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Musikmesse '14 - Albion Amplification ABH800 and BLS610 Demos

Former amp designer at Vox and Marshall, Steve Grindrod continues building his own company's repertoire with a new bass head and cabinet.

Joe Gore
By Joe GoreApr 02, 2014
Joe Gore

San Francisco-based Senior Contributing Editor Joe Gore has recorded with Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Tracy Chapman, Courtney Love, Marianne Faithfull, Les Claypool, Flea, DJ Shadow, John Cale, and many other artists. His music appears in many films and TV shows, plus an incriminating number of jingles. Joe has written several thousand articles about music and musicians and has contributed to many musical products, including Apple’s Logic and GarageBand programs. In his spare time Joe produces the Joe Gore line of guitar effects and edits a geeky guitar blog (tonefiend.com).

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