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Stomp School: What's Inside Your Pedals?
Gear

Stomp School: What's Inside Your Pedals?

Greetings, pedal stompers, and welcome back to Stomp School. It occurs to me that I might have lost a few of you in last month’s discussion of technologies such as

Mack Amps Gem 2G Amp Review
Gear

Mack Amps Gem 2G Amp Review

Their new, super-lightweight and tiny Gem 2G is an overhaul of the company’s original Gem

Bass

The Low End: Sometimes the Good Guys Win

This is the true saga of the recent theft and recovery of one of my basses. This bass is very expensive and a very special instrument. The crazy thing is,

Tone Tips from the Road: Specialty Guitar Stew
Bass

Tone Tips from the Road: Specialty Guitar Stew

Some different qualities I look for in specialty instruments, beginning with the 6-string bass.

CD Review: Bruce Cockburn - "Small Source of Comfort"
All Reviews

CD Review: Bruce Cockburn - "Small Source of Comfort"

Bruce Cockburn Small Source of Comfort True North Fans of Bruce Cockburn’s extraordinary acoustic fingerpicking will be thrilled with Small Source of Comfort, his 31st studio album. Cockburn’s shimmering arpeggios,

Acoustic Soundboard: Checking the Guitar Market's Pulse
Acoustic Soundboard

Acoustic Soundboard: Checking the Guitar Market's Pulse

Though known for his beautiful steel-string flattops, Michael Gurian began his career building classical guitars. This elegant 1973 Gurian sports Brazilian rosewood back and sides and reveals the luthier’s

Soloway Single 15" Electric Guitar Review
Gear

Soloway Single 15" Electric Guitar Review

A thinline hollowbody electric jazz box with fingerstyle string spacing and other modern options

All Reviews

CD Review: Joe Bonamassa - "Dust Bowl"

Joe Bonamassa Dust Bowl J&R Adventures Joe Bonamassa has appropriated a genre of music born from slavery and black blues musicians, and mutated it to big-screen proportions. Dust Bowl is

On Track: Wisdom From A True Original
DIY

On Track: Wisdom From A True Original

An interview with Sam Broussard, who mixes Cajun, funk, and slide for a truly unique sound

Acoustic Adventures: Cascading Celtic Guitar
Lessons

Acoustic Adventures: Cascading Celtic Guitar

A medley of three Celtic tunes: "Drowsy Maggie," "The Morning Dew," and "The Cup of Tea."