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    Duke Robillard – Lowdown

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Mu-FX Octave Divider

The Mu Is Back

June 10, 2016 · Michael Dregni

This is rocket science. Or at least as close as a stompbox gets. Sure, building a pedal that tweaks a…

Collings I-30 LC

Desert Island Axe

October 3, 2019 · Michael Dregni

If you found yourself stranded on that proverbial desert isle with – horror of horrors – just a single guitar…

Mick Jones

Foreigner at 40

May 29, 2019 · Bret Adams

Somewhere in the world right now, a Foreigner song is playing on the radio. Literally. Thanks to nearly 20 mega-hit…

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Traynor YBA-2 Bass Mate

May 10, 2016 · Dave Hunter

Canadian amp maker Traynor gets a lot of respect in some circles for turning out solid, good-sounding tube amps that…

Looking for the Magic: American Power Pop in the Seventies

Various artists

October 8, 2024 · Pete Prown

Power pop is a concoction of teen-themed vocals, a relentless beat, and wild, joyous guitars. With 74 tracks, this box…

Fender Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster

Good Times

March 9, 2023 · Oscar Jordan

Guitarists know Nile Rodgers as funkmaster general of Chic, but he looms even larger as a Grammy-winning producer whose skill…

  • 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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Kansas’ Leftoverture

Iconic American Prog

December 23, 2023 · Willie G. Moseley

Progressive rock emerged from the British psychedelic scene in the late ’60s with bands like the Nice, Procol Harum, Moody…

Steve Hill

One-Man Band

December 14, 2023 · Pete Prown

Canadian guitarist Steve Hill is a flat-out rocker, smashing blues into rock and roll with terrifying force, as heard on…

Pete Anderson

November 7, 2006 · Dan Forte

Despite prevailing trends and “industry wisdom” – an oxymoron Pete Anderson has disproved several times over – the 20-year association…

Fretprints: Dave Grohl

Beyond Grunge

February 8, 2023 · Wolf Marshall

“Alternative rock” – more descriptor than genre – was a reaction to hair bands, technical excess, and pop-metal formulae. It…


CLASSIC INSTRUMENTS

The Hagstrom EDP46 DeLuxe

June 20, 2025 · Michael Wright

World War II was responsible for an unbelievable amount of what we today know as the modern world, from computers…

Burke Guitar

Axe That Time Forgot

June 15, 2023 · Ward Meeker

For more than 70 years, aluminum has been a component in guitar construction. Exactly whose idea it was originally has…

Gibson Super 400 PN

January 27, 2014 · George Gruhn

The Gibson Super 400 Premiere cutaway acoustic first appeared in Gibson literature in the 1940 catalog, on a page showing…

The “Last” Trainwreck?

May 8, 2015 · Dave Hunter

Ken Fischer’s prolonged illness and subsequent death at the age of 61 remains one of the great tragedies of the…


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APPROVED GEAR

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Tremcaster Single Ninety

Best of Both Worlds

January 7, 2014 · Sean OBryan Smith

Today’s guitar market is one of extreme preferences. For some, the idea of countless options and exotic woods and craftsmanship…

Boss Katana Gen 3

Big Step

May 30, 2025 · Pete Prown

The Boss Katana amplifier has a cult of devotees, many of whom have been waiting for a Bluetooth version that…

DNA Analogic Effects

Chemical Reaction

June 24, 2020 · Art Department

If you‘re a “first impressions mean a lot” kind of gearhead, DNA Analogic’s line of effects pedals may just win…

Eastwood’s Classic 6 TA PHo

Phish Food

August 10, 2023 · Pete Prown

If you’ve seen Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio onstage, you may have noticed an unusual archtop in his mitts – a…

WHAT ELSE IS NEW

Mayfly Goddess Chorus

Come As You Are

February 8, 2024 · Charlie Wilkins

Chorus pedals have been around for decades and for many players are an integral part of their tone. But not…

D’Angelico’s EX-DC and EX-SD

D’Elegance and Power

June 19, 2015 · Chip Wilson

D’Angelico’s EX-DC and EX-SD Price: $1,769 list/$1,259 street (EX-DC); $1,659 list/$1,185 street (EX-SD) Info: www.dangelicoguitars.com John D’Angelico produced just 1,164…

VG Hall of Fame 2012 Inductees

January 9, 2013 · Vintage Guitar

Eric Johnson

Renaissance Guitarman

December 9, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

Eric Johnson digs deep. Not in the way that guitarists will explode an artery to nail the ultimate epic guitar…

Check This Action: Folk Festival of Blues

October 9, 2025 · Dan Forte

I heard blues records earlier than I can remember. My dad had Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee albums, and a…

Epiphone 1966 SG G-400 PRO

Epiphone 1966 SG G-400 PRO

For Those About to Rock

January 19, 2016 · Pete Prown

Epiphone’s 1966 SG G-400 PRO Price: $582 (list); $349 (street) Info: www.epiphone.com Gibson’s SG is a classic design with plenty…

