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Bruce Kulick

B-A-C-K to KKB

May 7, 2016 · Ward Meeker

Most associate the name, face, and licks of Bruce Kulick with his 12-year stint in the non-masked Kiss. A busy…

Eric Clapton

Six-String Stories

January 17, 2023 · Pete Prown

Mr. Clapton has a vast guitar collection – okay, shocker. But within this book, you can drool over Eric’s greatest…

Carl Verheyen

Carl Verheyen

On <em>Mustang Run</em> and Making a CD that Lasts

February 19, 0201 · Bob Dragich

Fresh off a 42-show/13-country European tour with his own band, Supertramp guitarist and L.A. studio ace Carl Verheyen has just…

Jack White

December 30, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

These 26 recordings delve into the heart of the prolific song-smithing of Jack White, providing an eye-opening retrospective of B-sides…

King’s X

In the New Age: The Atlantic Recordings 1988-1995

February 9, 2024 · Pete Prown

Absurdly talented – and eternally misunderstood – King’s X was always on the cusp of stardom. This box set with…

Guitar Tone Company’s Bloody Finger

Rugged Facelift

December 27, 2017 · Oscar Jordan

While honing his ears at Greene Street Recording Studio in New York, David Harrington was inspired to build studio-quality stompboxes.…

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     VG Q&A: Harmony History

    And an Archtop Mystery

    I recently received two guitars as gifts and am trying to learn more about them. The first is a Harmony I believe is from the early ’70s. Its serial number…

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Tim Sult

Heavy-Duty Metal

November 30, 2016 · Greg Prato

With a new Clutch recording, the listener always knows what lies in store – colossal riffing, valley-deep grooves, and manly-man…

Rusty Young

1946-2021

April 5, 2022 · Rich Kienzle

Rusty Young, the versatile pedal-steel guitarist, guitarist, singer/songwriter, and original member of the pioneering country-rock band Poco, died at his…

Catch Ron Bosse Rumblin’

February 10, 2023 · Vintage Guitar

Great jazz on a Strat Ron Bosse learned to play saxophone in grade school and was raised on classic rock,…

 Yasmin Williams

Art of Collaboration

October 8, 2025 · Pete Prown

Yasmin Williams turned heads a few years ago with her brilliant solo acoustic music, often playing the guitar flat on…


CLASSIC INSTRUMENTS

The Epiphone Devon Tremolo EA-35T Combo

Tonally TransAtlantic

January 25, 2022 · Dave Hunter

After giving the upstart Fender a run for its money in the amplifier department throughout the 1950s, Gibson segued into…

Gibson GA-80T Vari-Tone

May 6, 2015 · Dave Hunter

In the late ’50s and early ’60s, Gibson was apparently convinced the Vari-Tone switch was the way of the future,…

Gibson Custom Colors in the 1960s

Burning Embers, Chilled Whites

January 11, 2017 · Andre R. Duchossoir

Unlike its rival from the West Coast, Gibson did not readily embrace the concept of offering custom-color finishes. It wasn’t…

Domino Californian Rebel

Instrument Profile

February 18, 2010 · Michael Wright

California. The Left Coast. It was probably home to North America’s earliest inhabitants, as emigrants from Asia crossed the Bering…


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Fender’s Dhani Harrison Signature Ukulele

Here Comes The Fun

June 3, 2022 · Chip Wilson

Ukuleles are inherently charming, and Fender amplifies (literally) that charm with the Dhani Harrison Signature model. A tilted four-inline headstock…

Small Wonder

The Orange Rocker 15 Terror

April 16, 2020 · Pete Prown

Small-footprint amp heads – tube and solidstate – are all the rage and getting better all the time. Case in…

Providence Anadime Chorus ADC-4

Providence Anadime Chorus ADC-4

Don’t Call It a Comeback

July 31, 2015 · Oscar Jordan

Providence Anadime Chorus ADC-4 Price: $249 (list) Contact: www.providence-ltd.com The chorus pedal holds the distinction of once having been extremely…

Pigtail Music

May 10, 2022 · Julian Burtell

Pigtail music makes ABR-style and wraparound bridges (in the U.S.) with vintage-style appearance and materials, but to tighter tolerances. Their…

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Fretprints: Cream’s Disraeli Gears

Supergroup Alpha

January 14, 2026 · Wolf Marshall

Jack Bruce claimed Cream was two bands – live trio and studio group. Live, bassist Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and…

Thin Lizzy’s Scott Gorham and Vivian Campbell

Live and Still Dangerous!

