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NAMM '17 - Chase Bliss Audio Brothers Demo

Pedal mastermind Joel Korte debuts the company's first drive pedal, which covers fuzz, boost, overdrive, and more.

Hand-built in the USA, this pedal features original potentiometer values, True Bypass, and three unique modes for versatile distortion options. Commemorative extras included.

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The Smithsā€™ 1984 press shot. From left to right: Andy Rourke, Morrissey, Johnny Marr, and Mike Joyce.

Bassists from Californiaā€™s finest Smiths tribute bands weigh-in on Andy Rourkeā€™s most fun-to-play parts.

Listen to the Smiths, the iconic 1980s indie-rock band from Manchester, and youā€™ll hear Andy Rourkeā€™s well-crafted bass lines snaking around Johnny Marrā€™s intricate guitar work, Mike Joyceā€™s energetic drumming, and singer Morrisseyā€™s wry vocal delivery.

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Guitarist Brandon Seabrook, architect of fretboard chaos, and his trusty HMT Tele.

Photo by Reuben Radding

With a modified and well-worn heavy metal Tele, a Jerry Jones 12-string, a couple banjos, some tape sounds, and a mountain of fast-picking chops, New Yorkā€™s master of guitar mayhem delivers Object of Unknown Function.

ā€œItā€™s like time travel,ā€ says Brandon Seabrook, reflecting on the sonic whiplash of ā€œObject of Unknown Function.ā€ The piece, which opens the composerā€™s solo album of the same name, journeys jarringly from aggressive ā€œearly banjo stuffā€ up through ā€œmore 21st-century classical music,ā€ combined with electronic found sounds from a TASCAM 4-track cassette recorder. The end result approaches the disorientation of musique concrĆ©te.

ā€œThe structure is kind of like hopping centuries or epochs,ā€ he adds. ā€œI [wanted] all these different worlds to collide. Itā€™s like a choose-your-own-adventure.ā€

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The Fearless Flyers' Cory Wong & Mark Lettieri Rig Rundown
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Cory Wong and his Flyers comrade Mark Lettieri do a little show-and-tell at their summer camp.


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