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GALLERY: Guitar Heroes - Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York

Guitars from D’Angelico, D’Aquisto, Monteleone, and Italian craftsmen featured in The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Guitar Heroes Exhibit. Photos courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

"One of only four documented guitars made by Stradivari, this guitar features his name, the date of 1700, ad рCremonenс on the back of the headstock, indicating that it originated in Cremona. The guitar has a spruce top with maple back and sides and ebony fretboard. It measures 36"" long by 10 1/2"" wide. "
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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A forward-thinking, inventive, high-quality electro-acoustic design yields balance, playability, and performance flexibility.

High-quality construction. Flexible, responsive, and detailed-sounding pickup/mic system. Lots of bass resonance without feedback or mud.

Handsome, understated design may still estrange traditionalists.

$1,599

L.R. Baggs AEG-1
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Though acoustic amplification has improved by leaps, bounds, and light years, the challenges of making a flattop loud remain … challenging. L.R. Baggs has played no small part in improving the state of acoustic amplification, primarily via ultra-reliable pickups like the Anthem, Lyric, andHiFi Duet microphone and microphone/under-saddle systems, the overachieving, inexpensive Element Active System, and theM1 andM80 magnetic soundhole pickups—all of which have become industry standards to one degree or another.

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During routine quality checks, Blackstar has identified a problem with specific Debut 100 Series amps.

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Jackson Audio Silvertone 1484 Twin Trem Tremolo Demo | First Look
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Excellent optical and harmonic tremolo circuits—and the ability to blend them to wild, woozy effect—distinguish this modulation collaboration.

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