March 2011
ARTICLES
Mod Garage: The Fender Greasebucket Tone Circuit
February 15, 2011
Many pro players swear by this tone circuit, and it indeed produces a different effect than the standard tone circuit we all know.
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Schroeder Audio DB7 Amp Review
February 15, 2011
The 45-watt, 6L6-driven amp favored by Wilco''s Nels Cline
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Esoterica Electrica: Soul Searching - The Secret Life of Guitars
February 15, 2011
Can a guitar have a soul? Is there a spiritual essence or energy within a well-traveled instrument?
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CD Review: Johnny Cash - "Bootleg, Volume 2: From Memphis to Hollywood"
February 15, 2011
Bootleg, Volume 2: From Memphis to Hollywood takes you back to the ’50s and ’60s, when Cash lived in the studio.
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MTD Kingston Saratoga Bass Review
February 15, 2011
The latest from Michael Tobias'' more affordable line combines familiar J bass features with newer conveniences
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CD and DVD Review: Jeff Beck - "Jeff Beck's Rock 'n' Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul"
February 15, 2011
Jeff Beck’s latest release, Rock ’n’ Roll Party, is just that—a loud, fun-filled celebration of the music, life, and legacy of Beck’s biggest influence, Les Paul.
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Fano Guitars JM6 Electric Guitar Review
February 15, 2011
A distressed and comfortable Jazzmaster-style instrument with gritty P-90s
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Stomp School: "Boutique or Not?" That is the Question
February 15, 2011
The points most often discussed when comparing boutique versus mass-produced products are, first, the method of production and, second, the type and quality of components.
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Fierce Guitar: Intervallic Arpeggios
February 15, 2011
Dave Martone shows you how to combine an intervallic approach to playing arpeggios with some wicked hybrid picking
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Gig-FX Peter Frampton MegaWah Pedal Review
February 15, 2011
A wah with four unique voices: Classic Wah, MegaWah, Triggered Wah, and Auto Wah.
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CD Review: Tommy Emmanuel, C.G.P. - "Little by Little"
February 15, 2011
Little by Little is an ambitious double album full of everything from delicate Beatles-inspired fingerpicking to the barn-burning instrumentals that have become a cornerstone of Tommy Emmanuel''s live shows.
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Martin GPCPA1 Grand Performance Acoustic Guitar Review
February 15, 2011
A Grand Performance from Martin''s Performing Artist series with live performance friendly features such as the Fishman Aura F1 system
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CD Review: Motörhead - "The World Is Yours"
February 15, 2011
Motörhead''s latest is a tough and ballsy biker record that sticks to the Motörhead formula but with a renewed sense of vitality and mean intensity.
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Rhythm & Grooves: Open for Business
February 15, 2011
In this third and final part of our series, we’ll integrate some of the different forms we’ve discovered thus far and continue to blanket the fretboard with fresh chordal colors.
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The Tone God NerFuzz Pedal Review
February 15, 2011
A fully programmable, 100-percent analog fuzz box, the NerFuzz offers nine different parameters that can be tweaked to access tones ranging from the subtly overdriven to the chaotically distorted.
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Guitar Tracks: The Right Mic, Pt. 3
February 15, 2011
Before you can make any sort of decision about which mic you might want to use, you need to have a firm grasp of two things: the type of mics you have in your collection, and how each of them sounds.
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Shifting Gear: Patch Cable Considerations
February 15, 2011
Whether you call it a lead, a cord, or a cable, that shielded wire that links your guitar to your amp—and your music to your audience—is a vital link in your tone chain.
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Guitar of the Month: 1.5 Millionth Martin
February 15, 2011
For the recent 1.5 millionth Martin, the company went with a Leonardo da Vinci theme—complete with a Last Supper pickguard inlay, da Vinci artwork-inspired inlays, a Mona Lisa headstock, and a Vitruvian Man design on the back.
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Stone Deaf FX PDF-1 Parametric Distortion Filter Pedal Review
February 15, 2011
The PDF-1 pays tribute to the Mastro Parametric Filter
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