Monthly Archives: February 2005
Model 2020
Like most things, the closer you look at certain phenomena, the more you find often subtle, unexpected surprises.
A good example is this Ibanez Model...
Kim Wilson – Lookin’ For Trouble
What can you add to the legacy of one of the greatest harmonica players of all time? Perhaps a second legacy of developing a...
Darcy Kuronen – Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar
The Museum of Fine Arts is mounting a retrospective outlining 400 years of guitar design and history (VG November '00). Although the guitar...
Bruce Conte – Bullet Proof
Be honest; if you played R&B-based guitar in the mid '70s and were looking to extend your blues vocabulary, you stole licks from this...
Phil Upchurch – Tell the Truth
Phil Upchurch is no stranger. He's been around a long time, playing sessions with everyone from Jimmy Reed to Cannonball Adderly to Sheena...
Chet Atkins and Mel Cochran – Chet Atkins: Me and My Guitars
Chet Atkins has a deserved reputation as a great guitar player and all-around nice guy. So it's a pleasure to see a book...
The Siegel-Schwall Band – The Complete Vanguard Recordings
I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the Siegel-Schwall Band - although I can't really figure out why. During the...
Various Artists – Going Driftless: An Artist’s Tribute to Greg Brown
Greg Brown proves you don't have to be a model-handsome MTV poster-boy with a beautiful voice and sizzling guitar chops to be a successful...
Moonrock Fuzz/Distortion
Glenn Wylie has been experimenting with guitar effects pedals for over 10 years - when he's not working on guitars or amps. In...
February 2005
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GRETSCH 6134 WHITE PENGUIN
One of the rarest Gretsch instruments, it was also one of the company’s dressiest guitars. Still, no more than a few...