Monthly Archives: December 2011
Fret-King Offers Colwell Black Label Guitar
The Fret-King Black Label DBC guitar was designed by Trev Wilkinson in cooperation with Dave "Bucket" Colwell. It has a two-piece mahogany body, mahogany...
Hank, Jr. Concert Raises $75K for Country Music HoF and Museum
Hank Williams Jr. capped the four-year run of the exhibition “Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy” with a solo acoustic performance December 6. The...
Charlie Hunter
The title of Charlie Hunter’s latest lends a hint that all 11 songs on it are culled from some old songbook. And indeed, all...
Victoria Intros Silver Sonic and Cherry Bomb
Victoria Amplifier Company’s Silver Sonic is a 20-watt amp that uses classic architecture with two 6V6 output tubes, all-tube reverb, Accutronic reverb tank, and...
Divine Noise Offers 50/50 Cable
The Divine Noise 50/50 cable has 22 feet of coiled cable and eight feet of straight cable. Made with low-capacitance 20-gauge copper-stranded center conductor,...
Lull Offers Jeff Ament Signature Bass
Mike Lull has collaborated with Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament to create the JAXT4 signature bass. It marks the first time any member of the...
Los Lonely Boys
It’s easy to take for granted bands like Los Lonely Boys. The trio of brothers is adept at many kinds of music. Early in...
The Mike Eldridge Trio
Mike Eldred is an L.A. guitarslinger with a strong taste for Americana. His power trio includes Blasters’ backline men John Bazz (bass) and Jerry...
Famed Chicago-Blues Guitarist Hubert Sumlin Passes
Hubert Sumlin, the renowned blues guitarist who gained respect for his work accompanying Howlin' Wolf, passed away December 4 in a New Jersey hospital...
Steve Lukather
If you’re waiting for a full-blown Steve Lukather guitar album, this isn’t it (actually, it was 1982’s Baked Potato Super Live, but that’s another...