December 2011
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Fender EC Tremolux Amp Review
December 13, 2011
The new hand-wired EC Tremolux delivers greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts clout with a super hip tremolo circuit and power attenuation capabilities.
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Stomp Under Foot Mean Green Machine Pedal Review
December 13, 2011
Loosely based on the original Ibanez TS-808, the Mean Green Machine is SUF''s contender in the saturated TS clone market.
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Heavy Electronics El Oso Bass Distortion Pedal Review
November 30, 2011
For bassists, Payne has constructed the El Oso (Spanish for “The Bear”) Bass Distortion, aimed at providing the grit and grind that rock bassists need to be heard and felt in the mix.
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MXR Analog Chorus Pedal Review
November 22, 2011
The latest from MXR features a great range of subtle to extreme space effects for under $100.
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Dealing With Delay
November 15, 2011
To give yourself—and your mix engineer—the greatest flexibility in the final stages of production, consider splitting your signal before it hits the delay and capturing two guitar tracks, one clean and one effected.
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Digging Deeper: Bridging The Comping Gap
November 15, 2011
How to develop your own personal concept of accompaniment—or “comping,” as it’s known in jazz—from the perspective of rhythm first, and then harmony.
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Peavey Session Electric Guitar Review
November 15, 2011
Somewhere at a point where superhero
paint-jobs, traditionally-inspired design,
and a heavy-rocking attitude meet, lives
the new Peavey Session.
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Electro-Harmonix Ravish Sitar Pedal Review
November 15, 2011
Don’t let the Sitar pedal handle mislead you—this thing is a deep bag of tricks and treats.
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Rainsong S-OM1000N2 Studio Series OM Acoustic Guitar Review
November 15, 2011
The RainSong Studio Series OM is a sturdy, balanced, playable, and well-proportioned instrument that’s perfect for any serious guitarist that’s always on the run.
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1969 Silvertone 1490 Bass
November 15, 2011
The ’69 Silvertone 1490 bass showcased here has a 30" scale, three-tone sunburst, double-cutaway 14"-wide body.
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Best of 2011: Premier Gear Awards
November 15, 2011
Step right up, ladies and gents. You''re about to revisit 21 pieces of gear that gave us the proverbial slap upside the head, left us shaking in our seats, begging for more, and screaming at the thought of living in their absence. Welcome to the parade of 2011 Premier Gear Award winners.
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Lemons to Lemonade
November 15, 2011
I have touched on the many
challenges we and most other
builders face every day, so when
you’re at your job thinking, “I’d
give anything to be making guitars
all day long,” you will know
that though it has its moments,
it also has its moments—if you
know what I mean.
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Resurrecting A 1965 Shoreline Gold Fender Strat
November 15, 2011
As I checked out this cool Strat, it became immediately clear why it was brought to us. Ouch! Someone had decided to rock out and install a Floyd Rose locking nut and tremolo.
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The Rumble Seat: A Fretless Bass Manifesto
November 15, 2011
I was determined to find what this fretless sound was all about.
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Fender Squier Classic Vibe Duo-Sonic
November 15, 2011
The older Duo-
Sonics seemed pretty pricey,
but it turns out Fender offers a
Duo-Sonic as one of the models
in its Squier Classic Vibe series.
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Harmony Archtone H1213
November 15, 2011
There are hundreds of thousands of Harmony guitars out there, and though these are mostly entry-level instruments, they’re very much a part of guitar history.
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Album Review: Russian Circles - "Empros"
November 15, 2011
Empros is the album Russian Circles have been striving to concoct since the band’s inception seven years ago.
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Stratocaster Parallel/Series Switching
November 15, 2011
In this and next month’s column,
we’ll explore parallel/series
pickup switching schemes for the
single-coil pickups in your Strat.
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How To Install A Replacement Pickup
November 15, 2011
Have you ever wanted to replace the pickups in one of your electrics, but were hesitant to
tackle the job? No worries! John LeVan—an ace guitar repairman in Nashville—takes you
step-by-step through the process.
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Album Review: Carolyn Wonderland - "Peace Meal"
November 15, 2011
Wonderland’s chops are strongly melodic, and she doesn’t get bogged down in riff-based noodling; it’s some of the most musical playing I’ve heard in a long time, and some of the hottest, too.
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