Monthly Archives: March 2010
Cage the Elephant – Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked
Brothers Brad and Matt Schultz had a rough youth in small-town Kentucky, where music, money and hope were hard to find. Growing up in...
KayKraft Style A
Almost any guitar can be viewed in terms of a confluence of influences that produced it, from the company history to the history of...
Reverend Goblin 5-15
Reverend Goblin 5-15.
Reverend's Goblin 5-15 is the brainchild of Reverend founder Joe Naylor and Dennis Kager, of Pignose and Ampeg fame. The Goblin was...
The Bridge – Blind Man’s Hill
Singer/guitarist Cris Jacobs and singer/mandolinist Kenny Liner co-write the music for this Baltimore-based band. Jacobs writes songs with inherent soul. Whether slinky funk (like...
Gibson ES-175 Special Wurlitzer
1955 Gibson ES-175 Special Wurlitzer
From Gibson's early years through the 1960s, the company made many custom instruments that mixed and matched specifications from various...
Keith Urban
For a guy born in New Zealand and reared in Australia, Keith Urban certainly knows how to grab the attention of Yankee music fans.
The...
Tech 21 Trademark 60 and Bronzewood 60
Tech 21 Trademark 60.
Tech 21 has long been the purveyor of cool solidstate gear that replicates the sound of tube amps, like the famed...
Robert Bradley – Out of the Wilderness
While Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise deals in styles of music done by many bands - R&B, rock, soul, and jazz - it always brings...
H&D, Running Dog, and Gibson
In the July issue we looked at affordable L-style flat-tops for the acoustic blues player. This month, we look at similarly inspired instruments, but...
Retro Inspired Basses
Danelectro Dano '63 long-scale bass in Aqua. Photos courtesy of Evets.
Danelectro Dano '63 short-scale bass in Red Burst. Photos courtesy of Evets.
Eastwood Club Bass...