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Rig Rundown: Bon Jovi

We go over the semi-filling, arena-rocking loads of gear that John Shanks, Phil X, and Hugh McDonald brought on the road to support This House Is Not for Sale.

Another one-off is this korina Suhr Classic T pro that was constructed specifically for the 2009 NAMM Show.

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B. K. Butler Tube Driver

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With only three controls, this deceptively powerful pedal was designed to offer everything from light overdrive to full on distortion with all the clarity and blissful grinding.

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An all-new circuit designed to blend the best of vintage fuzz character with modern flexibility, offering guitarists a shape-shifting fuzz experience.

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Reader: Cary Cummings

Hometown: Seattle, WA

Guitar: Labrocaster


Cary Cummings’ dog-obsessed axes have appeared in this column in the past? Do any of our readers have a cat-o-caster? If so, please share.

A partscaster took on a whole new meaning when a simple canine-inspired logo took shape.

Winter was coming. I wanted to make my sunburst sunnier. I wanted to update and revive it—something classy, yet sassy, like the unsinkable John Bohlinger’s rakish hairdo (I’d wager he is a Dapper Dan man). It needed to sound vibrant, look happy, play great, and be versatile enough to cover a lot of ground. Something that calls out: ā€œPlay me! Let’s get lost for a while and forget our troubles.ā€

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Photo by David Bartus: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-playing-electric-guitar-435840/

Intermediate

Intermediate

• Get familiar with power chords on every string set

• Create new sounds with tried-and-true shapes

• Use the entire neck with compelling power-chord-based lines

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We all know that grip, but power chords actually come in many forms and sizes, and they fit equally well in a powerful riff or a more ethereal-sounding part. This lesson presents a handful of examples aimed at extending your power-chord vocabulary, with particular attention to range and orchestration.

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