The Gretsch 1955-’61 White Falcon

Jimmie Webster’s Master Showpiece

March 28, 2023 · Ward Meeker

Mike Campbell: Rick Gould. When it came to fancy electric guitars in the early/mid 1950s, Gibson’s Super 400 was ensconced…

David Bromberg

Swearing On The Blues

November 1, 2016 · Michael Dregni

David Bromberg likes to quote the great fiddler Johnny Gimble, who once famously said, “There’s only two kinds of music…

Paul Gilbert

One-Man Electrical Jam

March 30, 2022 · Oscar Jordan

Paul Gilbert’s 16th solo album, Werewolves of Portland, is an ambitious DIY project where he plays all the instruments. From…

Marcin

Dragon In Harmony

October 9, 2025 · Oscar Jordan

Acoustic/electric sensation Marcin effortlessly traverses the fretboard with a guitar style that embraces the companionable influences of classical, flamenco, and…

Andrew Synowiec

Pyrotechnics and Substance

September 9, 2024 · Oscar Jordan

Andrew Synowiec’s latest album, Fun, is loaded with ferocious pentatonics, muscular grooves, and the kind of instrumentals that harken to…

Richmond Empire

Rocking the Dynasty

August 13, 2013 · Sean OBryan Smith

Canada’s Richmond Guitars offers instruments with a retro vibe and styling coupled with fine modern components. Their latest offering, the…

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    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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Scott Henderson

Voodoo Carnival

January 14, 2025 · Oscar Jordan

Scott Henderson continues to blow minds with his ever-evolving guitar mastery. From his early years blending bop and Holdsworth to…

Tab Benoit

What 10 Sounds Like

October 4, 2025 · Oscar Jordan

I Hear Thunder marks a return to recording for Tab Benoit. With 13 years between albums, he is recording music that…

Les Paul

2007 Hall of Fame Player

May 8, 2015 · Ward Meeker

In 1952, Gibson’s new Les Paul model was becoming one of the company’s most popular guitars, and though there was…

Tommy Castro

Circling Back

December 12, 2025 · Ward Meeker

In a career spanning four decades, Tommy Castro has crafted a commendable catalog and built a devout following with his…


CLASSIC INSTRUMENTS

Gibson Les Paul Spotlight Special

Unlocking the Mystery

October 12, 2017 · Michael A. Slubowski

It was 1983, and Gibson was in the throes of its darkest days. Norlin Industries had incurred excessive debt, sales…

Alive! Guitar Revived

The Tale of Frampton’s ’54 Les Paul Custom

February 1, 2021 · Ward Meeker

Gifted to Peter Frampton after a 1970 Humble Pie concert at Fillmore West in San Francisco, for years, this ’54…

Martin 0-42

The Martin 0-42

December 4, 2015 · George Gruhn

Through the years, Martin’s dreadnought, OM, and 000 guitars may have gained the most notoriety. But for the sweetest and…

“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Neal Shelton

August 13, 2024 · Vintage Guitar

“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Neal Shelton Season 01 Episode 06 In Episode 6 of “Buy That Guitar”…


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APPROVED GEAR

Roland Cube Lite

Roland Cube Lite

High-Calorie Tone

January 18, 2016 · Phil Feser

Roland Cube Lite Price: $169 (street) Info: www.rolandus.com. At just under four pounds, and with a 10″ x 6″ footprint,…

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…

Musicvox Space Cadet and MVX-15 Studio Custom

Musicvox Space Cadet and MVX-15 Studio Custom

Rockin’ Down the House

August 31, 2015 · Pete Prown

Musicvox Space Cadet and MVX-15 Studio Custom Price: $999 (Space Cadet)/$699 (MVX-15) Contact: www.musicvox.com For nearly two decades, Musicvox’s designs…

Epiphone Greeny Les Paul

A Legend Within Reach

November 26, 2024 · Bob Dragich

Following Peter Green Collectors Edition and Custom Shop tribute models from Gibson (priced in the tens of thousands), Epiphone recently…

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Grant Geissman

Grant Geissman

Jazz-Rock Renaissance

July 8, 2016 · Oscar Jordan

’70s culture may have provided a target-rich environment for parodied depictions of giant Afros, bell-bottom jeans, and Saturday Night Fever,…

Burton, Garrett, Lee, and Wilcox Join Forces

Burton, Garrett, Lee, and Wilcox Join Forces

Telecaster Summit

February 12, 2016 · Dan Forte

For guitar lovers and roots-music fans, the place to be in July ’13 was British Columbia. The Vancouver Island MusicFest…

The Burke Guitar

The Axe that Time Forgot

April 13, 2021 · Ward Meeker

For more than 60 years, aluminum has been used as a component in guitar construction. Exactly whose idea it was…

The DoleSonic Vintage 108 Woody

Not Your Dad’s Boutique Amp

August 16, 2013 · Sean OBryan Smith

The guitarist’s greatest quests is most often that of the tone that resides within their heads. That quest drove guitarist…

Pop ’N Hiss: Wishbone Ash’s Argus

Twin-Lead Loadstone

July 6, 2022 · Willie G. Moseley

Founded in 1969, Wishbone Ash attained fast fame in the U.K. with its meshing of intricate twin-lead-guitar passages and harmony…

Have Guitar Will Travel – 027 Featuring Suzi Quatro

May 15, 2020 · James Patrick Regan

Episode 27 of James Patrick Regan’s “Have Guitar Will Travel” podcast features bassist/singer Suzi Quatro – Leather Tuscadero from TV’s…

