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Factory Tours

Bad Cat Returns! Black Cat, Hot Cat, Lynx, & Cub Demos

John Bohlinger and the PG video crew visit the SoCal HQ of the revamped amp builder that has a growl for every guitarist.

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Steve Albini in the control room at his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago.

Photo by Kevin Tiongson

Words of wisdom from the legendary engineer, proprietor of Chicago’s Electrical Audio, World Series of Poker champion, and, in the band Shellac, the compass for brutal guitar aesthetics.

“All day every day, we’re grinding it out,” says engineer Steve Albini of his team at Electrical Audio, the Chicago studio he built and has run since 1997. “We’re constantly in session, constantly under fire.”

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PRS Guitars Factory Tour

John Bohlinger gets welcomed in by Paul Reed Smith before taking an extensive look at the company's U.S. production facility in Stevensville, Maryland.

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Novo Guitars Factory Tour

How—and why—luthier Dennis Fano’s Nashville operation increasingly favors pine bodies for his unique, carefully crafted designs.

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ESP Guitars Japan Factory Tour

PG's Perry Bean takes you behind the scenes to witness the care and passion put into the Tokyo outfit's custom and production axes alike.

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