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Quick Hit: Cusack Screamer V2
November 29, 2016
Three clipping modes and no mid hump take this three-knobber way beyond typical TS tones.
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The Year in Gear 2016
November 28, 2016
Come with us, time travelers, as we revisit a year’s worth of axes, amps, stomps, basses, baritones, and other tools of our music-making trade—all deemed worthy of the Premier Gear Award.
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Quick Hit: Electro-Harmonix Lester G Deluxe
November 28, 2016
We dig into Mike Matthews' sweetly swirling and huge-sounding new streamlined rotary simulator.
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Yamaha Revstar RSP20CR Review
November 25, 2016
Top-flight quality and go-fast looks in a sweet-sounding solidbody.
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Mod Garage: Updating a 1950s Musima Record
November 25, 2016
When you dig inside an old guitar, you have to be ready for anything.
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Eric Bell’s Northern Light
November 24, 2016
Thin Lizzy’s founding guitarist opens up about the early days, his exit from the band, and his new solo album, Exile.
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Black Cat Monster K-Fuzz Review
November 24, 2016
A menacing and expressive octave fuzz classic is recast in a more practical and musically malleable form.
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The Recording Guitarist: Is There a Best Way to Route Your Reverb?
November 23, 2016
Spoiler: No.
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Thalia Zedek: Indie-Rock Heroine
November 22, 2016
The influential artist and her new band E explore the dark and noisy side of songcraft with cheap vintage guitars, homemade instruments, unusual chord voicings, and a triangulated collaboration between two guitars and drums.
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Otis Amplification Trudeau Review
November 22, 2016
Craft design sensibilities and rowdy tones come together in a handsome and sometimes savage-sounding amp.
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ESP LTD B-1005SE Multi-Scale Bass Review
November 21, 2016
Boutique looks, quality components, and impressive tones converge in a unique new 5-string.
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Trash or Treasure: Sunn Solos II
November 21, 2016
Twenty bucks for a 1970s Sunn combo in excellent condition makes for a Saturday well spent!
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Tuning Up: Let’s Acknowledge the Caveman in the Room
November 20, 2016
PG chief editor Shawn Hammond on why it’s time to move beyond dominant-male guitar lingo.
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Soundshine Electronics Magnum Swampus Review
November 18, 2016
A bewitched-looking box that nails Kustom trem tones and modulation sounds beyond the bog.
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Tools for the Task: Pedalboard Power
November 18, 2016
Ten options for fueling your pedalboard population.
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John Scofield Connects the Dots
November 17, 2016
The jazz guitarist explores the common ground between bebop and honky-tonk on his latest album, Country for Old Men.
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On Bass: Low-End Life Hacks
November 17, 2016
Why the "right" way isn’t always the right way.
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Session Sages: Nick Raskulinecz, Dave Cobb, and Buddy Miller on Recording Guitars
November 16, 2016
Three acclaimed guitarist-producers on the tools, techniques, and philosophies that guide their work with heavy-hitters like Rush, Mastodon, Jason Isbell, and Robert Plant.
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More Than Beer & Blood: Red Fang’s Bryan Giles and David Sullivan
November 15, 2016
They’re famous for cheeky videos full of booze and entrails, but there’s a lot more going on with Only Ghosts—their new Ross Robinson-produced LP full of pulsing Sunn amps, 5-string Mustangs, and vintage stomps.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: In Loving Memory of Alan Vincent
November 15, 2016
A PG fan pays tribute to a beloved son, gone too soon but never forgotten.
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