Henry Garza

Henry Garza

From Tragedy to Revelation

September 8, 2014 · Oscar Jordan

Los Lonely Boys’ new album, Revelation, draws from several influences while retaining the band’s Texas/Mexican identity. Collaborating with a group…

Steve Howell Fingerpicks “Stocking Feet Blues”

January 12, 2024 · Vintage Guitar

Solo acoustic homage to rural-blues great Steve Howell is a veteran of blues, rock, and jazz. Here, he fingerpicks a…

Providence Silky Drive and Stampede DT

Japanese Silk (and Stomp)

July 24, 2015 · Pete Prown

Providence Silky Drive and Stampede DT Price: $394 (Silky Drive); $249 (Stampede DT) Info: www.providence-ltd.com. From the Land of the…

“Telecaster Bob” Bain

Studio Immortal

June 22, 2018 · Jim Carlton

For seven decades, he flexed his chops on more sessions than any living guitarist, laying down famous licks on Mancini’s…

Fargen Olde 800 MKII, Sonic Edge J&J Overdrive

Decades of Tone

May 9, 2016 · Zac Childs

The Fargen Olde 800 MKII Price: $1,949 Info: www.fargenamps.com. For 10 years, Ben Fargen has established a reputation for building…

Pop ’N Hiss: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s Texas Flood

The Blues, Reborn

January 11, 2023 · Bret Adams

Music in the early ’80s was dominated by the shiny blips and bloops of keyboard-driven new wave and the first…

Bukka White – Jitterbug Swing, Vintage Guitar magazine presents Tom Feldmann

Bukka White – Jitterbug Swing

May 6, 2016 · Tom Feldmann

Tom Feldmann teaches the riff from Bukka White’s classic Jitterbug Swing. www.tomfeldmann.com Guitar info: Flammang Guitars Model P30-S, Red spruce…

Ewan Currie

Hairy Tones in The Sheepdogs

July 27, 2023 · Pete Prown

There are a lot of retro bands, but few get the sonics correct. Hailing from central Canada, The Sheepdogs conjure…

Fender’s Mid-’50s Precision Bass

The "In-Between" Version

January 12, 2010 · Willie G. Moseley

In the world of electric basses, the 1952 Fender Precision is the one that started it all. While it’s true…

Nat King Cole

Live at the Blue Note Chicago

May 30, 2025 · Dan Forte

Many Nat Cole fans, even diehards, are unaware that, in addition to his beautiful singing voice, he was among the…

DLS TR1 Tremolo and RotoSim

Swirls and Twirls

April 21, 2014 · Phil Feser

If you’ve ever played guitar through a Leslie rotating-speaker cabinet, you’re aware of its lush 3D sound. Many guitarists would…

Ewan Currie’s Hairy Tones

December 9, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

Sheepdogs guitarist plays “So Far Gone” Ewan Currie and his band, The Sheepdogs, do retro-rock the right way. Here, Ewan…

Eric Gales

Stand Up

October 11, 2021 · Bob Dragich

In a recording career that spans 30 years and includes 18 albums of his own and 28 more tributes and…

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Andrew Hendryx – Lesson #2: “Wish You Were Here” on a mandolin

April 4, 2018 · Andrew Hendryx

Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” on Mandolin Andrew Hendryx returns with his Collings MF5, this time demonstrating how to…

Prototypes and Pathfinders

Five Amps That Set the Tone – Or Hoped To

October 2, 2024 · Dave Hunter

Groundbreaking and undeniably collectible guitar amplifiers have made frequent appearances in this space over the years, but so have prototypes,…

Brian Ray

Brian Ray

From Blues to Beatles

August 11, 2014 · Tom Guerra

Brian Ray spent the last 11 years playing guitar as Paul McCartney’s side man. While such duty would be a…

Hilary Gardner

On The Trail with The Lonesome Pines

May 2, 2025 · Dan Forte

Vocalist Gardner explores the association between jazz and country, the Great American Songbook, and cowboy movie stars. Similar territory was…

Geddy Lee

Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass: A Compendium of the Rare, Iconic, and Weird

August 7, 2023 · Ward Meeker

Nearly two years in the making, Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass: A Compendium of the Rare, Iconic, and…

Jersey Boys

Horray For Hollywood

The Guitars and Amps of Jersey Boys

May 9, 2016 · Jim Elyea

Movies made in the 1950s and ’60s that included rock-and-roll music acts typically showed them performing in segments using their…

Rick Holmstrom

See That Light

October 14, 2021 · Michael Dregni

After 13 years as soul/gospel/civil rights legend Mavis Staples’ guitarist and bandleader, Rick Holmstrom has earned the nickname from Staples’…

Rose Sinclair Swings on a Stringmaster D-8!

July 18, 2022 · Vintage Guitar

Steel Guitar Beyond Country on “Secret Love” Rose Sinclair used her ’61 Fender Stringmaster D-8 to play this exclusive piece…

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Billy Squier

Recollections, Guitar Collection

March 1, 2015 · Ward Meeker

Much has been written and said about Billy Squier and how his 1981 album, Don’t Say No, provided the spark…

Teisco Checkmate 30

Café Culture

December 16, 2023 · Dave Hunter

In a world where the best riffs often come when one is lounging in the family room, sipping espresso and…