Monthly Archives: April 2010
Music
Willie Nelson – Naked Willie
The forced, intrusive background vocals on the "definitive" versions of "Funny How Time Slips Away" or "Crazy" (from The Essential Willie Nelson) are argument...
Music
The Replacements – Tim, Pleased To Meet Me, Don’t Tell A Soul, All Shook...
The final four Replacements LPs are back in deluxe style, thanks to Rhino. Accompanying the label's re-release of the band's first four albums and...
Classic Instruments
Carvin DN440T
1988 Carvin DN440T, serial number 25437. Instrument and photo courtesy of Kevin Wright.
One of the few family-owned guitar/amplifier manufacturing enterprises remaining in the industry,...
Artists
Kenny Neal
Photo courtesy Kenny Neal.
Recent times have been tough for veteran bluesman Kenny Neal. After recently contracting Hepatitis C and undergoing treatment, for the...
VG Approved Gear
The Framptone Talkbox
The Framptone Talkbox
When you hear the words "Do you feel," what comes to mind? If you're of a certain age demographic, you know how...
Music
Tommy Castro – Hard Believer
Tommy Castro makes the move to Chicago's Alligator Records, and fittingly serves up one of the most focused and toughest records of his considerable...
Classic Instruments
Joe Long’s “stack-knob” Fender Jazz Bass
Joe Long's "stack-knob" Fender Jazz Bass, serial number 57392. Instrument and photo courtesy of Nadav Galimidi.
If you're a fan or aficionado of vintage instruments,...
VG Approved Gear
Mercury Magnetics Fender Champion 600 Conversion Kit
Fender's tiny Champion 600 is aimed at the guitarist who requires rich power-tube distortion at low volume levels. With just one 6V6 power tube...
Music
BuckWheat Zydeco – Lay Your Burden Down
Singer/ accordionist/ keyboardist Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural became a popular solo act in the zydeco world years before the unchallenged King Of Zydeco, mentor (and...
Classic Instruments
Kalamazoo KG-1
1968 Gibson Kalamazoo U.S.A. KG-1.
Collectible value in guitars can be defined any number of ways, and not just by having a popular brand name...
