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Rig Rundown: Between the Buried and Me [2015]

The prog-metal juggernauts discuss how their signature axes cranked through Axe-Fx units create their brutal live tone.

As loyal gearheads, Waring and Waggoner have been big fans of Fractal Axe-Fx units for years. While recording their newest LP, Coma Ecliptic, they upgraded to the Axe-Fx II XL. They always run them into Mesa/Boogie Simul-Class 2:Ninety power amps.

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Xotic revamps a classic Vox-boost-in-a-box pedal, creating a new one in the process.

Smart, feature-packed update on a classic. Nice size and price.

Small boost knob.

$180

Xotic Effects AC Booster V2

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Nashville luthier and guitar tech Dave Johnson shows us the baker's dozen of tools he thinks any guitar picker requires to be a guitar fixer.

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Paul Reed Smith cradles one of his company’s Charcoal Phoenix limited-edition guitars in front of a PRS Sonzera amp.

The storied guitar builder reflects on his dozen months sharing his experience, knowledge, and perspective with PG’s readers.

Over the past year, I’ve written a series of articles in Premier Guitar going over some of my, and our industry’s, views of guitar making. You can find all of them all online (and for those reading this online, the articles are collected here). What I am going to attempt to do for this final piece is boil down each of these articles to a ā€œsort ofā€ conclusion. I have enjoyed the process of writing and editing each one. For the most part, it’s been a lot of fun. So:

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The Billy Idol guitarist rides his Knaggs into Nashville.

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