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The Jesus Lizard Rig Rundown [2025]
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The Jesus Lizard Rig Rundown [2025]

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DIY 101: How to Mod Your Bass with a Badass Bridge
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Bass

DIY 101: How to Mod Your Bass with a Badass Bridge

LR Baggs HiFi High Fidelity Acoustic Bridge Plate Pickup System Demo | NAMM 2023
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LR Baggs HiFi High Fidelity Acoustic Bridge Plate Pickup System Demo | NAMM 2023

The Break Dance Behind the Bridge
Bass

The Break Dance Behind the Bridge

The zen of break angle mechanics and why tone relies more on the tail than the head.

DIY: Relic’ing Metal Hardware
Gear

DIY: Relic’ing Metal Hardware

Our series on how to age a guitar, piece by piece, continues. This month we tackle the bridge and strap buttons.

Kaki King: “My Stamina and Accuracy Have Gone to Shit”
Artists

Kaki King: “My Stamina and Accuracy Have Gone to Shit”

COVID’s got even the world-renowned fingerstyle visionary wrestling with her chops. Here’s how she rolled with the punches, pivoted, and released the soundtrack to her on-hold-for-now audio-visual performance project, Data Not Found.

Sure, Your Acoustic's Woods Are Important—But Is Its Bridge Plate up to Snuff?
Electric Guitars

Sure, Your Acoustic's Woods Are Important—But Is Its Bridge Plate up to Snuff?

The soundboard will always reign in tonal importance, but the size and materials of a flattop’s bridge and bridge plate are also critical.

Does Factory Fresh Mean Ready to Play?
Reviews

Does Factory Fresh Mean Ready to Play?

Top techs share their tips, tweaks, and onstage product development for brand-spankin’-new guitars.

PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo: The PG Review
Rhythm

PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo: The PG Review

With a blendable piezo pickup, Annapolis’ affordable electric hollowbody becomes extra versatile.

Reader Guitar of the Month: A Strat Comes Full Circle
Gear

Reader Guitar of the Month: A Strat Comes Full Circle

A Hendrix fan details the journey of his first real guitar, a 1972 Fender Strat that he modded, returned to spec, and is now enjoying again in quarantine.

VegaTrem VT1 Ultratrem Demo - PG Gear Spotlight
Gear Spotlight

VegaTrem VT1 Ultratrem Demo - PG Gear Spotlight

Divebomb addicts will rejoice for this innovative new trem system that doesn't require any additional routing—or a locking nut.

The Tale of the Hamer DuoTone—an Innovative Model That Satisfied Zero Demand
Artist Features

The Tale of the Hamer DuoTone—an Innovative Model That Satisfied Zero Demand

How—despite being embraced by Jeff Tweedy, Stone Gossard, Ty Tabor, Dweezil Zappa, and other luminaries—this acoustic-electric hybrid was somehow DOA.