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Rig Rundown: Guns N' Roses

The gear of Slash, Duff McKagan, and Richard Fortus finally revealed.

In addition to the Voodoo, Fortus runs a Supro Black Magick combo with Celestion creamback Alnico.

Special thanks to Slash's tech Adam Day and Duff's tech Mike ā€œMcbobā€ Mayhue who have both been with the band since Appetite for Destruction.

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The author found this one-of-a-kind tremolo/vibrato/sound-altering modulation box at Quattro Music Company in Thomas, West Virginia.

Producer and roots-guitar veteran Michael Dinallo pens his unabashed love letter to tremolo, with fond recollections of vintage Fender and Gibson amps, Dunlopā€™s TS-1, and a one-of-a-kind mystery modulator.

Tremolo is my favorite effect to modulate a guitarā€™s sound (and I love vibrato, too). I love it so much that itā€™s part of the moniker of the production team I had with the late Ducky Carlisleā€”the Tremolo Twinsā€”as well as our Trem-Tone Records label. You might recognize Ducky from his many engineering credits, including Buddy Guy, or our work together on albums like Stax veteran Eddie Floydā€™s heralded Eddie Loves You So, from 2008.

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PRS Guitars Standard 24 Satin Demo | NAMM 2025
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The PRS Standard is one of the two models that started PRS Guitars back in 1985. It has been out of the line up for more than ten years and coming back for the 40th Anniversary.

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Heā€™s never stopped developing, and weā€™re covering our favorite highlights of McLaughlinā€™s career: his acoustic (and later electric) take on Indian music with Shakti, his more traditional jazz projects, and much more.

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Andyā€™s axe!

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The Police guitaristā€™s go-to guitar is the source of a few mysteries, so letā€™s crack the code.

Hello and welcome back to Mod Garage. In this column, weā€™ll take a closer look at the wiring of Andy Summersā€™ famous Telecaster, as well as some of the many mysteries of this guitar that remain unsolved today.

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