Michael Ross
Michael Ross is a writer/musician/producer/bon vivant living in Nashville. He curates guitarmoderne.com, dedicated to avant-garde and experimental guitar, and contributes to Premier Guitar, Guitar Player, Electronic Musician, and Sound On Sound. He is the author of Getting Great Guitar Sounds and All About Effects.
ARTICLES
Long-Overdue Love for Louie
March 5, 2020
He played for James Brown, John Lennon, Streisand, Whitney, and countless others. So how come so few guitar nuts know storied session ace Louie Shelton?
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Reggie Young: 1936–2019
January 18, 2019
The king of the intro hook helped author the 6-string sound of Memphis soul with his classic licks, and crystallized country guitar in the ’70s and ’80s, with his trusty ’57 Strat, ’69 Tele, and Gibson ES-335.
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Jack Pearson: Double Whammy
December 18, 2018
A pair of releases from Music City’s “best kept secret” reveals why he is so revered by fans and players alike.
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Roy Clark: 1933–2018
November 16, 2018
The legendary guitarist reached the world through television, but touched his fans’ hearts through a mix of virtuosity and humor.
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Melvin “Wah Wah Watson” Ragin: 1950–2018
October 26, 2018
With his rhythmic skill and creative daring, the inventive guitarist proved that the wah pedal was much more than a gimmick.
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Guthrie Trapp: Man of a Thousand Gigs
April 12, 2018
With a new album showcasing his stylistic breadth and a relentless schedule of performing, recording, and teaching, the Nashville Tele-monster keeps the pedal to the floor.
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Duane Eddy: Sultan of Twang
January 19, 2018
The guitar legend talks about the invention of his reverb-drenched sound, his versatile career and technique, and his lifelong love affair with the Bigsby-rigged Gretsch 6120.
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Prog Pioneer Steve Hillage Gets Funky Fresh
August 1, 2017
50 years of evolution from art-rock to R&B to pulsing EDM have kept the British guitarist—and his Strats, Gibsons, Steinbergers, and effects—dancing along the cutting edge.
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Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ Team Up
June 19, 2017
The veteran bluesmen reveal why they broke the genre’s rules on their first studio collaboration, TajMo, while sharing resonator guitars, banjos, and electric workhorses along the way.
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Psych-Blues Guitar Hero Harvey Mandel
February 2, 2017
The legendary innovator’s new album and box set reveal a lifetime of trippy techniques like tapping, extreme vibrato, and backwards soloing.
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Six-String Solace
September 27, 2016
Premier Guitar talks to certified music therapists across the U.S. about their specialized approaches to using guitar as an instrument of healing.
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Stian Westerhus: Daredevil Guitar
August 18, 2016
The Norwegian sonic wirewalker defies the conventions of tone, technique, and composition to create a unique aural universe.
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Forgotten Heroes: Reggie Young
June 2, 2016
On working with Elvis, opening for the Beatles, and playing with the cream of the crop as a session ace in Memphis and Nashville.
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AJ Ghent’s Stand-Up Steel
August 13, 2015
From sanctified beginnings to high-energy secular soul, this steel guitarist forged his own way.
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Richard Thompson: The Incomparable Alchemist
June 25, 2015
The iconoclastic virtuoso revisits his roots on a new album produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy.
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Forgotten Heroes: Pops Staples
June 23, 2015
The gospel guitarist who took his tremolo-shaken country blues from Sunday mass to the masses.
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Pedal to the Metal: A Short History of the Pedal Steel Guitar
February 17, 2015
Trace the evolution of the planet’s most mechanical—and for some, most mysterious—stringed instrument.
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Bill Frisell: To the Great Beyond
October 30, 2014
With his inventive touch, the prolific guitarist takes his latest musical exploration, Guitar in the Space Age, back to the future.
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Forgotten Heroes: Curtis Mayfield
October 6, 2014
Explore the life, music, and legacy of the ’60s soul and funk pioneer.
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Forrest Custom Guitars DB Boost B and G Bender Review
September 2, 2014
Double-bender T-style delivers seemingly infinite tones and textures.
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