Monthly Archives: August 2013
The DoleSonic Vintage 108 Woody
The guitarist’s greatest quests is most often that of the tone that resides within their heads. That quest drove guitarist Ken Doles to design...
Shaw, Connolly, and Lowery Talk Gear on VGTV
Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw and Sevendust axemen John Connolly and Clint Lowery recently sat for the first two interviews in VG's "...In High-Def" video...
Allen Lanier, Co-Founder of Blue Oyster Cult, Passes
Allen Lanier, a founding member/guitarist/keyboardist in Blue Oyster Cult, died August 14. He was 66 and had been hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)....
Vai Sets Broadcast of “The Story of Light” Concert
Guitarist Steve Vai is preparing a live video-broadcast performance of "The Story Of Light Live." The concert will happen August 25 in Los Angeles...
Coconut Grove Marks 25 Years
Coconut Grove Music, Kailua, Hawaii, is marking its 25th anniversary. The store got its start in 1987, when Luke Yamashiro began selling guitars out...
Effector 13 Improbability Drive
We understand how you might react. "Another drive pedal?" There are so many... a lot of them similar, or nearly identical? But then again,...
Joey DeFrancesco with Larry Coryell and Jimmy Cobb
Wonderful is right! This organ trio, featuring guitarist Larry Coryell, is pure joy with its bright and lively charge through a songlist of jazz...
MOD Kits DIY Offers Persuader Deluxe Kit
MOD Kits DIY’s Persuader Deluxe tube overdrive pedal kit uses a Darlington preamp to push cascaded triode vacuum tubes into distortion. Four dual-triode tubes...
Lava Cable Hosting Guitar Class with Brent Mason
Lava Cable will hosting a guitar master-level class with Brent Mason, September 28 at its facility in Owasso, Oklahoma. Mason will discuss studio techniques, styles, and...
Waylon Jennings
Waylon was one of the first country music “outlaws” to rebel against the Nashville machine, and one of the ways it showed was that...