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Last Call: Acting Like a Musician
Last Call

Last Call: Acting Like a Musician

We may all be acting, but the fact that more musicians have successfully worked in film than actors have successfully launched careers in music suggests that, of the two disciplines, music is more challenging.

RS Guitarworks TeeVee Custom Electric Guitar Review
Gear

RS Guitarworks TeeVee Custom Electric Guitar Review

A V-shape body paired with the handsome, classic appointments of an early-’60s Telecaster Custom

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"
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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

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

Guitar of the Month: 1959 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 Hollowbody
Gear of the Month

Guitar of the Month: 1959 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 Hollowbody

“Chet signed the guitar 1 in ’91 and added ‘CGP’ after his signature,” says Fred Stucky, owner of April 2011’s Guitar of the Month. “I always thought it meant

Bass

On Bass: The Call

It’s the event we all dream of—the one point in our musical time line that can define a career. That magical phone call (or email or text) asking if you’re