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    Duke Robillard – Lowdown

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Will Lee

Letter Winner

October 28, 2015 · Ward Meeker

Musicians being artists and artists needing to express themselves, it says something that Will Lee’s new album, Love, Gratitude &…

Ty Tabor’s Six-String Meditation!

June 29, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

King’s X Guitarists’s solo work is mindful, complex Ty Tabor used his Player Strat (with a JB Jr. pickup at…

M&V Guitars and Pickups Atlas Large-Pole Precision Bass Pickups

Big Bottom

November 4, 2014 · Ray Wuolo

M&V Guitars and Pickups Atlas P Bass-Style Pickups Price: $75 Info: www.mvguitars.com. Let’s face it –  when it comes to…

Joe Robinson

Eyes on the Prize

October 4, 2023 · Bob Dragich

Bouncing on a trampoline in the yard of the home his father built outside Temagog, Australia, nine-year-old Joe Robinson gleefully…

The Dantzig Tulsa Korina

The New Vintage

March 13, 2019 · Tom Guerra

Legendary luthier Jol Dantzig’s “Team Built” lineup comprises guitars handcrafted by a small group of artisans under his direction. One…

Nils Lofgren

The Secret Weapon

April 24, 2024 · Pete Prown

Guitar wizard Nils Lofgren has been an in-demand sideman for more than 50 years, working with Bruce Springsteen & the…

  • Carr Skylark Special 1×12

    Carr Skylark Special 1×12

    Take Flight

    Arriving a little more than 10 years after the original Skylark, Carr Amplifiers’ new Skylark Special adds versatility and enhanced tonal depths to squeeze a lot more into this diminutive…

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Kenny Sultan

Left-Coast Blues Machine

September 26, 2012 · Preston Gratiot

Kenny Sultan is a best-selling author of music books and instructional videos covering blues guitar, and is the guitarist in…

Larry Collins

1944-2024

November 1, 2024 · Ward Meeker

Larry Collins, a guitar prodigy mentored by renowned flatpicker Joe Maphis, and half of the ’50s brother/sister act The Collins…

Fearless Guitar Heroes

Metallica’s Hammett and Hetfield Stage Legendary Solidbodies

July 10, 2019 · Ward Meeker

Metallica emerged as the antithesis to corporate rock and the “hair metal” that dominated L.A.’s Sunset Strip in the ’80s.…

Have Guitar Will Travel 085 – Michelle Malone

March 31, 2023 · James Patrick Regan

Host James Patrick Regan talks with singer/songwriter Michelle Malone about the inspiration behind her new album, “1977,” and life on…


CLASSIC INSTRUMENTS

National Style O

National Style O

February 11, 2010 · George Gruhn

Although it has never been the favorite guitar of Hawaiian players, National’s Style O, with its shining metal body and…

The Modulus Graphite Flight 6 Monocoque

High-/Low-Tech

May 3, 2022 · Michael Wright

In guitar history, irony is almost always the result of circumstances. The market changes overnight or someone makes a mistake…

The Gibson Starfire TR 1000 RVT

Trans-Galactic Toneway

October 6, 2022 · Dave Hunter

Relatively unsung among early entrants to the field of solid-state guitar amplifiers, Gibson was the first high-output, high-quality manufacturer to…

Dobro Model 27

Brother Oswald's Dobro – Country Music History Maker

December 22, 2014 · Vintage Guitar

The melodic, evocative warbling of a resonator guitar has for decades been a fixture in country music, and knowledgeable fans…


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EHX Walking on the Moon Flanger/Filter Matrix

Andy Flange

June 26, 2024 · Pete Prown

With its mouthful of a name – The Andy Summers Walking On the Moon Flanger/Filter Matrix – the latest Electro-Harmonix…

Brown Guitar Factory Chambered Electric

Beast Mode

April 23, 2019 · Michael Dregni

To use a slightly skewed metaphor, John Brown builds guitars to the beat of a different drummer. After all, who…

Rockn’ Stompn RS-4

Order!

May 8, 2025 · Joe Bigley

Powering up your favorite rig in the wrong order can lead to, at minimum, a loud pop through your valued…

Carr Skylark

The Carr Skylark

Desert-Island Amp

May 2, 2015 · Michael Dregni

The Carr Skylark Price: $2,390 (list) Contact: www.carramps.com If you could own only a single guitar amp – horror of…

WHAT ELSE IS NEW

Paul Benjaman: Tulsa twanger

August 27, 2024 · Vintage Guitar

Funky solo from “Undercover of Night” On his new album, “My Bad Side Wants a Good Time,” Paul Benjaman serves…

Shooter Jennings, Ryan Bingham, and Various Artists

Outlaw: Celebrating The Music Of Waylon Jennings

June 27, 2017 · Rich Kienzle

Waylon Jennings, who died in 2002, would have turned 80 in 2017. He and compadre Willie Nelson still personify country’s…

Fender Precision Bass

June 13, 2023 · George Gruhn and Walter Carter

The Fender Precision Bass, introduced in 1951, was arguably more revolutionary and more influential on popular music than the Telecaster…

Selmer Modele Jazz and Stimer M.10 Amp

Electricfying Early Jazz

March 6, 2015 · Michael Dregni

In the 1930s, the quest for volume was the Holy Grail of guitar construction, as guitarists sought instruments to slice…

Dumble Overdrive Special OD150 WR

March 6, 2019 · Dave Hunter

Alexander Dumble’s creations were already established as legendary when we probed our first example in this space back in May…

