Dan’s Guitar RX: Creating the Iris DE-11
In last month’s “Approved Gear,” VG reviewed the Iris Guitar Company DE-11. If you missed it, I’d suggest you grab the issue and check...
Classics: January 2022
Sammy Ash first laid eyes on a PRS guitar in the early ’80s, after catching a glimpse of one in Guitar Player magazine.
“I stopped...
The West Avalon R
1971 West Avalon R
• Preamp tubes: two 12AX7, two 12AT7
• Output tubes: two EL34
• Rectifier: solid-state
• Controls: Volume, Treble, Middle, Bass, Reverb, Bright switch
•...
Epiphone Riviera
The Epiphone Riviera helped reinvent Epiphone in the 1960s as a modern guitar company whose instruments sported such contemporary features as thinline, semi-hollow, double-cutaway...
Rickenbacker 325
Details
In 1962, the Ac’cent Vibrato replaced the original Rick’s standard Kauffman unit, which was derived from a nearly 30-year-old design – and notorious...
The Audiovox 736 Electric Bass and 936 Amp
Eight decades ago, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer revealed the story of Paul H. Tutmarc debuting his latest invention – a solidbody electric bass.
The 1935 article...
Classics: December 2021
Live-music fans who roamed South Florida from the early ’80s until the mid 2000s might recognize Craig Ball’s ’67 Rickenbacker 360/12.
Ball was lead guitarist...
Zakk Wylde
Best-known as Ozzy Osbourne’s longest-tenured guitarist, Zakk Wylde has also been the leader of Black Label Society since the late ’90s. With Ozzy off...
Bell 30 RV Stereo-Reverb Combo
1961 Bell 30 RV Stereo-Reverb
• Preamp tubes: three 6EU7, one 7199, one 12AU7, one 12AX7
• Output tubes: four 6BQ5 (a.k.a. EL84)
• Rectifier: solidstate
• Controls:...
Fender’s Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic
Often forgotten amongst Fender’s many classics, the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic were conceived to capitalize on teenagers taking up the guitar in droves as Bill...