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Gear Finds

Looking for more great gear for the guitar player in your life (yourself included!)? Check out this year's Holiday Gear Finds!

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When Louis Cato received this Univox LP-style as a gift in high school, it needed some major TLC. A few years later, it got some practical upgrades and now makes regular appearances with Cato on The Late Show.

Photo by Scott Kowalchyk

The self-described “utility knife” played drums with John Scofield and Marcus Miller and spent time in the studio with Q-Tip before landing on Stephen Colbert’s show as a multi-instrumentalist member of the house band. Now, he’s taken over as the show’s guitar-wielding bandleader and is making his mark.

It’s a classic old-school-show-biz move: Bring out the band, introduce them one by one, and build up the song to its explosive beginning. It’s fun, dramatic, audiences love it, and that’s how every The Late Show with Stephen Colbert taping starts.

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Check out the ALL-NEW PRS Pedals and more in this edition of our Stompbox Gear Finds!

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Check out these excellent amps from some of the best brands in the industry.

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Check here for some of the latest and greatest acoustics in 2022!

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