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GALLERY: First Act Custom Shop's Custom Creations

"Vernon Reid's bassist Steve Jenkins describes his wild First Act as рa Jazz Bass on steroids.с An arcade button was installed next to the pickguard, and serves as a killswitch."

Stompboxtober Day 23 is here! Today’s prize is a pedal from J. Rockett Audio. Enter now and come back for more daily prizes!

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The Pedalboard Mic Stand

D'Addario's offers three new XPND accessories: the Pedalboard Mic Stand, Footswitch Toppers, and Pedal Grip Strips.

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Once a musician, always a musician. At 71, jazz guitarist Mike Stern is still jetsetting to perform around the world.

Photo by Sandrine Lee

The jazz-guitar virtuoso’s new record Echoes and Other Songs shines bright amidst some major—and challenging—turning points in his life.

It was around 8 p.m. and, after enduring a severely delayed flight from Europe, Mike Stern had finally arrived home to New York City. He was overseas for a run of marathon three-and-a-half-hour shows in Munich and Budapest, where he shared the stage with fellow guitar virtuoso Al Di Meola on the Mandoki Soulmates’ A Memory of Our Future album release concert.

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Tools for the Task: Flavors of Fuzz
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These six dirt-blasters are cooked up to satisfy all tastes.

Whether you've got a refined, selective palette or you're a "more is better" type, these tasty fuzzes will tickle your ear's tastebuds.

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