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Willie G. Moseley
Opens Up
It used to be that photos didn’t lie. But nowadays (as supermodels and tabloids have proven) that’s not always true. But it is true that when Rod Price’s slide hand is in action, it isn’t easy to capture on film – as fans of guitarist and the legendary English band, Foghat, can attest. When Price
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Willie G. Moseley
Lakland Jerry Scheff Signature Model
Before and Beyond Elvis
Veteran bassist Jerry Scheff is best known for holding down the bottom-end in Elvis Presley’s fabled TCB Band. But he has also been a fixture in the national recording scene for decades, and is heard on many recordings. He has always emphasized doing things his way, and the attitude has paid off in a long
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Willie G. Moseley
Merle Travis Bigsby Electric Guitar
Longtime vintage guitar enthusiasts are probably familiar with one of the icons of solidbody electric guitars – the late 1940s Bigsby instrument built for legendary picker Merle Travis. The guitar now sits on permanent display (alongside Les Paul’s “log,” another icon) in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. The Bigsby’s single-cutaway body and
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Willie G. Moseley
Steve Howe
More Midnight Musings
Our first interview with Howe was recorded in the middle of the night, while Howe was in a studio with guitarist Martin Taylor (both talks appeared in the September ’96 issue), recording an album that featured instruments in the Scott Chinery Collection. This time around, our one-on-one was in-person following a Yes concert. The band
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Willie G. Moseley
’67 Fender Coronado II
One of the first fender Flops
Leo Fender’s company designed many innovative instruments before it was acquired by CBS in 1965. Soon afterward, the powers that be decided the company ought to have a series of thinline hollowbody electric instruments to compete with the likes of Gibson’s ES-335 and EB-2, Guild’s Starfires, and others. Talented luthier Roger Rossmeisl, who’d migrated from
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Tommy Emmanuel
Advocate of the Atkins Legacy
Experiencing a Tommy Emmanuel performance is one of those “You-shoulda-been-there” musical epiphanies. Emmanuel strides onstage with his acoustic guitar, display
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Willie G. Moseley
Peavey T-45
It’s been more than 25 years since the Peavey Electronics Company introduced its revolutionary T-60 guitar and T-40 bass to a market that was immediately impacted by their quality and value. Moreover, the way the company built T-60s and T-40s – utilizing computer numerical control (CNC) routing machines and pre-stressed necks (carved with the truss
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Willie G. Moseley
Rick Derringer
Different Directions
For all of his decades of experience as a guitarist, producer, and singer, Rick Derringer recently took his avocation in yet other musical directions. Among the classic instruments Derringer played throughout his career was a late-’50s Gibson Explorer. And nowadays, Derringer garners acclaim and chart action for his new recordings in the “smooth jazz” genre.
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Willie G. Moseley
Gary Moore
Back to the Rock
Irish guitarist Gary Moore first came to prominence in an combo called Skid Row and played with Thin Lizzy when his friend, Phil Lynott, fronted that aggregation. He was also the “M” in a band called BBM in the mid 1990s – the “Bs” being Jack Bruce (VG, March ’02) and Ginger Baker. Moore’s solo
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Willie G. Moseley
Martin Barre
Tull axe man solos agian
Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre’s new album, Stage Left, is his third solo effort, and not only does it contain great riffs and tones (every track but one is an instrumental), the veteran musician also opted to cite each primary guitar (or other stringed instrument) used on each track in the liner notes, and illustrations
