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Flying Colors: Shredding Stereotypes DIGITAL
Supergroup Flying Colors breaks boundaries with its self-titled debut.

Features
Features 10 Tips for Summer Gigging
Features Interview: Santana Gets "Spiritually Horny" Making "Shape Shifter" WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features 3 Mods for 3 Guitars WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Interview: Shadows Fall Refuse to Compromise on “Fire From The Sky”
Features 4 Unconventional Effects and How To Use Them WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Nada Surf: Caws and Effect
Features Builder Profile: Chase Tone
Features Rig Rundown: Jimmie Vaughan WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features DragonForce: Double Dragon
Features Rig Rundown: Nickelback's Chad Kroeger and Ryan Peake WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Interview: John 5 on "God Told Me To" WEB EXCLUSIVE
Features Style Guide: Soul Jazz WEB EXCLUSIVE

Reviews
Acoustics
Amps
Bass Gear
Effects
Electrics
Media Review
  
Lessons
Beyond Blues
Country
Kick Out The Jams
Rock
Shred Your Enthusiasm

Departments
Gigging & Recording
Cheapskate Collective: Lick Learnin' on the Cheap WEB EXCLUSIVE
Gigging & Recording - On Bass
A Lesson for Substitutes
And Don’t Miss…
May 2012 Letters
Gigging & Recording - On Track
Session Dos and Don'ts
Tech Tips - Acoustic Soundboard
Listening Deeply to Acoustic Guitar Sound
Vintage & Upkeep - Restoring an Original
Restoring a 1963 Gibson EB-OF Fuzztone Bass
And Don’t Miss… - Staff Picks
May 2012 Staff Picks: Best Advice For Summer Gigging
Vintage & Upkeep - Bottom Feeder
SX Hawk MN P90
Gigging & Recording - State of Stomp
Raising the Bar of Wah Design
Tech Tips - Esoterica Electrica
Perfectly Imperfect
Tech Tips - The Bass Bench
Cheap and Easy Bass Mods
Gigging & Recording - Tone Tips from the Road
Tone Stacking With Two Amps
Gigging & Recording - Guitar Tracks
Choosing An Audio Interface
Vintage & Upkeep - Trash or Treasure
Supro Brentwood
Tech Tips - Mod Garage
Fender Esquire Basics
Vintage & Upkeep - Vintage Vault
1962 Fiesta Red Fender Jaguar
Eye Candy - Modern Builder Vault
Xylem Handmade Basses and Guitars