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Doc Watson

1923-2012

December 5, 2013 · Rich Kienzle

Over a career spanning 52 years, the passage of time only enhanced Doc Watson’s stature. His virtuosity and musical range,…

Homegrown Tone 420

Homegrown Tone 420

Legalized Tweed

February 17, 2016 · Michael Dregni

Buzz Feiten Blues Pro Price: $1,799 (list) Contact: “Homegrown Tone Amps” on facebook.com Can’t get enough hemp in your life?…

Daniel de Visé

King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King

June 8, 2022 · Michael Dregni

Sixty years, 90 countries, 15,000 concerts – and that tally doesn’t include B.B. King’s early years of juke joints, radio…

Fishman Fluence Classic Humbucker Set

Fishman Fluence Classic Humbucker Set

Classic Retrofit

July 13, 2016 · Zac Childs

Fishman recently released the revolutionary Fluence series pickups that utilize an active, hum-canceling pickup design. Following our review of their…

The MXR Custom Badass ’78 Distortion

Company Hot Rod

January 24, 2014 · Zac Childs

Dunlop Custom Badass ’78 Distortion Price: $79 Info: jimdunlop.com Custom Badass is a new division of MXR that offers the…

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Return of the Revvvv

April 22, 2020 · Willie G. Moseley

Every time Vintage Guitar sets up an interview with the redoubtable Billy F Gibbons, lead guitarist/vocalist of the legendary Texas…

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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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Pop ’N Hiss: Led Zeppelin’s IV

Heaven Sent

August 1, 2022 · Bret Adams

It’s impossible to overstate the influence Led Zeppelin’s “untitled” fourth album – call it IV, ZoSo, Runes, Four Symbols, whatever…

Glenn Hughes

Golden-Voiced Bassist

December 26, 2017 · Greg Prato

In the past year, Glenn Hughes has experienced highs like being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…

Dave Stryker

Dave Stryker

Fits To a T

July 5, 2016 · John Heidt

The latest project from jazz guitarist Dave Stryker, Messin’ With Mister T, is a tribute to late saxophonist Stanley Turrentine,…

Southern Boogie from Chickasaw Mudd Puppies

August 30, 2023 · Vintage Guitar

Band jams on acoustic “Flatcar” take “The South is a complex and nuanced place,” says Ben Reynolds of his native…


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Bruce Kulick

Star Board: Bruce Kulick

March 7, 2016 · Ward Meeker

Bruce Kulick played lead guitar in Kiss for more than a decade, and today stays busy as a solo performer…

Warwick Thumb Bass

Generational Innovation

April 15, 2019 · Willie G. Moseley

Founded in the early 1980s by Hans-Peter Wilfer, Warwick has a familial connection to another well-known German brand from a…

Fender’s 1960 Bandmaster

Power of Three

March 20, 2019 · Dave Hunter

The earliest renditions of our gear icons are often the most valuable, but on many occasions it’s the transition models…

The Vox/Thomas Organ V-8 Berkeley Super Reverb

Organ Transplant

March 7, 2023 · Dave Hunter

Most fans of classic British guitar amplifiers have heard the tale of how the great all-tube Vox models of the…


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Gibson ES-Les Paul

ES-Les Paul

F-hole with soul

May 3, 2016 · Pete Prown

ES-Les Paul Price: $2,799 to $3,199 (list) Contact: www.gibson.com Gibson’s latest version of the Les Paul isn’t the first with…

Kay’s K161 Thin Twin

Post-war Blues Box

July 5, 2018 · Pete Prown

In his day, Jimmy Reed was a huge influence on everyone from Eric Clapton and Mike Bloomfield to the Rolling…

Rockn Stompn Sequential Power Strip

“Good” Power!

March 1, 2017 · Chip Wilson

Power. Juice. Electricity. The brilliance of Ben Franklin, James Watt, and Nikola Tesla helped harness, if not tame, this vital…

Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 FR E HSS

Ultimate Hod Rod

May 13, 2024 · Oscar Jordan

Designed more than 30 years ago, the latest incarnation of Charvel’s Pro-Mod So-Cal keeps the “super” in superstrat. An eye-catching,…

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Tony Rombola

Gothic Blues

January 26, 2022 · Oscar Jordan

Godsmack guitarist Tony Rombola is moonlighting once again, on the third album by Apocalypse Blues Revival with fellow Godsmack member/drummer…

Rupert Neve Designs’ Portico 5017/ SE Electronics’ Voodoo VR1

Studio on the Go

March 13, 2019 · Pete Prown

Despite what some folks may tell you about the merits of “going direct” for guitar, nothing sounds better than a…

Fender’s 6G9 Tremolux

Fender’s 6G9 Tremolux

March 23, 2016 · Dave Hunter

Preamp tubes: two 7025, two 12AX7 Output tubes: two 6BQ5/EL84 Rectifier: GZ34 Controls: Bright channel: Volume, Treble, Bass; Normal channel:…

