Classic Instruments

The Ovation Adamas II

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What do you get when you cross a helicopter with a Martin dreadnought? Easy answer – Ovation guitars, perhaps the greatest champion of alternative...

Nils Lofgren Shines Solo – Again

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H2livyDsoQ?si=DVt9XYwbGd1RaRFq] Star Grabs Vintage J-50 for “Ain’t the Truth Enough? An in-demand sideman for more than 50 years, guitar wizard Nils Lofgren has worked with...

Classics: January 2023

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Overhearing his 13-year-old son noodling on a beginner guitar in his bedroom one day in 1958, it occurred to Murray Mitzner that the boy...

Vox/Thomas Organ V-14 Super Beatle

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After producing some of the most-iconic guitar amplifiers of the early 1960s, Vox leaned unwittingly into a failing technology – and unknowingly accelerated its...

Dan’s Guitar RX: Rock-And-Roll High School(er)

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In my November ’22 column, Ceil Thompson’s class-project guitar was nearing completion – the lacquer coats were applied and, after it cured for two...

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

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4SZfK3Y1VE?si=T_ePfnD4_Tt0xLaq] Austin Great Goes Full Steam for "Eyes On The Prize" Jake Andrews’ video encore: "Eyes On The Prize" Jake Andrews makes a VG-social-media curtain call...

Instro-Meister Eric Penna

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoUVeoOg2sM?si=qYXT_fC6xO-V-hEN] Blues Switch-Up in Trabants Eric Penna’s main gig is playing bass for the garage/surf band Insect Surfers, but he side-hustles playing guitar in the...

Steve Dawson and his Tricone, “Singin’ the Blues”

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7iMqQdNl8M?si=tEuqCuPsngQBaxhB] Roots Artists Expands the Genren The wildly talented Steve Dawson uses a modern National Tricone for this take on “Singin’ the Blues,” then offers...

Brennen Leigh’s Heart-Tugging Honky-Tonk

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySFtWr-cxhI?si=-Su_rHiOhngZZlCP] Shades of Norman Blake and Dolly Parton A student of the “Carter Scratch” guitar technique – melody on the low strings, rhythm on the...

John Pizzarelli Swings On A Vintage D’angelico

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdO3ry-uiuk?si=bBNFb85GdgGEHUOo] Jazz Ace on an Heirloom Guitar For this exclusive rendition of “Just In Time,” swing ace John Pizzarelli grabbed the D’Angelico Model B that...
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