Monthly Archives: February 2004
Les Paul
Fifty years ago, Gibson's new Les Paul Model was quickly becoming one of the company's most popular guitars, and (though there was no way...
Peterson VS-1 Tuner
Most guitar techs will tell you that there has always been a void between small battery-powered tuners and full-blown rotating disc strobe tuners; the...
Brad Gillis
Night Ranger came to prominence with the advent of MTV; guitarist Brad Gillis has played with Ozzy Osbourne and accumulated an admirable collection of...
Howard Alden – My Shining Hour
This is the kind of playing I would give parts of my body to master. It's just Howard, his guitar, and a batch...
Roomful of Blues – The Blues’ll Make You Happy, Too
Rounder has launched a new Heritage Series that kicks off in righteous fashion with this retrospective of Roomful of Blues' seven Rounder albums.
In guitar...
Martin Taylor – In Concert
After finishing Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" - following his tongue-in-cheek, herky jerky, impossible-to-snap-your-fingers-to intro with a laughably fast walking bass figure, over which he...
Tom Principato – Not One Word
Tom's put out some stuff on record before, and it's been pretty good. This one's a little bit different. As the title...
Bay State Parlor Guitar
The parlor guitar. Designed by Mr. Parlor? No. First manufactured by the Parlor, Inc? No. Endorsed by the well-known...
Sean Watkins – Let It Fall
Sean Watkins is one third of the young Grammy-nominated supergroup Nickel Creek. Along with his sister Sara and mando phenom Chris Thile, they've...
Dolly Parton – Little Sparrow
When honky-tonk hero Merle Haggard found himself in the unlikely role of pop star, with the hits "Okie From Muskogee" and "The Fightin' Side...