Ray Cummins Tutorial No. 07

Ray Cummins – Guitar Tutorial #7

October 28, 2019 · Doug Yellow Bird

Ray Cummins’ latest exclusive lesson for VG expands on the art of playing “thumbstyle” a la Chet Atkins. Using his…

The Rascals’ Gene Cornish

Wild Legacy

April 26, 2019 · Elliot Stephen Cohen

Gene Cornish is fond of the time he spent in the ’60s pop band The Rascals, which he credits for…

Dewa Budjana

Dewa Budjana

Fusion/Progressive/World Music from Indonesia

January 24, 2015 · Willie G. Moseley

Back home in Bali, Indonesia, guitarist Dewa Budjana is noted for his work with the pop band Gigi, but recently,…

Fretprints: Van Halen

Birth of the Brown Sound

November 4, 2024 · Wolf Marshall

In the late 1970s, hard rock was on the ropes. Always a guitar-dominated form of music, it had been diluted…

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Epiphone Zephyr De Luxe Regent and Zephyr Amplifier

June 12, 2014 · L.B. Fred

The Zephyr De Luxe Regent was Epiphone’s second-from-the-top electric guitar produced from the late 1940s through the mid ’50s. The…

Heavy Trash

May 15, 2016 · Michael Dregni

Heavy Trash is an on-again-off-again band headed by Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray. They’ve released three superlative albums of their…

Fender Strat-o-Sonic

May 27, 2020 · Phil Feser

Mahogany body, P-90-style pickups, wraparound tailpiece, 243/4″ scale? Sounds like a Gibson Les Paul Special. But alas, the instrument bearing…

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Larry Parypa

Sonics Thunder

May 7, 2016 · Elliot Stephen Cohen

“I never thought this would happen to us all these years later,” marvels Sonics guitarist Larry Parypa on the reception…

The Epiphone ES-175 Reissue

Return of a Classic

August 26, 2013 · Pete Prown

There are plenty of affordable hollowbodies on the market, but Epiphone’s recent reissue of the Gibson ES-175 is almost a…

2022 May Issue on Spotify

May 5, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

This month we feature Steve Vai, Edgar Winter, Joe Satriani, Del McCoury, Gregg Wright, Sam Williams, John Mayall, Eric Clapton,…

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…

Eric Clapton

Crossroads Festival 2019

January 26, 2022 · Oscar Jordan

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival has become the guitar event since its inception in 1999. With a diverse cast of the…

deLisle Nickel Box

deLisle Nickel Box

A Nickel For Your Chops

April 12, 2016 · Bob Dragich

deLisle Nickel Box Price: $609 (list); $729 (as tested) Info: www.delisleguitar.com Low-watt amplifiers have enjoyed a run of popularity. Offering…

Perfect Curves Fender’s Stratocaster Turns 60

Perfect Curves

Fender’s Stratocaster Turns 60

February 4, 2016 · Ward Meeker

Sixty years down the road since its creation, the Fender Stratocaster is the default image of the electric guitar for…

The Fender Showman

The Showman

September 23, 2013 · Dave Hunter

In addition to several significant shifts in style and presentation, for Fender, the transition of the late 1950s into the…

Donner DST-400

Seeing Green

February 7, 2023 · Dennis Pernu

If the pandemic had a silver lining beyond more time at home with our toys, it was the growth of…

Neil LeVang

Neil LeVang

Six Strings Behind — and Beyond — Champagne Music

January 29, 2015 · Rich Kienzle

Neil LeVang was about to get a lecture. Days earlier, the A-list studio guitarist’s new boss, Lawrence Welk, had golfed…

Jay Jay French

Twisted Tales

October 3, 2022 · Bret Adams

There are music-business survivors, and then there’s Jay Jay French. Twisted Sister’s founder/co-lead guitarist/manager has led a life of wild…

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Danelectro Baby Sitar

Paint It Sunburst

June 10, 2016 · Ray Wuolo

Legend has it that during a break in the filming of Help!, George Harrison picked up a sitar left behind…

Epiphone Crestwood

’60s Un-Gibson Solidbody

July 14, 2017 · Eric C. Shoaf

Gibson’s acquisition of Epiphone in 1957 presented a tremendous challenge to guitar designers and marketers at the company. One challenge…

Fender Vaporizer Amp

Fender Vaporizer Amp

Retro on 11

March 9, 2015 · Phil Feser

Fender’s Vaporizer Amp Price: $399.99 (street) Info: www.fender.com Given the popularity of smartphones, tablets, digital recorders, and amp modeling in…

Louis Electric Gattone

Louis Electric Gattone

Play The Blues

September 18, 2015 · Michael Dregni

Louis Electric Gattone Price: $2,595 (list) Contact: www.louiselectricamps.com Got the blues? Have we got the amp for you. Louis Rosano…

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25 Most Valuable Amplifiers

May 24, 2015 · Dave Hunter

Text by Dave Hunter Data compiled by Alan Greenwood and Gil Hembree Vintage Guitar is marking 25 years of publication…