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Joe Bigley
Rockn’ Stompn RS-4
Order!
Powering up your favorite rig in the wrong order can lead to, at minimum, a loud pop through your valued speaker. Rockn Stompn solves that problem with the RS-4; a power strip/power conditioner/surge protector that sequentially powers up your rig in the correct order every time at the push of one footswitch. It has 8…
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Joe Bigley
Oxford Guitar Supply
Fine Finish
One factor keeping many people from working on their guitars is the availability of tools and materials to make those repairs. For refinishers, it meant owning a spray booth and buying quantities of paint and clear-coat intended for refinishing cars. Oxford Guitar Supply now offers these products in manageable sizes such as their Clear Gloss…
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Joe Bigley
Tunerette
Smokin’ Tuner
The guitar world has many options to stay in tune but none as cool-looking as the Tunerette. Don’t let the cigarette shape fool you – the Tunerette is a real, professional-grade clip-on guitar tuner with a bright LED screen and a tip that glows red when there’s 20 minutes of life left of its 6-hour…
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Joe Bigley
Rocky Mountain Slides Company Firecracker Aluminum Slides
Slick Slide
Rocky Mountain Slides Company’s new “Firecracker Aluminum Slides” may look like other guitar slides but it is internally flared in two inner diameter combinations allowing the player to comfortably use it on different fingers just by flipping over. They’re available in two sizes; 17-19mm and 19-23mm. The former, for instance, would work great for pinky…
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Joe Bigley
In Memoriam: Len Chandler
Len Chandler, a Greenwich Village “folky” in the mid ’60s with Bob Dylan, Dave Van Ronk, Pete Seeger, The New Lost City Ramblers, and others, died at his home in Los Angeles on August 28. He was 88. Known primarily as a songwriter and performer, Chandler was also a proficient fingerpicking guitarist who, he told…
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Joe Bigley
Lord Bizarre
Bedlam in Belgium: Electric Guitar & Amp Museum
Ivan “Lord Bizarre” Symaeys with a 1965 Wandré Bikini and an assortment of guitars. All photos by Joe Bigley. When most Americans think of Belgium, it’s usually beer, chocolate, or waffles – all commodities that deserve their excellent reputations. Although the people in its Flemish- and French-speaking regions do not always agree on things, Belgium…