May 19, 2016 · Lisa Sharken

Thin Lizzy has cemented its place in history as one of the most influential rock bands of all time. Recognizable…

Trevor Rabin

Return with Rio

August 8, 2024 · Oscar Jordan

The first vocal album in 34 years from the former Yes guitarist (there was a killer instrumental CD in 2012…

Country Player of the Year

February 6, 2017 · Vintage Guitar

Albert Lee Awarded in 2018 Known primarily as a virtuoso sideman, over the past half-century, Albert Lee journeyed from British…

Blackstar’s HT Series Pedals

Gain to the Third Power

September 17, 2013 · Phil Feser

Blackstar Amplification is known for its successful Artisan, Series One, and HT amp lines. Its new HT effects line includes…

Snowy White

Snowy White

One Man, One Guitar

March 11, 2016 · Donald Wiedman

Snowy White, one of the finest blues and rock musicians to come out of the U.K., built a career on…

Have Guitar Will Travel 052 – Cesar Gueikian

June 9, 2021 · Art Department

Gibson’s newly appointed Brand President, Cesar Gueikian, returns to “Have Guitar Will Travel,” with host James Patrick Regan. Cesar is…

National Style O

Industrial Art

August 27, 2017 · Eric C. Shoaf

National. The name is patriotic! And what else but American inventiveness could have brought about a metal-bodied guitar? The answer…

Fishman Loudbox Mini

Little Big Man

July 28, 2023 · Pete Prown

The Fishman Loudbox Mini is just what its name says – a small amp that delivers the company’s renowned audio…

Billionaire by Danelectro Big Spender

Rotary Club

July 10, 2019 · Michael Dregni

In this day and age, there’s a lot of spin going down, but perhaps not enough of the right type.…

Have Guitar Will Travel – 047 Featuring Reb Beach

March 24, 2021 · Art Department

In the new episode of “Have Guitar Will Travel,” host James Patrick Regan welcomes Reb Beach. The renowned guitar slinger for Winger and Whitesnake delves into his…

Dan’s Guitar RX: Restoring a Vintage Jazz Bass

Mashed Fender

June 4, 2022 · Dan Erlewine

The owner of a ’62 Jazz Bass recently sent it to my shop for repair and renovation. He’d bought it…

Dale Watson

Dale Watson

Honky-Tonk Hammerin’

July 5, 2016 · Michael Dregni

Dale Watson remembers well a conversation he once had with Leo Fender. “Leo gave me a guitar, and it was…

The Pinter SB1-R

Days of Sustain

September 8, 2025 · Pete Prown

Mike Pinter conceived his new SB1-R as a do-it-all “rock star” guitar that would combine design concepts and tone choices…

Fixing Tuner Holes in a Rare Gibson

Replacement Plague

October 14, 2021 · Dan Erlewine

I’ve worked on plenty of old Gibsons, but guitars like this 1939 J-55 are rare. It’s only the second one…

Eric Gales

Eric Gales

Makin’ Good

March 9, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

The wild and crazy life of Eric Gales has been well documented, but through it all, his guiding light has…

The Uncanny Approach of Walter Strauss

December 27, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

Fingerstylist melds melodies, polyrhythms, and visceral picking on “Fabara” Walter Strauss shows his extraordinary technique with help from his Sexauer…

Howard Roberts

H.R. Was a Dirty Guitar Player!

October 7, 2014 · Jim Carlton

In his prime, Howard Roberts played more than 900 studio dates annually and recorded the hippest guitar records of the…

 VG Q&A: Harmony History

And an Archtop Mystery

January 15, 2026 · Michael Wright

I recently received two guitars as gifts and am trying to learn more about them. The first is a Harmony…

Reverend Ron Ashton Vintage Guitar magazine

Reverend Guitars Ron Asheton Model

Raw Power

June 18, 2014 · Pete Prown

Reverend Guitars Ron Asheton Model Price: $1,079 Info: www.reverendguitars.com. If Ron Asheton had recorded just one album in his musical…

Todd Park Mohr

Steady Base

September 20, 2019 · John Heidt

The latest album from Colorado’s Big Head Todd and the Monsters, New World Arisin’, delivers what fans have come expect…

Pop ’N Hiss: Thin Lizzy’s Jailbreak

Fight Or Fall

July 12, 2023 · Pete Prown

At the dawn of 1976, Thin Lizzy was in trouble. Neither of the quartet’s previous two studio albums, Nightlife and…

Lake Street Dive

July 6, 2016 · Michael Dregni

It doesn’t get much more wonderfully pop than Lake Street Dive. And with the band’s latest, they’ve produced their best…

Judas Priest

50 Heavy Metal Years of Music

August 11, 2022 · Pete Prown

With 42 CDs containing every studio and live album by the British colossus – including 13 discs of unreleased material…

TWA Hot Sakè and Dynamorph

Circuit City

April 23, 2019 · Pete Prown

Totally Wycked Audio (TWA) builds a line of cool stompboxes that consistently push the envelope in the right direction. Two…

Music Man Game Changer

Twelve Tons of Tone

March 24, 2014 · Tom Guerra

Music Man Game Changer Price: $2,275 (street) Contact: www.gamechanger.music-man.com Since the introduction of the electric guitar, builders have sought ways…

The Voxmobile

Too Fast to Live, Too Cool to Die

March 22, 2018 · Dave Hunter

Free love, slick guitars, hot cars! Few pieces of late-’60s pop culture were anywhere near as hip and groovy as…

Pieta Brown and Valerie June

May 26, 2017 · Michael Dregni

Singer/songwriter Pieta Brown enlists talent – and lots of it – to back her ethereal songs and vocals on her…

Dutch Kazoo Analog Fuzz Pedal

OD Treat

October 28, 2014 · Ray Wuolo

Dutch Kazoo Analog Fuzz Pedal Price: $225 retail Info: www.dutchkazoo.com It’s not easy for a new boutique overdrive or distortion…