reviewer. Simple as that!

Entry Deadline: May 15, 2009
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In this contest you can win a Bogner Alchemist 112 Guitar Combo Amplifier and Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler Pedal. Together, these prizes value just under $1,900.

Entry Deadline: April 30, 2009
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You can enter to win a Daisy Rock Rebel Rockit Heart Guitar in Red Pearl, courtesy of Tish Ciravolo, President of Daisy Rock and Modern Guitars‘ “Women Rock” columnist.

Entry Deadline: April 1, 2009
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This Disney by Washburn Hannah Montana Acoustic Guitar was inspired by Hannah Montanna starring Miley Cyrus and her real-life dad Billy Ray Cyrus. In case you’re not lucky enough to win this guitar giveaway, you can always buy one of these guitars for $89 at DisneyShopping.com.

Entry Deadline: April 9, 2009
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Let’s great straight to the prizes:

Grand Prize Package

• Guitar Hero® World Tour Complete Band Game, including wireless guitar controller and drum kit controller and wired microphone for the Xbox 360® – ARV $189.99
• Xbox 360® console includes 60GB hard drive – ARV $299.99
• $1,000 Evans prize package voucher – ARV $1,000.00
• Evans limited edition Guitar Hero® World Tour t-shirt – ARV $30.00

Three Monthly Prize Package

• Guitar Hero® World Tour Complete Guitar Game for the Xbox 360® – ARV $99.99
• $250 Evans prize package voucher – ARV $250.00
• Evans limited edition Guitar Hero® World Tour t-shirt – ARV $30.00

100 Second Prizes

• Evans limited edition Guitar Hero® World Tour t-shirt – ARV $30.00

Entry Deadline: March 31, 2009
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Entry Deadline: March 31, 2009
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