New "Airscreamer" Guitar from EpiphoneBrings together Trailer Park
Troubadours and Airstream travel trailers
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July 21, 2003
Epiphone has combined two unique elements of Americana - Airstream travel trailers and the Trailer Park Troubadours - to create a
unique new artist signature guitar, the Epi Airscreamer.
The body of the guitar is shaped like the popular Airstream "Bambi" trailer - complete with a volume control knob for a hub cap -
that has been a familiar sight on America's roadways since the 1960s, and the model is officially licensed by the Airstream
company. The Epi Airscreamer is also an official artist signature model for the Trailer Park Troubadours, the cult band that
glorifies the "trailer lifestyle" with such songs as "I Live in Aluminum" and "It Ain't Home Til You Take the Wheels Off."
The Airscreamer guitar features a pair of EMG humbucking pickups, a push-pull pickup selector switch in the volume knob,
maple neck, chrome-plated hardware, an "aluminum" color finish and the Trailer Park Troubadours' logo on the headstock. It
comes with a gig bag.
The Trailer Park Troubadours "rolled out" the Airscreamer at an Epiphone VIP party at the summer NAMM show in Nashville in
July. The "Sons of Hitches," as they are affectionately known, made their recording debut with The Single-Wide Sessions,
1994-95 and their four CDs are available on their website at www.unhitched.com. Airstream trailers and mobile homes have
provided a "home away from home" for millions of traveling Americans since 1931 and have inspired loyal owners to organize
Airstream rallies and caravans. For more information visit www.airstream.com.
For more information, visit their web site at www.epiphone.com. | 
