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GALLERY: Lollapalooza 2011

A sampling of the bands and guitars that descended upon Chicago''s Grant Park on August 5-7, 2011.

"Hip hop/soul artist Cee Lo Green surrounded himself with Scarlet Fever, a band of lovely ladies clad in S&M-inspired clothes. Happily, they also knew their way around their instruments. Guitarist Sharon Aguilar took to the stage with her main guitar, an American Deluxe Strat with a Seymour Duncan Custom Stack Plus STK-S6 in the neck, Cool Rails in the middle, and George Lynch Screaminу Demon in the bridge. She told PG, рSplitting the Cool Rails and George Lynch makes for an awesome sound for funky rhythms.с Aguilar plugged her Strat into an ENGL Steve Morse signature head."

It’s Day 26 of Stompboxtober! Today’s pedal from MXR could be yours—enter now and return tomorrow for more!

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Keeley ZOMA Stereo Reverb, Tremolo & Vibrato Demo | First Look
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Vintage-style reverb, tremolo, and vibrato sounds abound in a 3-in-1 stomp that might be the only box you need.

The Keeley ZOMA combines two of iconic amp effects—tremolo and reverb—into one pedal.

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A Telefunken ELA M 251E large-diaphragm condenser mic, seen in its natural habitat.

By now, we’re all familiar with the many options out there for amp modeling. Mic modelers are another reliable asset to digital recording tech, and can rapidly grow your inventory with just a few clicks.

As guitarists, we’re very aware of amp-modeling and profiling technologies, such as the Line 6 Helix, Fractal Axe-Fx, Neural DSP Quad Cortex, and Kemper Profiler. While our bases are covered for these (with modelers available for every “holy grail” amp under the sun), we are still missing another vital area of the recording process—microphones—for the acoustic instruments and vocals we might want to capture.

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