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Gallery: Riot Fest 2015

Chicago’s other 3-day festival hosts an eclectic group of artists that span all of pop music.

L7’s Donita Sparks

Celebrating their recent revival, Sparks and her crew of badass broads put their stamp of rock ’n’ roll all over Riot Fest. Her No. 1 is a Gibson 120th Anniversary model Flying V that she’s outfitted with a Kahler trem bar. She digs this one the most “because it’s a couple pounds lighter than my other Gibson and Epiphone Flying Vs.”

Just like guitarists, audiophiles are chasing sound. It may be a never-ending quest.

“What you got back home, little sister, to play your fuzzy warbles on? I bet you got, say, pitiful, portable picnic players. Come with uncle and hear all proper. Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones.”—Alexander DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell) in the film A Clockwork Orange.

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Kirk Hammett has partnered with Gibson Publishing to release The Collection: Kirk Hammett, a premium hardcover coffee-table photo book where Kirk tells the stories behind his rare and collectible instruments.

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The collection includes Cobalt strings with a Paradigm Core, Tim Henson Signature Classical Strings, and the Tim Henson Signature FretWrap by Gruv Gear.

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Teamwork makes the dream work for the Charleston, South Carolina, twosome, who trade off multi-instrumental duties throughout their sets.

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