Musicvox Spaceranger Guitar and Bass HT

Shagadelic

July 21, 2014 · Pete Prown

Musicvox Spaceranger Guitar and Bass HT Price: $799 (guitar); $899 (bass) Info: www.musicvox.com. Popularized in film and television, Musicvox Spacerangers…

Steve Cropper

An MGs/Rascals Soul Summit

March 25, 2010 · Dan Forte

Before they were called Booker T. & The MGs, the first song the house band for Memphis’ Stax label cut…

Full Dozen, Semi-Hollow

12 Variations on a Classic Design

December 2, 2016 · Vintage Guitar

To complement our February 2016 issue survey of the semi-hollow electric guitar, we tested 12 examples of the form as…

Julian Lage

Jazz Memoir

September 1, 2023 · Oscar Jordan

The latest from Julian Lage contains mesmerizing originals featuring Bill Frisell’s supple artistry and Lage’s potent six-string imagery. View With…

Benson Model 300H

Wrecking Ball

January 6, 2023 · Dave Hunter

Even with all the excellent guitar amps available by the late ’60s, nothing was quite good enough for jazz and…

Nels Cline

Blues Notes and So Much More

December 9, 2016 · John Heidt

Nels Cline has quite the musical resumé, and yet has always been hard to pin down. Whether doing some form…

1939-’42 Gibson SJ-100

$100 Cowboy Flat-Top

September 1, 2023 · Peter Stuart Kohman

Through the 1910s and early ’20s, Gibson catalogs denigrated flat-top guitars as inferior, unworthy of the company name. But that…

Last In Line

May 15, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

This album reunites Mark 1 of the late Ronnie James Dio’s solo band, including Vinny Appice, the late Jimmy Bain,…

Dan Fogelberg’s Gretsch White Penguin

June 10, 2015 · George Gruhn

Dan Fogelberg’s success as a singer and songwriter far overshadows his reputation as a musician, but the man whose tenor…

Carvin Steve Vai Legacy 3 VL300

The Legend Continues

October 26, 2015 · Phil Feser

Carvin Steve Vai Legacy 3 VL300 Price: $899 Info: www.carvin.com. For more than 13 years, Steve Vai has been collaborating…

Fretprints: Pee Wee Crayton

Tiny Titan of Blues Guitar

July 13, 2023 · Wolf Marshall

Though he is today largely forgotten, blues aficionados recognize Pee Wee Crayton as a legend. “The little man with a…

Ray Cummins # 6

Ray Cummins – Guitar Tutorial #6

January 3, 2019 · Doug Yellow Bird

Ray Cummins’ sixth exclusive lesson for VG demonstrates how to play with a steady thumb, a la Chet Atkins. Train…

The Yamaha THR10

Yamaha THR10

Practice Perfection?

August 19, 2014 · Phil Feser

Yamaha THR10 Price: $299 Contact: usa.yamaha.com. As a rule of thumb, practice amps are a compromise. Blissfully portable, they typically…

Jethro Tull

December 30, 2016 · Pete Prown

Released in the summer of 1969, Stand Up was Tull’s first album with guitarist Martin Barre and showed them honing…

The Story of Albanus Guitars

Windy-City Wonders

March 7, 2019 · James W. Leckinger

“Art for art’s sake.” The expression is common. But how often is it practiced? In a basement studio on Chicago’s…

Jam Pedals Harmonious Monk Mk2 & Boomster Mk2

Brothers In Tone

June 26, 2024 · Oscar Jordan

Jam Pedals continually evolves its line by creating a cool menagerie of point-to-point stompboxes that adapt to a multitude of…

Michael Nesmith

Infinite Tuesday: Autobiographical Riffs

May 26, 2017 · Pete Prown

Aside from being in the Monkees, Mike Nesmith was a talented songwriter and key contributor to the birth of country-rock.…

Classics: December 2021

1967 Rickenbacker 360/12

August 11, 2022 · Ward Meeker

Live-music fans who roamed South Florida from the early ’80s until the mid 2000s might recognize Craig Ball’s ’67 Rickenbacker…

Molly Miller – top-flight instrumental rock, jazz, and twang

August 30, 2024 · Vintage Guitar

Trio rips on “2 West” Instrumental guitar music is having a moment. Offering a stellar example, Molly Miller and her…

Walter Trout

Walter Trout

Battling Back

August 24, 2015 · Willie G. Moseley

In his decades of playing, Walter Trout has served as lead guitarist for John Mayall and Canned Heat, and forged…

Andy Powell

Setting the Record Straight

March 2, 2017 · Willie G. Moseley

Wishbone Ash founder/guitarist Andy Powell has a new term for his resumé – “author.” Abetted by Colin Harper, he recently…

Philip Sayce

Proactive Perseverance

December 13, 2024 · Oscar Jordan

Philip Sayce is a living, breathing, godmonster beast on the Stratocaster. But his chops, tone, feel, and great songs don’t…

Ask Zac: Deep Dive on the Wide Range

Plus, Joey Molland’s Stratotone

December 1, 2021 · Zac Childs

I have collected several Fender Wide Range humbucking pickups from the early ’70s, and I’m curious about how to check…

Andy Green Pedals’ Seaverb

Endless Reverb

July 3, 2019 · Phil Feser

Andy Green offers “basic building blocks” of tone – a concise lineup of effects including distortion, overdrive, fuzz, and reverb.…