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NAMM '12 - Tone King Amplifiers Falcon Demo

PG's Rebecca Dirks is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2012 NAMM Show where she visits the Tone King Amplifiers booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of Tone King's newest guitar amp -- the Falcon combo.



PG's Rebecca Dirks is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2012 NAMM Show where she visits the Tone King Amplifiers booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear a demo of Tone King's newest guitar amp -- the Falcon combo.

Another day, another pedal! Enter Stompboxtober Day 21 to win a pedal from Eventide Audio!

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Joe Satriani’s G3 returns with Reunion Live, an album that sets out to capture the energy and essence of their sold-out 2024 US tour.

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Our columnist’s beloved Fender Super Reverb head goes under the knife.

Vintage Fenders are some of the best-sounding amplifiers around, but from time to time, they need a bit of love to give up the goods. Here are the top issues you’ll encounter with your black- and silver-panel Fender amps, and how to fix them.

Trouble and worrying are part of a vintage tube amp owner’s life. In this article, I will try to teach some basic troubleshooting for vintage Fender amps. It will only require a little practice, patience, and, most importantly, curiosity, which to me is the single most important skill in life—we can accomplish great things by reading, seeking advice, trying, failing, and not giving up. So, let’s start!

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Dakota Dave Hull plays a cozy set in Japan with Takasi Hamada on his right, and Xavier Ohmura on his left.

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A chance glance at a Stefan Grossman LP led our columnist to discover the acoustic connections between the U.S. and Japan.

When acoustic guitarists like myself hear an album that just sounds so good, we might fuss less about gear and home in more on performance and atmosphere. Indeed, those were the things that blew me away on country-blues guru Stefan Grossman’s album from the late ’70s, Acoustic Guitar. Dynamic playing with a healthy big-room sound, the production was a far cry from a lot of Grossman’s late-’60s output, some of which was recorded in closets on budget reel-to-reel decks.

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