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GALLERY: Show Us Your Gear - #1 Guitars, Vol. 2

Ever wonder what PG readers'' go-to axes are? From true classics to completely custom, your #1 guitars cover the full spectrum.

"Santilli's #1 guitar is one he built himself that he calls the Santilli Cafe Racer. The guitar is a single piece of poplar with a water-based finish. ""Over the years I've collected plenty of guitars to cover every tone I could think of,"" he says, ""But this guitar that I built a few years ago is just such a joy to play. The neck is very fast and the humbuckers can be tapped. I would say it sounds like an SG and a Tele. I've made a couple, but this is the one."""

Want more? Check out Volume 1! To submit your #1 guitar for our next gallery, send an email with 1-3 photos and a caption describing the instrument to rebecca@premierguitar.com.

From Box to Boost: Building StewMac's Two Kings Pedal
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Curious about building your own pedal? Join PG's Nick Millevoi as he walks us through the StewMac Two Kings Boost kit, shares his experience, and demos its sound.

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Digital control meets excellent Brit-favored analog drive and distortion tones in a smart and easy-to-master solution.

Tons of flexibility and switchability that’s easy to put to practical use. Many great overdrive sounds spanning a wide range of gain.

Takes a little work up front to get your head around the concept.

$349

RJM Music Technology Full English Overdrive
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Programmability and preset storage aren’t generally concerns for the average overdrive user. But if expansive digital control for true analog drive pedals becomes commonplace, it will be because pedals like the Full English Programmable Overdrive from RJM Music Technology make it fun and musically satisfying.

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LA LOM from left: Jake Faulkner, Nicholas Baker, and Zac Sokolow

Guitarist Zac Sokolow takes us on a tour of tropical guitar styles with a set of the cover songs that inspired the trio’s Los Angeles League of Musicians.

There’s long been a cottage industry, driven by record collectors, musicologists, and guitar-heads, dedicated to the sounds that happened when cultures around the world got their hands on electric guitars. The influence goes in all directions. Dick Dale’s propulsive, percussive adaptation of ā€œMisirlouā€ā€”a folk song among a variety of Eastern Mediterranean cultures—made the case for American musicians to explore sounds beyond our shores, and guitarists from Ry Cooder and David Lindley to Marc Ribot and Richard Bishop have spent decades fitting global guitar influences into their own musical concepts.

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Warm Audio Pedal76 & WA-C1 Demos | PG Plays
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Check out Warm Audio’s Pedal76 and WA-C1 with PG contributor Tom Butwin! See how these pedals can shape your sound and bring versatility to your rig.

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