Monthly Archives: July 2013
Lee Ritenour
Ritenour’s previous album, 6 String Theory, featured collaborations with guitar peers John Scofield, B.B. King, Slash, and George Benson, among others. Here, he’s working...
G&L Adds Fallout to Tribute Series
G&L’s Tribute Series Fallout has a mahogany body with Paul-Gagon-designed P-90 neck pickups and a splittable bridge humbucker. It uses a Saddle Lock bridge,...
Lehle Offers Basswitch IQ DI
The Lehle Basswitch IQ A/B switcher/DI uses high-grade components and has a parametric EQ, effects footswitch, and clean-boost capabilities. For more, go to www.rmi.lu.
Buffalo FX Offers Germanium Fuzz V2
The Buffalo FX Germanium Fuzz V2 is built using NOS Texas Instrument 2N404 transistors, Neutrik jacks, Vishay caps, screened cabling, and low-current ultrabrite LED...
E-H Intros 8 Step Program
The Electro-Harmonix 8 Step Program connects to an expression pedal or control-voltage input on another device to give sequencer control over parameters that respond...
Frank Zappa
In the coming years, Universal will reissue 66 of Frank Zappa’s albums, kicking off a with a 10-CD flight covering the years 1966 through...
Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist J.J. Cale Passes
Renowned songwriter/singer/guitarist J.J. Cale passed away July 26 at a hospital in La Jolla, California, after suffering a heart attack. He was 74.
Born John...
Jerrod Niemann
Jerrod Niemann is a successful songwriter whose tunes have been recorded by Garth Brooks, Jamey Johnson, and Blake Shelton. His 2010 Arista debut Judge...
Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi
Black Sabbath and Deep Purple had a de facto merger in 1983 on the Sab album, Born Again, a disc featuring Tony Iommi, Geezer...
Easton Corbin
Florida native Easton Corbin earned justified acclaim for his 2009 debut album Roll With It, revealing his twangy traditional voice and obvious debts to...