Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bassist who, alongside guitarist Steve Cropper, helped create the sound of Memphis soul at Stax Records as part of Booker T. and the MGs, died in his sleep May 13. He was 70. One of the most respected session players in the history of popular music, Dunn’s bass is heard on [...]
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Movie Star, Rancher
Mid-’50s Muse of Wire and Wood
In the years immediately after World War II, Americans were settling into a new way of life, and plunging headlong toward an economic prosperity never before experienced by everyday people. Change was also afoot among the nation’s guitar manufacturers. Having been restricted by materials shortages and/or re-tooling to bolster the war effort, guitar makers like [...]
EH Superego Synth Engine
The EH Superego Synth Engine captures and hold notes or chords, allowing the player to perform fluid glissandos and create oscillator-like synthesizer effects. Controls include Speed, Gliss, Dry, and Effect. A mini toggle switches between Auto, Momentary, and Latch modes. See more at ehx.com.
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Tech 21 Offers SansAmp Liverpool Deluxe
The Tech 21 SansAmp Liverpool Deluxe has four independent footswitch actuators with controls for Drive, Character, Low, Mid, High, and Level. Its dual inputs allow two instruments on-line, and it has six program locations, allowing the user to create three tones for each input, or use all six for a single instrument. See it at [...]
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Lollar Offers New Pickup
Lollar Pickups’ new LollarTron is a humbucker-sized pickup designed to offer the tones of a vintage Filter’Tron. It uses Alnico II magnets and has custom covers. Check it out at lollarguitars.com.
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Sonuus Wahoo Offers Dual Analog Filters
The Sonuus Wahoo is a dual-analog-filter stompbox that can be configured as low-pass or band-pass and operate independently in wah, envelope, LFO, and pitch-tracking modes. Its analog signal path is digitally controlled and it has true-bypass switching, along with pitch-tracking technology on its filter effects. Learn more at sonuus.com.
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Electro-Harmonix Intros Crying Tone
The Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone wah pedal uses no moving parts, offers instantaneous switching from bypass to effect, and has no footswitch. Learn more at ehx.com.
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The Cult: VG to TV
The Cult have scheduled appearances on two upcoming television shows. The first happens this Saturday, May 12, on VH1 Classic’s ”That Metal Show,” which airs at 11 p.m. Eastern. The following Friday (May 18), the band will perform a track from its new album, Choice of Weapon, on ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” as well as one classic [...]
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Dunlop Offers MXR Slash Octave Fuzz, Cry Baby
Dunlop and Slash have teamed up to create two pedals – the MXR Slash Octave Fuzz and Slash Cry Baby Classic. The Slash Octave Fuzz produces a tone that can be combined with a separate sub-octave voice and octave-up fuzz. The Slash Cry Baby Classic is tuned to a lower frequency and has a custom-wound [...]
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Doobie Brothers
A Discussion with Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons
American music rarely is more pure than when it comes from the minds, hands, and mouths of the Doobie Brothers. A rare mix of talent, the Doobies have, since their inception, been fronted by two musicians with unique voices and distinct guitar styles, each of which has driven the band’s sound from Tom Johnston’s huge [...]
