Monthly Archives: July 2012
Seymour Duncan Announces Second Annual Benefit Concert
Pickup maker Seymour Duncan will host its second annual benefit concert, featuring Los Lobos and special guest Joe Bonamassa, August 30 at the Lobero...
ToadWorks Updates Barracuda Flanger
ToadWorks has updated its Barracuda flanger with a lower noise floor, increased headroom, the company's True-Stereo output, an optional alternate-regeneration path switch (ARPS), and...
Todd Clouser
Clouser is probably best classified as a jazz guitarist, but when you listen to his music, the funk and rock in the mix keep...
Dunlop Offers Ukulele Strings
Dunlop ukulele strings use a proprietary blend of nylon monofilament. Each set is balanced string-to-string, and every string is inspected with laser precision technology...
Bourgeois Guitars Intros LaMontagne Signature
Bourgeois Guitars is offering a limited-edition Ray LaMontagne Signature guitar. LaMontagne began playing Bourgeois instruments while in 2011, at which time he and Dana Bourgeois began...
Digitech Offers HT-6 PolyChromatic Tuner
The Digitech HT-6 PolyChromatic Tuner allows tuning of all six strings in one strum. It has alternate tuning modes including drop-d, four-, five-, and...
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
You needn’t push Play to realize this is not your typical Cajun album. The cover photograph shows a bird encased in oily sludge. Inside,...
Nobuki Takamen
Takamen has become a mainstay in New York’s jazz clubs, and this record shows him to be a mature player with a keen sense...
Frank Zappa
When I had occasion to visit Lancaster, California, in 1996, I was shocked to discover that there wasn’t a single thing in the town...
Carrie Elkin
How many versions of the song “If That Mocking Bird Don’t Sing” have you heard? I’ve listened to more than I can count on...