Monthly Archives: December 2013
Vic Flick Honored by National Guitar Museum
The National Guitar Museum has announced that Vic Flick, the guitarist who played on hundreds of London sessions and is best know for playing...
Gretsch Jet Firebird
Given the number of jet-related model monikers in Gretsch’s 1950s and ’60s catalogs, one might get the impression the company built airplanes. There were...
The Drew & Sebastian Avenger
At first glance, the D&S Avenger looks like a long-lost prototype from Leo’s shop, with its offset-waist shape and familiar pickup/ hardware/ control setup.
The...
Spectrum 5
Joining playful mid-’60s cultural icons such as the Ford Mustang, NBC’s “The Monkees,” the Beatles’ “Nowhere Man” and Cassius Clay, the Teisco Del Rey Spectrum...
Widman Set Neck
Widman Set Neck
Price: $3,900
Info: widmancustomelectrics.com.
John Widman is a custom guitar builder whose artistic leanings began while he worked as a graphic designer and photographer....
Black Cat Pedals Introduces Mona Wah
Black Cat Pedals’ new Mona Wah uses a custom-tuned inductor and newly engineered wah pot the company says yields a subtly not possible with...
Electro-Harmonix Releases Soul Food OD
The Electro-Harmonix Soul Food overdrive pedal is designed to produce a range from clean boost to heavy amp saturationwithout adding coloration. Its Volume control...
AweSome Musical Instruments Releases T4 Switch
AweSome Musical Instruments’ T4 Pickup Switch Upgrade for Les-Paul-style guitars is designed to generate 68 tones from two four-wire humbuckers. The switch replaces two...
Yamaha Image
Some years back, an insurance company promoted itself as “the quiet company.” While they probably wouldn’t like to hear it, in many ways that...
3rd Power Amplification’s Solo Dream 1, Solo Dream 4, and Switchback 112
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3rd Power Solo Dream/Switchback amps
Price: $1,899 (Dream Solo 1 combo); $1,699 (Dream Solo 4 head); $699 (Switchback 112)
Info: www.3rdpower.com.-->
Recording/touring guitarist, studio engineer,...