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The OZ RV TNC LH features a lightweight chambered mahogany body, a roasted maple neck, and fingerboard, and Vola's Modern C neck profile.

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Alex’s signature combo amplifier (also available as a head) the Lerxst Chi is an all-tube 30-watt amp designed to produce pristine cleans and rich, overdriven tones.

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Steve Albini in the control room at his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago.

Photo by Kevin Tiongson

Words of wisdom from the legendary engineer, proprietor of Chicago’s Electrical Audio, World Series of Poker champion, and, in the band Shellac, the compass for brutal guitar aesthetics.

“All day every day, we’re grinding it out,” says engineer Steve Albini of his team at Electrical Audio, the Chicago studio he built and has run since 1997. “We’re constantly in session, constantly under fire.”

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