Monthly Archives: July 2012
Vox Launches Apache Travel Guitars
Vox's Apache travel guitars have a built-in two-channel amplifier and a pair of 3" speakers. Their amplifiers have controls for Volume, Gain, and Tone,...
Sweet
Sweet – the ’70s glam-pop act that’s almost as famous for its hairdos as its music – is today actually two bands touring under...
Gary Moore’s “Blues For Jimi” Set for September Release
Eagle Rock is set to release a live CD/DVD of Gary Moore playing Jimi Hendrix tracks, including “Purple Haze,” “Foxy Lady,” “The Wind Cries...
Recording King Introduces USA Banjo Custom Shop
Recording King will unveil its USA Custom Shop, producing collector's banjos handmade in the USA and available through The Music Link.
Designed, conceived, and hand-engraved...
Shedd Institute Offers Bob November Scholarship
The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, a music-education organization supported by grants from The Oregon Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the...
Bob Dunn
Bob Dunn was the amplified steel guitar’s first stylist. More than 75 years after his first appearances on record, Dunn still amazes those who...
VG Takes You to Summer NAMM Via Twitter
Vintage Guitar magazine is on-location at Summer NAMM! We will be delivering pictures from the music products industry's mid-year gathering June 11-14. Follow us on...
The Highwaymen
The first group of Highwaymen was a folk ensemble that flourished in the early ’60s. The Highwaymen of this release were a Traveling-Wilburys-type aggregate...
Junior Wells & the Aces
Junior Wells released enough mediocre product in his lifetime that it’s easy to forget what a great stylist and showman the Chicago bluesman was....
Verellen Amplifiers Offers Skyhammer, Meatsmoke Pedals
Verellen Amplifiers is offering two tube-driven pedals, the Meatsmoke and Skyhammer, which reproduce the preamp circuitry in the company's amps of the same names....