Lightnin’ Malcolm’s One-Man Wizardry

March 24, 2023 · Vintage Guitar

First-Rate Blues with Juke Joint Swagger Lightnin’ Malcolm learned blues first-hand from legends of the genre, and it shows! Here,…

Billy Mure

Supersonic Guitarist Remembered

February 29, 2016 · Dan Forte

Guitar great Billy Mure (born November 4, 1915) passed away September 25, at the age of 97. He last performed…

Gibson Everly Brothers SJ-200

Full Dress

March 20, 2024 · Michael Shirek

Gibson has always had a knack for producing distinctive guitars. The EDS-1275 in Cherry finish will forever be tied to…

Marcin

Birth Of The Dragon

October 8, 2025 · Oscar Jordan

Marcin wields classical, flamenco, percussion, and two-handed tapping to create jaw-dropping music. Dragon In Harmony is his first full-length album,…

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Road Fever: The Complete Bearsville Recordings 1972-1975

January 25, 2024 · Pete Prown

By the time British blues-and-boogie quartet Foghat struck gold in 1975, it already had a solid catalog under its belt.…

Allman Brothers Band

Final Concert 10-28-14

October 9, 2025 · Pete Prown

It’s been a decade since the final ABB show at The Beacon Theatre and it’s now available via CD or…

The Gibson ES-5

Instrument Profile

June 10, 2020 · George Gruhn

Gibson, like all American guitarmakers, had to shut down electric guitar production for three years during World War II. But…

Willie G. Moseley

Bakersfield Guitars: The Illustrated History

November 17, 2022 · Michael Dregni

No, this is not a history of Joe Maphis, Don Rich, Buck Owens, Roy Nichols, Merle Haggard, and the other…

VG Q&A: A Gilded ’63 Jazz Bass

Plus, Swappable Pickups, Bartell Guitars, and a Mystery Lap Steel

December 23, 2023 · Vintage Guitar

I am the third owner of a 1963 Jazz Bass with a neck stamp “7Jan63A,” pots dated that May, and…

George Fullerton

Guitar Icon

May 14, 2023 · Willie G. Moseley

George Fullerton, whose decades-long association with Leo Fender earned the two early electric-guitar innovators a place in history, He died…

Fall Philly 2014

November 13, 2014 · Lisa Sharken

[caption id="attachment_19277" align="alignleft" width="300"] We are here at the Philly show checking out all the killer guitars! Here's a '54…

Jeffrey Scott

Going Down to Georgia on a Hog

March 20, 2024 · Dan Forte

Sometimes it seems like all new blues recordings, be they acoustic or electric, sacrifice substance in favor of pyrotechnics –…

Wolf Strat

A Legend’s Guitar, Discovered

December 28, 2017 · Pete Prown

After possessing it for several years, curiosity finally got the best of the owner of this 1963 Stratocaster. He had…

Gov’t Mule

Heavy Load Blues

October 27, 2022 · Oscar Jordan

When a successful band of fine musicians is struck by the compulsion to revisit the muses of their youth by…

NRBQ

New Rhythm And Blues

January 27, 2017 · John Heidt

This five-disc retrospective captures the essence of what is one of America’s best, if not best-known, bands from the past…

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…

Blu DeTiger

Funk-Pop Pioneer

August 12, 2025 · Ward Meeker

When she was seven years old, sibling rivalry spurred Blu DeTiger to get a bass so she could play along…

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…

The Sebastian ‘Burst

Inspirational Icon

February 9, 2022 · Willie G. Moseley

The mere mention of a Gibson Les Paul Standard made between 1958 and 1960 commands attention. But one like this,…

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…

Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman

En Fuego on Inferno!

November 12, 2014 · Oscar Jordan

As he gears up for a co-headlining tour with Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G., Marty Friedman has 13 solo albums…

Artists of the Year

February 7, 2017 · Vintage Guitar

From 2014 to the present — read about each Readers' Choice Awards Artists.

Have Guitar Will Travel 090 – Happy Fits and Greensky Bluegrass

October 12, 2023 · James Patrick Regan

In Ep 90 of “Have Guitar Will Travel,” host James Patrick Regan speaks with band members from Happy Fits and…

Donner Arena 2000

Earthy Vibes

November 13, 2023 · Pete Prown

Donner has been making a name delivering import gear at absurdly low prices while maintaining solid quality. The Arena 2000…

Fender AA964 Princeton

What’s (Not) in a Name

October 24, 2023 · Dave Hunter

Getting the job done – five simple knobs on the Princeton’s control panel. 1966 Fender Princeton • Preamp tubes: one…

Bryson Willoughby

Mojo Thunder’s Collective Consciousness

June 25, 2025 · Oscar Jordan

Kentucky’s favorite alternative Southern rockers, Mojo Thunder, extrapolate fresh ideas from disparate genres to produce an album as passionate as…