1961 Fender Bassman

Blond Ambition

November 16, 2022 · Dave Hunter

1961 Fender 6G6(A) Bassman • Preamp tubes: four 7025 (12AX7) • Output tubes: two 5881 (6L6GC) • Rectifier: GZ34 tube…

Davy Knowles

Manx Bluesman

March 8, 2023 · Dan Forte

  The Isle Of Man, which sits in the middle of the Irish Sea, measures 15 by 30 miles. The…

Tom Feldmann’s Beginner Fingerpicking – Lesson 6

Tom Feldmann’s Beginner Fingerpicking – Lesson 6

August 15, 2017 · Tom Feldmann

Vintage Guitar is teaming with Collings Guitars and Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop to present an exclusive eight-part series on beginner…

Allen Hinds, Tyler Reese, Brad Myers and Michael Sharfe

Instrumental Eclectic

March 30, 2017 · John Heidt

In the hands of creative players, the guitar can do so many things. These three recent releases of mostly instrumental…

Elliot Easton

Driving Classic Cars

July 9, 2019 · Bret Adams

The Cars transcended the new-wave movement of the late ’70s by creating a never-duplicated sound. The band’s self-titled debut album…

Van Wilks

Stormin’ out of Austin

March 29, 2017 · Willie G. Moseley

Texas-born guitarist/vocalist Van Wilks’ first new album in a decade, 21st Century Blues, is full of loud Texas tones. Born…

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    I Love Freddie King

    The latest from blues dynamo Popa Chubby is a star-studded tribute to the late great Freddie King. Produced by Mr. Chubby and Mike Zito, I Love Freddie King is a…

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Kid Ramos’ Raunchy Slide

January 25, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

Kid Carves it up! Proving that tone is less about fancy gear and more about feel, Kid Ramos used his…

Lazer Lloyd

Lazer Lloyd

Blues in Israel – A Common Bond

July 27, 2016 · Willie G. Moseley

If you ask guitarist Lazer Lloyd, the state of Israel is an appropriate place for blues music. Originally known as…

Eric Johnson

Getting Up Close With Eric Johnson

November 27, 2013 · Oscar Jordan

Eric Johnson’s latest release, Up Close, is his most lively studio project to date. With a looser vibe and the…

Bob Spalding

Latest Ventures

June 9, 2024 · Pete Prown

More than 60 years since their inception, The Ventures are still a rockin’ band, featuring longtime guitarist/bassist Bob Spalding and…


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Vox AC50

April 21, 2015 · Dave Hunter

Vox AC50 Preamp tubes: one ECC82 (12AU7), three ECC83 (12AX7) Output tubes: two EL34s, fixed-biased Rectifier: solidstate Controls: Volume, Treble…

National-Dobro 6107A

National-Dobro 6107A

May 2, 2016 · Dave Hunter

Preamp tubes: 56, 57 Output tubes: two 2A3 Rectifier: 5Z3 Controls: Volume Output: 6 watts RMS +/- Speaker: one 10″…

Beat Portraits: Burns Volume 10

Saga of The Lost Supersounds

February 21, 2018 · Peter Stuart Kohman

In early 2009, VG columnist Peter Stuart Kohman turned his focus on Burns, the pioneering British guitar builder. We’ve compiled…

The Yosco No. 2

Tenor Banjo

March 6, 2014 · Michael Wright

The banjo and American music cross paths in a remarkably entangled web of complexity. The banjo was brought to the…


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Friedman Amplification JEL-20

Firebreather

August 4, 2024 · Charlie Wilkins

For 25 years, Dave Friedman has been creating amplifiers that helped him (eh-hem) gain amp-guru status. His limited-run Jake E.…

UAFX Galaxy ’74 Tape Echo & Reverb

Space, Man

June 26, 2024 · Pete Prown

The original Roland Space Echo was a thing of sonic beauty, used by everyone from Brian Setzer to Bob Marley…

Radial Tonebone Shotgun and Mix-Blender

Swiss-Army Stompboxes

July 9, 2018 · Tom Guerra

Whether it’s due to shrinking pedalboard real estate, shrinking discretionary budgets, or both, stompboxes that serve more than one function…

Cort Z44

Single-Cut Shuffle

March 1, 2014 · Pete Prown

Cort Z44 Price: $569 list/under $400 street Contact: cortguitars.com Just about everywhere you look these days, manufacturers are devising new…

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Epiphone 1968 Les Paul Prototype

Fraternal Twin

May 9, 2023 · Willie G. Moseley

Ted McCarty’s leadership at Gibson was highlighted by the introduction of top-shelf instruments created by knowledgable, intuitive designers and builders.…

Guild D-50 Standard

Rosewood Renaissance

August 28, 2024 · Michael Shirek

With a tradition going back more than 70 years, Guild Guitars was there from the beginning of rock and roll,…

Have Guitar Will Travel 061 – Tim Sparks

November 30, 2021 · Vintage Guitar

In episode 61 of “Have Guitar Will Travel,” host James Patrick Regan speaks with world-renowed guitarist Tim Sparks, a National…

Scott T. Jones’ battle, axes

April 1, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

Rippin’ Midwestern Jazz-Rock St. Louis’ own jazz-fusion mainstay Scott T. Jones runs through a few tunes – on a few…

