Premier Guitar December 2012   

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2012 Premier Gear Awards
Meet the 41 guitars, basses, amps, and effects that blew our minds this year with their fantastic tones, innovative features, and all-around awesomeness.

Features
Features Builder Profile: John Monteleone
Features Interview: Gary Clark Jr. - Lone Star Rising
Features GALLERY: Experience Music Project Guitar Collection WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Interview: Graveyard's Jonatan Ramm - Green Grooves from Gothenburg
Features GALLERY: Gear of Late Night TV WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Interview: Peter Frampton - Part Two: Coming Alive Again WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features GALLERY: Slash's 2012 Touring Gear WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Interview: Peter Frampton’s Early Years
Features GALLERY: Vintage Gems from Christie's Guitar Auction WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Studio Legends: Keith Olsen
Features Interview: Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Brad Whitford Let the Music Do the Talking WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features TV Guitars: Inside the World of Late Night (with exclusive Rig Rundown videos)
Features Interview: Charlie Hunter - Get Rhythm

Reviews
Acoustics
Martin OM-28E Retro Acoustic Guitar Review
Amps
Andrews Amplification Para-Dyne 50 Combo Review
Egnater Armageddon Amp Review
Markbass Big Bang Bass Amplifier Review
Bass Gear
Normandy Alumicaster Bass Review
Effects
Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone Wah Pedal Review
Fulltone Secret Freq Pedal Review
Mooer ShimVerb, Green Mile, Black Secret, and Pitch Box Pedal Reviews
RogerThat Guitar Electronics Bass OD/DIS Pedal Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Voodoo Lab Giggity Pedal Review
Zoom MS-100BT MultiStomp with Bluetooth Pedal Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
Electrics
Eastwood Airline ’59 Coronado Electric Guitar Review WEB EXCLUSIVE
G&L Tribute ASAT Classic Bluesboy Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar Review
Media Reviews
Album Review: Aerosmith - "Music From Another Dimension"
Album Review: Deftones - "Koi No Yokan"
Album Review: Ed Gerhard - "There and Gone"
Album Review: Vinyl Williams - "Lemniscate"
Film/DVD Review: Led Zeppelin - "Celebration Day"
  
Lessons
Beyond Blues
Beyond Blues: Beck's Blues, Pt. 2
Beyond Blues: Keeping it Simple with Blues-Scale Transitions WEB EXCLUSIVE
Deep Blues
Deep Blues: Quartal Blues
Fretboard Workshop
Fretboard Workshop: Increasing a Lick's ROI
Future Rock
Future Rock: Demented Diminished WEB EXCLUSIVE
Kick Out The Jams
Kick Out the Jams: Pick Up the Pieces - Funk Guitar 101

Departments
Tech Tips - Acoustic Soundboard
Designing and Ordering a Custom Guitar, PT. 1
Gigging & Recording - On Bass
Me and Victor
Tech Tips - Ask Amp Man
Beefing Up Channel 2 in Fender's The Twin
And Don’t Miss… - Staff Picks
December 2012 Staff Picks
Vintage & Upkeep - Bottom Feeder
Relic'd Fender Tele Wannabe
Tech Tips - State of Stomp
The Truest Bypass
Tech Tips - Esoterica Electrica
When Neck and Body Meet
Tech Tips - The Bass Bench
Bass Necks: Adjustability and Resonance
And Don’t Miss… - Gear of the Month
Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott's Washburn Dime 3 Crown Royal
Vintage & Upkeep - Trash or Treasure
Ibanez Custom Agent
Gigging & Recording - Guitar Tracks
Choosing Essential Plug-ins for your Studio
And Don’t Miss… - Tuning Up
Tuning Up: Gratitude, Giving, and Other Rubbish
And Don’t Miss… - Last Call
Shitegeist
Vintage & Upkeep - Vintage Vault
1955 Fender Stratocaster Serial #7589
Tech Tips - Mod Garage
Humbucker Pickups in an Esquire, PT. 1
And Don’t Miss… - Your Feedback
December 2012 Letters
And Don’t Miss… - Modern Builder Vault
Modern Builder Vault: Peters Instruments