Monthly Archives: September 2011
Mesa Launches Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five
The Mesa Mini Rectifier Twenty-Five is an all-tube amp using two EL-84 power tubes and five 12AX7 tubes in the preamp. A lunchbox-sized amp,...
Oli Brown
Guitarist Oli Brown is a bright light in the world of blues guitar. While plenty of youngsters are playing, not many in their mid...
Roy Jay
Roy Jay’s music flutters between swaggering suburban bar blues to California country/rock; sometimes within a single song, as on “Fatal Mistake.” But he’s a...
Eastwood Introduces Airline ’59 Coronado
Eastwood Guitars ’59 Coronado has a white body with black rubber binding, offset with white binding on a black headstock , a zero fret,...
BC Audio No. 9, No. 10 amplifiers
BC Audio's new Amplifier No. 9 is a 45-watt non-Master-Volume amp with variable Boost. It uses a pair of KT66s and a GZ34 rectifier...
Martin Six String Customs Holy Grail Harness
The Martin Six String Customs Holy Grail harness uses CTS 550K short-shaft audio-taper potentiometers with 10 percent tolerance to give the pot a gradual...
Lollar Thunderbird Pickup
Lollar’s Thunderbird-style replacement pickup uses Alnico V magnets, nickel-finished covers with chrome or gold options. Other options include black pickup surrounds and shims for...
Guitar Sleeve
Guitar Sleeve is a fabricated cover designed to protect a guitar from scratches, nicks, dirt, sweat and wear. Its draw string allows for easy...
Fender Launches American Vintage Series, Blacktop Basses, Mustang
Fender’s American Vintage ’69 Telecaster Thinline has a semi-hollow mahogany body with f hole and gloss lacquer finish, C-shaped maple neck, maple fingerboard, single-coil...
Boss Intros BC-2 and FB-2 pedals
The Boss BC-2 Combo Drive overdrive/distortion category offers three voices that can be dialed in with the pedal’s Sound, Bass, and Treble controls, while...