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NAMM '12 - Hagstrom Viking Baritone, Viking Deluxe, and Northen Swede Demos

PG's Shawn Hammond is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2012 NAMM Show where he visits the Hagstrom booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of Hagstrom's Viking Baritone, Viking DLX 12, and Northen Swede.



PG's Shawn Hammond is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2012 NAMM Show where he visits the Hagstrom booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of Hagstrom's Viking Baritone, Viking DLX 12, and Northen Swede.

Billy Corgan shining with his Reverend Z One.

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman balances a busy creative life working as a wrestling producer, café/tea company owner, and a collaborator on his forward-thinking, far-reaching line of signature guitars. Decades into his career, Corgan continues to evolve his songcraft and guitar sound for the modern era on the band’s latest, Aghori Mhori Mei.

“Form follows function,” explains Billy Corgan when asked about the evolution of his songwriting. These three words seem to serve as his creative dictum. “Early Pumpkins was more about playing in clubs and effecting a response from the live audience, because that’s where we could get attention.

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Two horns? It must be a Bison!

Our columnist links a few memories together to lead us to another obscure guitar model—one he remembers from his childhood and came to acquire as an adult.

Do you have any “click and stick” movies that you love? Like when you are channel surfing and see a movie that you’ve watched a lot, and then just watch it again? Lately, for me, it’s been the 2015 movie The Revenant. It’s a truly brutal tale of survival set in 1820s frontier America. My gosh, that movie just draws me in every time. There’s one scene where the main character goes flying off a cliff while riding a horse! He just sort of falls/rolls through a pine tree and lands in the snow … and he still survives! It’s crazy!

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A 1000-watt speaker cabinet crafted for musicians who demand power and precision. Sunn Amps intends to reinvent the standard 4x12 configuration with the introduction of this new cabinet.

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Is Reading Sheet Music Required to Be a Good Guitarist?
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Does the guitar’s design encourage sonic exploration more than sight reading?


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