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GALLERY: Lollapalooza 2015

Three days of guitar highlights from Chicago’s world-renowned festival.

Cold War Kids’ Dann Gallucci
Former Modest Mouse guitarist Dann Gallucci joined the Cold War Kids in 2012, replacing co-founding guitarist Jonnie Russell. Dann is a big fan of T-styles and used this Fender Classic Series ’72 Telecaster Custom for “We Used to Vacation,” “Audience” and the cover of John Lennon’s “Well Well Well.”

A thick, varied take on the silicon Fuzz Face that spans punky, sparkling, and full-spectrum heavy.

Dimensional, thick variations on the silicon Fuzz Face voice. Surprisingly responsive to dynamics at most tube amp’s natural clean/dirty divide. Bass control lends range.

Thins out considerably at lower amp volumes.

$185

McGregor Pedals Classic Fuzz
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Compared to the dynamic germanium Fuzz Face, silicon versions sometimes come off as brutish. And even though they can be sonorously vicious, if dirty-to-clean range and sensitivity to guitar volume attenuation are top priorities, germanium is probably the way to go. The McGregor Classic Fuzz, however, offers ample reminders about the many ways silicon Fuzz Faces can be beastly, sensitive, and sound supreme.

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With internally adjustable midrange boost and versatile Voice 2, these pickups are designed to capture the killer tones of 80s & 90s high performance Strats.

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Funk-guitar wiz and Wong Notes host Cory Wong flips the script and sits in the 100 Guitarists guest chair.

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Photo by Jon Luini

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai unite to form the SATCHVAI Band.

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