Mark Sampson: Back Cat
The epitome of a restless designer/tinkerer, Mark Sampson has co-founded four guitar-amplifier companies, two of which – Matchless and Bad Cat – are indelible...
Thom Rotella’s Wes Flashback!
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Fretboard brilliance from a studio master
Guitarist Thom Rotella is a protégé of the legendary Tommy Tedesco and lists heroes including Montgomery, Green, Benson,...
Ronnie Baker Brooks: Windy City Blues Hero
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Chicago Sound, Fresh Attitude
Second-generation blues master Ronnie Baker Brooks grabbed his a custom Gibson ES-336, a Tube Screamer, and his reissue Fender Super...
Mark Farner’s Meat-and-Potatoes Rock
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New Solo Album – “Closer to My Home”
Live from his music room, Mark Farner plays “Real,” from “Closer to My Home,” his first...
Roost SR2
For a small chunk of terra firma in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Great Britain has turned out more than its share of noteworthy guitar...
Richard Tozzoli
A ’70s kid with older brothers whose vinyl collection included the Doors and Bob Marley, Richard Tozzoli has fond recollections of the sounds –...
Gary Clark, Jr.
Gary Clark, Jr. refuses to stay in his lane. More than a blues man, he’s an artist whose latest album, JPEG RAW, explores the...
Classics: Silvertone 604
One of the 73 million people tuned in to watch the Beatles play “The Ed Sullivan Show” on February 9, 1964, 11-year-old Joe Bigley...
Gibson Les Paul Model
Its official name – Les Paul model – doesn’t do it justice. After all, Gibson has made more than a hundred Les Paul models...
“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Collin Whitley
Season 02 Episode 3
Episode 3 of “Buy That Guitar” features Collin Whitley, whose fascination with that famous Rickenbacker jangle began when he was boy....