Monthly Archives: March 2014
Aristides Introduces 010 Model
Aristides Instruments 010 guitar has a body and neck made from the company’s Arium material. It has a 25.5"-scale neck with compound-radius ebony fretboard,...
Seymour Duncan Intros Jason Becker Perpetual Burn Humbucker
The Seymour Duncan Jason Becker Perpetual Burn Humbucker has an Alnico V bar magnet and measures 12.11k DC resistance. It's a drop-in replacement for any...
Frirsz Music Offers Filmocaster
Luthier Nicholas Frirsz’s Filmocaster has a 25.5"-scale maple neck with compound radius and hand-crowned frets. Using a maple core, Frirsz attaches body “wings” made...
Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert and the crew that makes up Mr. Big – bassist Billy Sheehan, drummer Pat Torpey, and vocalist Eric Martin – reunited a...
Los Lonely Boys
Los Lonely Boys is a smart band that understands the business of the business. Avoiding the usual Texas blues clichés, the ensemble is radio...
Tommy Castro and the Painkillers
R&B stalwart Castro comes out with guns blazing on his latest, adding some raucous rock and roll to his usual helping of soul and...
Reverend Horton Heat
Jim Heath, the fleet-fingered and irrepressible godfather of psychobilly, is back, leading his trio, Reverend Horton Heat, through their first new long-player since 2009....
Bare Knuckle Pickups’ PAT Pend, Flat ’52, and Mule
Bare Knuckle Pickups’ PAT Pend, Flat ’52, and Mule
Price: $125-$340
Info: www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk.
From the ever-expanding world of boutique pickups comes a builder out of...
Music Man Game Changer
Music Man Game Changer
Price: $2,275 (street)
Contact: www.gamechanger.music-man.com
Since the introduction of the electric guitar, builders have sought ways to increase the variety of tones that...
David Grissom
One of Les Paul’s favorite aphorisms when assessing other guitarists was, “Can his mother pick him out on the radio?” Or as Albert Collins...