Premier Guitar July 2009   

July 2009 July 2009

Sustainable Tone: The Forest and the Trees DIGITAL
A look alternative woods that luthiers use to build sustainably. We check out woods for tops, back and sides, fingerboards and bridges and see where species like bunya, katalox and "diaperwood" fit in.

Features
5 Inlay Artists You Should Meet DIGITAL
Premier Collector #12: Vintage Grails & Boutique Beauties WEB EXCLUSIVE
Builder Profile: Linda Manzer DIGITAL
Premier Collector #13: Gear for the Working Guitarist WEB EXCLUSIVE
Gallery: Montreal Guitar Show, part 1 WEB EXCLUSIVE
Ricky Skaggs Interview DIGITAL
Gallery: Montreal Guitar Show, part 2
Soundhole Pickup Roundup: Shadow, EMG, Seymour Duncan, Fishman & L.R. Baggs DIGITAL
Hands On With Santa Cruz Guitar Company's 1934 D WEB EXCLUSIVE
Specimen Products & The Chicago School of Guitar Making DIGITAL
Jordan Goes to Camp: Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp 2009 DIGITAL
To The Core With Vinnie Moore WEB EXCLUSIVE
Peppino D’Agostino Interview DIGITAL

Reviews
Accessories
Road Rage Pro Gear True-Bypass Effects Looper Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Acoustics
Cole Clark Fat Lady 1AC Acoustic Guitar Review DIGITAL
Godin Multiac Grand Concert Duet Ambiance Acoustic Electric Guitar Review
Martin SWOMGT Acoustic Guitar Review DIGITAL
Schertler SM Acoustic-Electric Guitar Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Taylor 814CE Acoustic-Electric Guitar Review DIGITAL
Amps
Bose L1 Compact Acoustic PA Review DIGITAL
Peavey Vypyr Tube 60 Combo Amp Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
SR Technologies Jam 150 Plus Acoustic Amp Review DIGITAL
Basses
Breedlove Atlas Series Stage BJ350/CR4 Acoustic-Electric Bass Review DIGITAL
Effects
OohLaLa Quicksilver, Soda-Meiser and Torn's Peaker Pedal Review DIGITAL
Seymour Duncan SFX-11 Twin Tube Blue Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Vox Joe Satriani Signature Time Machine Delay, Satchurator, and Big Bad Wah Pedal Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Z.Vex Distortron & Mastotron Pedal Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Electrics
Collings 360 Electric Guitar Review DIGITAL
Media Review
July '09 Media Preview DIGITAL
  
Lessons
Acoustic & Fingerstyle
Exotic Lines from a Common Turkish Mode DIGITAL
Blues
Combining Scales to Craft Killer Solos DIGITAL
Eclectic Guitar
Lenny Breau 101 DIGITAL
Fierce Guitar
Reverse Linear DIGITAL
Jazz
All-Purpose Jazz Chord Licks DIGITAL
Tom Kolb Jazz Phrasing WEB EXCLUSIVE
Jazz Box
A Bargain Chord DIGITAL
Lethal Guitar
Sweep Picking 301 WEB EXCLUSIVE
Rock
Building Leads with Repeating Licks and Patterns DIGITAL
Marcus Henderson Scale Sequences WEB EXCLUSIVE
The Harmonic Minor Scale WEB EXCLUSIVE

Departments
Gigging & Recording - Acoustic Currents
Nylon, meet MIDI: Susan Weinert WEB EXCLUSIVE
And Don’t Miss… - New Products
July '09 New Products DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Acoustic Soundboard
Fear Not the Magic DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - On Bass
Breaking Out of the Box Method DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Ask Amp Man
Differences in Fender Concert 4x10 Amps DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - On Track
Wine, Guitars and Song DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Gear Search Gallery
1957 Fender Stratocaster & 1953 Fender "Super" Tube Amp DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Publishers Statement
Evolution to Revolution, Acoustic Style
Tech Tips - Get Wired
Fashioning the Dream DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Restoring an Original
1933 National Duolian Resonator Repair DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Guitar of the Month
Doc's Ol' Hoss: 1968 Gallagher G-50 DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Shifting Gears
America's Toughest Tour DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Guitar Tracks
8 More Steps for Stellar Guitar Recordings DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Signal Chain
Pulp Fiction, Pulp Fact: Celestion Blues DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Hey, You Can't Do That
Creating Your Signature Guitar Sound WEB EXCLUSIVE
Eye Candy - Sneak Peek
Sneak Peek: Martin 1-Series
And Don’t Miss… - Hot Links
Hot Links: Twitter Map DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Stomp School
Mojo, Superstition and Tone DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Last Call
Just Wood and Wire DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - The Low End
The Street: NYC’s Music Row DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Letter from the Editor
Have No Fear, It's All Gear DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Trash or Treasure
Taylor 855 DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Mod Garage
Gibson ‘50s wiring on a Stratocaster DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Vintage Vault
1937 Gibson L-Century DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Modern Builder Vault
Schneider Guitars: Soho Collection DIGITAL