Premier Guitar June 2009   

June 2009 June 2009

The Mysterious Gibson Moderne DIGITAL
The search for the vintage world's holy grail

Features
5 Single-Coil Pickup Builders You Should Know DIGITAL
Rick Nielsen: His Checkered Past DIGITAL
Gallery: Gibson Moderne Through the Ages DIGITAL WEB EXCLUSIVE
South by Southwest: Keep Austin Loud DIGITAL
Greg Koch: Meeting the Gristle-Man DIGITAL
The Shokunin School: Blending Art, Nature and Innovation DIGITAL
Premier Collector #12: Vintage Grails & Boutique Beauties WEB EXCLUSIVE
Tube Amp Building Seminar: Specimen/Chicago School of Guitar Making WEB EXCLUSIVE

Reviews
Accessories
Skatterbrane Standard Humbucking Pickup Review DIGITAL
Super-Vee Double-Locking Strat Vibrato System Review DIGITAL
Acoustics
Takamine Glenn Frey Signature EF360GF Acoustic Guitar Review DIGITAL
Amps
Cornford Roadhouse 30 Combo Amp Review DIGITAL
Fender Custom '57 Twin-Amp Review DIGITAL
Louis Electric KR-12 Amp Head & Cabinet Review DIGITAL
Effects
DDYNA Music Co Thinman OD Overdrive Pedal Review DIGITAL
Digital Delay Roundup: DigiTech Timebender, Guyatone Micro Delay, & Electro-Harmonix #1 Echo DIGITAL
EWS Fuzzy Drive FD-1 Pedal Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
WMD Geiger Counter Pedal Review DIGITAL
Z.Vex Distortron & Mastotron Pedal Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Electrics
Carvin CS6M Electric Guitar Review DIGITAL
Flaxwood Liekki Electric Guitar Review DIGITAL
Fritz Brothers Rat Bastard Electric Guitar Review DIGITAL
Peekamoose Model 3 Electric Guitar Review
Media Review
June '09 Media Preview DIGITAL
Other
IK Multimedia AmpliTube Fender Modeling Software Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
  
Lessons
Acoustic & Fingerstyle
Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Accents WEB EXCLUSIVE
Droning Strings DIGITAL
Blues
Blues Turnarounds & Tags DIGITAL
David Hamburger Slide Guitar in Open E WEB EXCLUSIVE
Fierce Guitar
As the Notes Burn DIGITAL
Jazz
Bi-Tonal Apreggios DIGITAL
Lethal Guitar
Sweep Picking 201 WEB EXCLUSIVE
Rock
Arpeggio Triad Fluency WEB EXCLUSIVE
Mastering a Multi-Fingered Tapping Technique DIGITAL

Departments
Vintage & Upkeep
Gibson ES-295: To Refinish or Not to Refinish? DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Mod Garage
Stratocaster Tone Split Mod DIGITAL
Tech Tips
Orange Upgrade, Part 2 WEB EXCLUSIVE
Eye Candy - Modern Builder Vault
Crow Hill Guitars: La Paloma DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Acoustic Soundboard
Guitar Tasting Tips DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - On Bass
The Best $20 Ever Spent DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Ask Amp Man
Speaker Loads and Overheating Amps DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - On Track
Creating Accurate Mixing Environments DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Gear Search Gallery
Grosh Guitars '59 Spec Set Neck Model DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Restoration of an Original
Black-Lighting a ’59 Fender Telecaster Neck DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Guitar of the Month
Specimen Products Maxwell Custom DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Shifting Gears
Let's Jump into the Fire: Recording Cottage City Firehouse DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Guitar Speakers Tone Center
Speakers: 40% of Your Tone DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Sneak Peek
Sneak Peek: Mesa Boogie Electra-Dyne
Gigging & Recording - Guitar Tracks
7 Steps to Stellar Guitar Recordings DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Stomp School
Getting Your Gear Fix in a Down Economy DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Hey, You Can't Do That
Top 10 Tips for Buying an Amp WEB EXCLUSIVE
And Don’t Miss… - The Low End
Meet The Neighbors DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Jazz Guitar Hardball
Forward Steps in Melodic Soloing DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Tone Tips from the Road
Effects Loops DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Last Call
A Race to the Bottom DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Vintage Vault
Spring Cleaning DIGITAL