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Keith Urban: Aspiring Outlaw DIGITAL
Contemporary-country superstar Keith Urban reflects on how Waylon Jennings’ indie spirit inspired him more than 20 years ago in Australia, why Mark Knopfler became his first guitar hero, and how he rehabilitated many of his treasured vintage axes after the tragic Nashville flood of 2010.

Features
Features 2011 NY Amp Show: The Situation Rooms DIGITAL
Features GALLERY: Summer NAMM 2011 - Day 3 Editors' Picks WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Builder Profile: Carvin WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Inseparable: Alf Binnie And His Archtop DIGITAL
Features Builder Profile: Ken Parker Archtops DIGITAL
Features Interview: Keb' Mo' - Reflections WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Forgotten Heroes: Cornell Dupree DIGITAL
Features Interview: Kenny Wayne Shepherd - How He Goes WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features GALLERY: Lollapalooza 2011 WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Last Chance to Reason: The Other M DIGITAL
Features GALLERY: Show Us Your Gear - First Guitars WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Stanley Clarke: A Bass Man and His Upright Desires DIGITAL
Features GALLERY: Summer NAMM 2011 - Day 1 Editors' Picks WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Summer NAMM 2011 Video Guide WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features GALLERY: Summer NAMM 2011 - Day 2 Editors' Picks WEB EXCLUSIVE

Reviews
Orange O PC Personal Computer Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Acoustics
Batson Guitar Co. No. 5 Acoustic Guitar Review DIGITAL
Amps
Anacon Technology Zagray! Amp Review DIGITAL
Carvin V3M Micro Head Amp Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Vox TB35C2 Bruno Amp Review DIGITAL
Bass Gear
Kustom Amplification KXB500 Bass Amp and DE115NEO Bass Cab Review DIGITAL
Reverend Justice and Thundergun Bass Reviews DIGITAL
Effects
Empress Effects Multidrive Pedal Review DIGITAL
Ibanez JD9 Jet Driver Pedal Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Metal Pedals Hardcore XXX Pedal Review DIGITAL
Paul Trombetta Design Tornita! Pedal Review DIGITAL
TC Electronic MojoMojo Overdrive and Dark Matter Distortion Pedal Reviews WEB EXCLUSIVE
Electrics
Fernandes Guitars V-Hawk Deluxe Electric Guitar Review DIGITAL
Gibson Les Paul Studio Baritone Electric Guitar Review DIGITAL
Ibanez RG920QM Premium Electric Guitar Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Media Review
CD Review: 311 - "Univeral Pulse" DIGITAL
CD Review: Fountains of Wayne - "Sky Full of Holes" DIGITAL
CD Review: Megadeth - "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?" Box Set WEB EXCLUSIVE
CD Review: The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - "How I Go" DIGITAL
CD Review: Various Artists - "The New Universe Music Festival 2010" DIGITAL
CD Review: White Denim - "D" DIGITAL
  
Lessons
Fretboard Workshop: Connecting Chords DIGITAL
Beyond Blues
Beyond Blues: The Bends DIGITAL
Blues
Video Lesson: Blues Intros and Outros WEB EXCLUSIVE
Country
Twang 101: Chicken Pickin' Intervals WEB EXCLUSIVE
Deep Blues
Deep Blues: Turnarounds of the Masters WEB EXCLUSIVE
Inside Jazz
Inside Jazz: Alphabetic Junctions DIGITAL
Rhythm & Grooves
Rhythm & Grooves: Guitar George DIGITAL
Rock
Shred Your Enthusiasm: Thanksgiving at Ted Nugent's House DIGITAL
The Thinking Shredder: Tapping Into the Unusual WEB EXCLUSIVE

Departments
And Don’t Miss…
August 2011 Letters DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Last Call
The Rules of Improvisation DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss…
August 2011 Staff Picks DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Mod Garage
The ABCs Of Guitar Switches DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording
Singing the Praises of the Small Business WEB EXCLUSIVE
Eye Candy - Modern Builder Vault
Drew & Sebastian Guitars DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep
T. Hiles Cigar-Box Guitar DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - On Bass
Risk...And Survival DIGITAL
Tech Tips
Tell Me A Story DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - On Track
Secrets of Compression, Pt. 1 DIGITAL
Tech Tips
Zombie-Proof Your Guitar...Now! DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Restoring an Original
Bridge Work On A ’74 Gibson Flattop DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Acoustic Soundboard
Acoustic Amplification, Pt. 1 DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - The Low End
The Gibson Thunderbird—One of the Greatest! DIGITAL
Tech Tips - Ask Amp Man
Tweaking A Carvin Nomad Combo DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - The Working Guitarist
Wisdom from My First Guitar Teacher WEB EXCLUSIVE
Tech Tips - Esoterica Electrica
Playing Buzzword Bingo DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Tone Tips from the Road
The Heavy Tone Equation DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Gear Search Gallery
1983 Alembic Spoiler DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Trash or Treasure
Gibson J-160E “Norwegian Wood” DIGITAL
Eye Candy - Guitar of the Month
1958 Fender Precision Bass DIGITAL
And Don’t Miss… - Tuning Up
Banishing Gollum (or Discovering Your Inner Punk) DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Guitar Tracks
Instant Capture DIGITAL
Vintage & Upkeep - Vintage Vault
1956 Gretsch Chet Atkins Hollow Body Model 6120 DIGITAL
Gigging & Recording - Hey, You Can't Do That
5 Rutbusters That Will Change The Way You Play WEB EXCLUSIVE
Gigging & Recording - Walking the Wires
Fretboard Implant WEB EXCLUSIVE