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The Fender Songwriter
Just when you think you've seen or heard of everything Fender ever did, along comes another tidbit about a guitar that was prototyped but...
Hellecasters – Live…Raw…In Germany On…The Filter Video
Yikes! Here's a truly awe-inspiring display of guitar playing. Recorded live on German television, Jerry Donahue, John Jorgenson, and Will Ray take...
December 2003
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LOS STRAITJACKETS
The instrumental quartet distinguishes itself with a two-guitar attack and eyecatching live show. Onstage, they mix humor with talent – and address the...
Visual Sound Effects Pedals
Always on the watch for good-looking, good-sounding, durable pedals, we were recently drawn to three of the latest gizmos from Visual Sound, the Florida-based...
Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton is in an upbeat mood, mainly because his decades-long career as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter was also headed back in an...
The Twangbangers – 26 Days on the Road
Pretty hard to screw up this one. You've got Bill Kirchen and Redd Volkaert on guitar, Joe Goldmark on pedal steel, and Dallas...
Pierre Bensusan – Intuite
There are guitarists, and then there are guitarists' guitarists. Pierre Benusan is the sort of musician who inspires awe among even other musical...
Paul Burlison
Paul Burlison does not know how to make a long story short, but that's just fine because his stories are such great ones. ...
Leslie West – Big Fat Assed Guitar
Leslie West has been sort of a one-trick pony in his 30-plus years as a rocker. But when that trick is one of...
Sonny Black – Hart And Soul
Sonny Black is an English guitarist who has absorbed several styles of American music and made them his own. It's a hard sound...