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Rig Rundown: Albert Lee
January 29, 2020
A bona fide twang-guitar legend shares stories of his time with Clapton and gives an inside look at how he approaches his signature sound.
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Sterling by MusicMan Jason Richardson 7 String Cutlass Demo | NAMM 2020
January 24, 2020
The shredder plays and talks about his new axe—the budget-priced sequel to his Music Man Cutlass HH 7-string—which has custom pickups, a 12 dB volume boost, and coil-splitting.
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Rig Rundown: Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Joel Hoekstra and Chris Caffery
December 25, 2019
Huge arena-rock guitar tones meet heavy-metal Christmas jams on one of the year’s most successful tours. Go behind the scenes to see how the guitar tandem kick out the holiday jams.
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Ernie Ball Music Man Mariposa: The Premier Guitar Review
December 25, 2019
The signature solidbody for Omar Rodríguez-López (At the Drive-In, the Mars Volta) screams and plays as smooth as cream.
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Rig Rundown: Tiny Moving Parts
December 4, 2019
Enthusiastic, nimble-fingered Dylan Mattheisen dances between technical mathcore and catchy rock with Teles and a trusty DL4.
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Ernie Ball Music Man Short-Scale StingRay Review
November 11, 2019
A classic bass gets a short-scale makeover, but doesn’t come up short anywhere else.
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First Look: Ernie Ball Music Man Mariposa
October 21, 2019
Omar Rodríguez-López's signature axe delivers punch and flexibility outside high-gain alternative realms.
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Tools for the Task: Pedalboard Tuners
September 20, 2019
You have pedal choices aplenty, but don’t forget about the one that keeps things in, well, tune.
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Rig Rundown: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
September 11, 2019
The 20-year-old blues phenom shares his straight-ahead approach to fiery blues-rock tones.
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Tools for the Task: Drop-Tune Strings
August 18, 2019
Ten sets optimized to keep the tension up and the floppy down.
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Tools for the Task: Coiled Cables
July 12, 2019
Ten leads primed to handle the bridge between your guitar and what you’re plugging into—with a twist.
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Rig Rundown: Judas Priest
June 5, 2019
Watch the pioneering British heavy metal band share the stories and secrets behind the gear that’s banged heads for 50 years and sold over 50 million records.
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Rig Rundown: Dream Theater’s John Petrucci and John Myung [2019]
May 22, 2019
The progressive metal band’s sultans of shred talk about the gear on The Distance Over Time tour, including John Petrucci’s brand-new Music Man Majesty Series signature models and Myung’s potential 2020 signature bass.
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Rig Rundown: The Bouncing Souls
May 15, 2019
The seminal East Coast punks prove that beat-up guitars and undeniable hooks can keep a band touring the world for over three decades.
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Ernie Ball Music Man Debuts Dustin Kensrue Artist StingRay
May 2, 2019
Thrice frontman's signature axe features a mahogany body, custom-wound EBMM humbucking and single-coil pickups, and a stereo output.
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Dream Theater: This Is Us
March 7, 2019
John Petrucci and John Myung embrace raw tones and spontaneous ideas on the band’s latest album, Distance Over Time.
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Kurt Vile and Steve Gunn: Into the Mystic
February 21, 2019
Two exploratory rockers discuss their Philadelphia roots and the magic of collaboration, alternate tunings, old and loved guitars, and the search for transportive vocal and 6-string sounds.
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Rig Rundown: Tom Morello
February 13, 2019
Rock’s biggest “DJ” proves that, though his gear hasn't changed since the early ’90s, he still can rip out fresh ideas with ease and flair.
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Ernie Ball Music Man Debuts 2019 Line of John Petrucci Majesty Guitars
January 31, 2019
Six new colors added to popular Majesty guitar line, along with the ultra-premium Tiger Eye Majesty guitar.
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Ernie Ball Introduces the VPJR Tuner Pedal
January 26, 2019
A two-in-one unit offering an enhanced-definition digital tuner and volume control.
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