Monthly Archives: February 2015
Warren Haynes
Gov’t Mule’s blues-based rock has never followed a formula, opting instead for an improvisational modus operandi that gives its music unique breadth and scope...
Big Lazy
The guitar universe has been inundated with all things “retro” for the past decade, but the all-instrumental trio Big Lazy gives it a fresh...
Skatterbrane Pickups Jazzbranes
Skatterbrane Pickups Jazzbranes
Price: $295 (list) per set
Info: www.skatterbranepickups.com.
In the mid 1950s, Rickenbacker and Gibson began offering dual-coil, hum-canceling pickups. Jazz was still king, but...
Jimi Hendrix
Experience Hendrix is the gatekeeper to the legacy of Jimi Hendrix, and thankfully so. In addition to protecting the music of the greatest rock...
PRS Opens Museum/Store, Offers Factory Tours
PRS Guitars recently opened its new West Street East Museum Room and retail store at its manufacturing facility in Stevensville, Maryland. Named in tribute to founder...
Bobby Womack
Guitarist, soul singer, and songwriter Bobby Womack passed away June 27. He was 70 and had suffered from diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and cancer.
Womack’s career spanned...
Mod Kits DIY Offers Contortionist II
Mod Kits DIY’s Contortionist II is an all-analog fuzz with frequency multiplier circuitry that creates harmonics that swell and recede depending on gain setting,...
Richie Kotzen
Veteran guitar monster Richie Kotzen has done it all from opening for The Rolling Stones, recording with Stanley Clarke, to coming to the rescue...
George Clinton
Let’s get it out of the way. That title... one of the best in recent memory. Then again, what else should we expect from...
Electro-Harmonix Introduces Good Vibes Chorus/Vibrato
The EHX Good Vibes is a re-creation of the classic Uni-Vibe chorus/vibrato pedal. Like the original, it uses photocells for a classic sound and...