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September 2006
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LEFTY FRIZZELL’S GIBSON/BIGSBY J-200
Lefty Frizzell was one of country music’s most influential artists, and a true honky-tonker. With his first royalty checks, he bought...
Rowan Cimarron
Michael Rowan operates a one-man custom gui-
tar shop in Garland, Texas, and he recently submitted for review one of the most appealing guitars we've...
Yngwie Malmsteen
As one of the most fiery players on the planet, Yngwie Malmsteen developed an identifiable style and tone that blends classical music and heavy...
Stratospheric Variations
When you think about it, it's quite remarkable how few guitar archetypes there really are. By "archetypes" we're referring to aesthetic design, or...
Taylor Big Baby
When I review a guitar or amp for Vintage Guitar, the manufacturer usually sends a "loaner" to evaluate for a set period of time......
Aerosmith
Although Honkin' on Bobo was labeled by some as a blues record, Aerosmith views its new release as being a true rock record -...
Peter Green – Man Of The World: The Anthology, 1968-1988
It's difficult to write about Peter Green without accidentally lapsing into past tense, as though the founder of the original Fleetwood Mac were no...
Kid Andersen – Rock Awhile
You listen to music long enough, and you end up seeing the damnedest things. Take, for instance, this record. Who is Kid...
August 2006
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BILLY SQUIER
Emerging from the East Coast pop-music scene, he rose to fame in the early 1980s playing cool guitars and making full use of...
Mastertone Guitar-Banjo
While five-string banjos are far more popular today than any other style, during the height of the Dixieland Era of the 1920s, when Gibson...