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GALLERY: Guitar of the Month 2011

All 12 axes featured as Guitar of the Month in 2011.

February: 1977 Travis Bean TB1000A
"This TB1000A features a double-cutaway koa body with a natural finish that is connected to the Reynolds T6061 aluminum neck with four wood screws. In 1977, the company reworked its body-chambering technique to remove some aluminum from the top instead of the side. The aluminum inside this guitarуs wood body was machined to create a U-shaped channel that provided a more rigid structure and also lightened the guitar a bit. However, this aluminum-wood hybrid still tops the scale at almost 10 pounds. Other features include a rosewood fretboard with large, pearl-dot inlays, original custom humbuckers with engraved chrome covers, and original hardware, tuners, pots, and capacitors."

Tim Commerford digs into his Ernie Ball Music Man StringRay onstage.

The three bassists—whose collective work spans Vulfpeck, D’Angelo, Rage Against the Machine, and much more—cast a wide musical net with their StingRay basses.

The story of the Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay is a deep journey through the history of the electric guitar business, going way back to connections made in Leo Fender’s early days. When the StingRay was introduced in 1976, it changed the electric-bass game, and it’s still the instrument of choice for some of the most cutting-edge bass players around. Here’s what a few of them have to say about their StingRays:

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Chonky Boi

Audiofab introduces two new pedal with vintage tones. The Chonky Boi delivers a wide range of distortion sounds, while the Elektra Amanto captures classic flanger tones.


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Designed by legendary bass player and founding member of Jefferson Airplane, this instrument features a Casady-designed JCB-1 Low-Impedance Humbucker and a three-position rotary impedance control for versatile tones.

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Talkin’ About Grant Green with Dan Wilson
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Dan Wilson is a bandleader, teacher, and a Grammy-nominated guitarist who’s played alongside organ-jazz master Joey DeFrancesco and bassist Christian McBride. He’s on the short list of players who are experts of Grant Green’s singular swinging sound. We called Dan to talk about our favorite entries in Green’s long discography. From trio dates to cowboy jazz to his funk period, we cover it all.

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