Premier Guitar December 2010   

December 2010 December 2010

2010 Premier Gear Awards DIGITAL
Need help finding the perfect tone machine to give that special guitarist on your gift list this holiday season (or to drop hints to your loved ones)? Then you’re in the right place. Here we look back at the guitars, amps, stompboxes, and accessories that made 2010 a fantastic year to be engaged in “the relentless pursuit of tone.”

Features
Features Away in a Manger Arranged for Guitar WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features GALLERY: Show Us Your Gear - Vintage Gear WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Bill Kirchen: The Dieselbilly King Rides Again DIGITAL
Features Interview: James Valentine (Maroon 5) - Hands All Over WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Builder Profile: Splawn Amplifiers DIGITAL
Features Jimmy Herring: Triple-T Threat DIGITAL
Features GALLERY: Gear Ads of the 1980s WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Shapes of Things: A Brief History of the Peculiar Behind-the-Scenes War Over Guitar Designs. DIGITAL
Features GALLERY: Gear Search Gallery 2010 WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Snowy White: Wailing on the Wall DIGITAL
Features GALLERY: Guitar of The Month 2010 WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features The Best of PremierGuitar.com's "Show Us Your Gear" 2010 DIGITAL
Features GALLERY: Modern Builder Vault 2010 WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features The Monsters of High Gain WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features GALLERY: Nashville Flood Guitars for Auction WEB EXCLUSIVE

Reviews
Accessories
Acoustics
Amps
Basses
Effects
Line 6 POD HD500 Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Electrics
Media Review
  
Lessons
Beyond Blues
Blues
Country
Deep Blues
Fierce Guitar
Jazz
Jazz Box
Lethal Guitar
Rhythm & Grooves
Rock
Triad Arpeggios WEB EXCLUSIVE

Departments
And Don’t Miss…
December 2010 Letters DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Modern Builder Vault
Kauer Guitars DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss…
December 2010 Staff Picks DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - On Bass
Amp or No Amp: The Great Debate Continues DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - On Track
Getting Great Acoustic Tones DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Restoring an Original
Removing a 1952 Goldtop Les Paul's Neck DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Adventures in Amplification
Sprucing up a '60s Blonde Fender Band-Master WEB EXCLUSIVE
Gigging & Recording - Shifting Gears
Our Unbreakable Connection to B.B., Scotty, and Keith DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Ask Amp Man
Souping Up a Bassman 10 DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Signal Chain
Digging into Fast-Response Amps DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Esoterica Electrica
Bound for Glory DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Stomp School
Great Gifts for Gearheads DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Gear Search Gallery
1959 Ampeg Jet DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Tone Tips from the Road
Strings, Strings, and More Strings DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Trash or Treasure
Festival Series Washburn DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Hey, You Can't Do That
I Laughed, I Cried: Gear Stories To Write Home About WEB EXCLUSIVE
Vintage & Upkeep - Vintage Vault
1949 Gibson Super 400 Serial #A-3309 DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Walking the Wires
Walking the Wires: Love Your Fingers WEB EXCLUSIVE