Premier Guitar August 2009   

August 2009 August 2009

After the Fall: The State of the Vintage Guitar Market DIGITAL
At the vintage market’s peak, guitars were one of the sexiest investments around. Now, two years later and 30 percent lower, what’s in store for the vintage market?

Features
5 Producers You Should Listen To DIGITAL
Interview: O.A.R.'s Richard On WEB EXCLUSIVE
Cigar Box Nation: The Modern Cult of the Cigar Box Guitar DIGITAL
Interview: The Burst Brothers on Today's Market WEB EXCLUSIVE
David Grissom: Lone Star Guitar DIGITAL
Lock, Stock and Roll: Strap Lock Roundup DIGITAL
Gallery: Montreal Guitar Show, part 3 WEB EXCLUSIVE

Reviews
Acoustics
CP Thornton Guitars Professional Acoustic Review DIGITAL
Amps
AAD CUB AG-100 and Super CUB AG-300 Review DIGITAL
Hip Kitty Kitty Box Review DIGITAL
VOX Night Train NT15H Head Review DIGITAL
Effects
Crazy Tube Circuits Review: Black Magic, Starlight and Ziggy DIGITAL
Lehle Sunday Driver, D. Loop, SGoS and 3at1 SGoS Review DIGITAL
Visual Sound: Open Road Overdrive and Truetone Clean Boost Review DIGITAL
Electrics
Brown’s Guitar Factory BGF Rock Guitar Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Fret-King Green Label Corona 60 HB Review DIGITAL
Grosh ElectraJet Standard Review DIGITAL
Media Review
Media Preview August '09 DIGITAL
  
Lessons
Acoustic & Fingerstyle
Travis Picking & Beyond DIGITAL
Blues
T-Bone Walker: His Favorite Scales and Licks DIGITAL
Fierce Guitar
Punchy Legato DIGITAL
Jazz
Jazz Intros: 11 Tried-and-True Opening Riffs and Phrases DIGITAL
John Pizzarelli Bossa Nova Rhythm Basics WEB EXCLUSIVE
Lethal Guitar
Sweep Picking 302 WEB EXCLUSIVE
Rock
Harmonics: Melodic Applications DIGITAL
Phrygian Dominant WEB EXCLUSIVE
Troy Stetina Sweep Picking Video Lesson WEB EXCLUSIVE

Departments
And Don’t Miss…
August '09 Highlights from The Gear Page DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - On Bass
Live and Let DI DIGITAL
Eye Candy
August '09 New Products DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - On Track
Gearing up with Billy Squier DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss…
August '09 Reader Feedback DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Restoring an Original
1933 National Duolian Resonator, Part 2 DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Acoustic Soundboard
(Acoustic) Size Matters DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Shifting Gears
Television: the True Final Frontier DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Adventures in Amplification
Freshening Up a Vintage Ampeg B-12XT WEB EXCLUSIVE
And Don’t Miss… - Signal Chain
Let's Get Small: Low-Power Vintage Amps DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Ask Amp Man
Tube Amp Troubleshooting 101 DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Speaker Tone Center
Magnetic Circuits DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Eclectic Guitar
Your Door to Jazz Guitar? DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Stomp School
More Stomp School Q & A DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Guitar of the Month
Tom Holmes THC DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - The Jazz Box
Metronome Practice: Tune of the Day DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Guitar Tracks
Get Big or Go Home DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - The Low End
The Street: NYC’s Music Row, Part 2 DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Hey, You Can't Do That
Learning to Trust Your Ears: The Art of Transcribing WEB EXCLUSIVE
Gigging & Recording - Tone Tips from the Road
Recording Session Gear DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Last Call
The Art of the Dumb Guitar DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Trash or Treasure
Baldwin Model C1 Amplifier DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Mod Garage
Stratocaster Auto-Split Mod DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Vintage Vault
1958 Rickenbacker 330 DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Modern Builder Vault
Pheo Guitars DIGITAL