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Donald “Duck” Dunn

"Duck’s" Gaggle: The Basses of Donald Dunn

August 4, 2013 · Ward Meeker

Nearly every musician who plays popular music – be it soul, R&B, pop, or the others – has been influenced…

The Howlin’ Brothers

August 18, 2014 · Michael Dregni

Like a long-lost radio show from the ’50s suddenly coming to life on your radio in the late nighttime hours,…

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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…

A Hero’s Gretsch 6117

March 16, 2022 · Willie G. Moseley

In the 1960s, the astronauts were bigger cultural icons than the Beatles. And no, that’s not the Colorado-based surf band…

J. Rockett Audio Archer, The Dude, and El Hombre

Overdrive Ecstasy

November 13, 2023 · Oscar Jordan

Part of the success behind J. Rockett Audio Designs lies in the fact that, like any player who might tackle…

Have Guitar Will Travel 092 – Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)

February 26, 2024 · James Patrick Regan

In this episode, host James Patrick Regan catches up with Chris Shiflett to discuss his latest solo album, working with…

Doyle Bramhall II

December 9, 2016 · Rich Kienzle

In the 15 years since his debut album, Welcome, Doyle Bramhall, II has been in great demand. Along with a…

Tom Feldmann’s Beginner Fingerpicking – Lesson 2

Tom Teaches the Blues!

July 7, 2017 · Tom Feldmann

Vintage Guitar is teaming with Collings Guitars and Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop to present an exclusive eight-part series on beginner…

Elliot Easton

Elliot Easton

Shifting Gears Again

October 23, 2015 · Willie G. Moseley

Not long after he released an instrumental album with an aggregation known as the Tiki Gods, veteran southpaw guitarist Elliot…

Kristian Borring – post-bop wizard

December 8, 2022 · Doug Yellow Bird

 Danish jazzer’s transcendent style on “Persian Hills” Kristian Borring plays a fabulous version of “Persian Hills,” from Number Junky’s…

The Vox Saturn IV

June 30, 2015 · Willie G. Moseley

In the mid 1960s, England’s Vox company was in the right place at the right time. Buoyed by frontline British…

Bob Seger and the Borneo Band

Lakeview High School, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, April ’73

November 4, 2020 · Ken Settle

If you were a Detroit kid in the 1960s, it was impossible to cruise Woodward Avenue and not hear a…

Claudia Thompson with Barney Kessel

Goodbye To Love

November 17, 2022 · Dan Forte

In 1956, Julie London’s “Cry Me A River” was the unlikeliest of hits, yet her breathy reading of a minor-key…

Ben Reynolds

Mudd Slinger

April 3, 2024 · Pete Prown

If you’re into heavy, swampy rock and roll, the Chickasaw Mudd Puppies first album in decades, Fall Line, will satisfy…

Universal Audio Ruby, Woodrow & Dream

Model Of Perfection

July 28, 2023 · Pete Prown

With digital recording more popular than ever, audio designers are working to capture guitar tone directly, without miking an amp.…

The Epiphone Nancy Wilson Fanatic

Heart Pounder

March 30, 2022 · Steven Stone

Sometimes, it takes awhile to dial-in a good idea. The Epiphone Nancy Wilson Fanatic improves on Gibson’s Nighthawk design from…

Neil Young

Chrome Dreams

October 8, 2024 · Oscar Jordan

After being shelved for more than 45 years, Neil Young’s long-lost 1977 album finally sees daylight. Nestled between an impressive…

Redplate Amps’ BluesMachine66

Redplate Amps’ BluesMachine66

Welcome to the Machine

March 7, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

Redplate Amps’ BluesMachine66 Price: $2,799 (list) Contact: www.redplateamps.com Redplate builds boutique amplifiers with point-to-point wiring and meticulous hands-on attention to…

Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka

Heavy Steps : Road Ready

February 9, 2022 · Ward Meeker

“Rock and roll is a young man’s game.” Once upon a time, it was the genre’s calling card. A half-century…

Taylor 724ce

Bold And Bright

June 12, 2023 · Pete Prown

In the Hawaiian tongue, koa means “bold” and it’s an apt name for the wood known in guitardom for its…

George Lynch

The Return Of KXM

April 15, 2019 · Oscar Jordan

Musical chemistry is a rare thing. It’s not easily attainable, but when you have it, the fruits are magical. If…

Eric Gales

Journey to Love

October 4, 2022 · Oscar Jordan

The latest from Eric Gales features the production talents of Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith, and a face-melting guitar duel, but…

The Electro-Harmonix Superego Synth Engine

Synthful

March 19, 2014 · Phil Feser

Electro-Harmonix Superego Synth Engine Price: $283.60 (retail); $212.70 (street) Contact: www.ehx.com Building on the success of its Freeze Sound Retainer…

Bob Weir

Ace: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

December 25, 2023 · Pete Prown

When is a Grateful Dead album not a Dead album? When it’s Bob Weir’s solo debut from 1972, also featuring…

Jake Andrews’ video encore: “Eyes On The Prize”

September 8, 2023 · Vintage Guitar

Austin Great Goes Full Steam for “Eyes On The Prize” Jake Andrews’ video encore: “Eyes On The Prize” Jake Andrews…