Monthly Archives: February 2010
Empress Effects Tremolo
Ontario-based Empress Effects' Tremolo pedal is housed in a 45/8" x 35/8" x 13/8" die-cast box and boasts a ton of features that separate...
Celeste Krenz – My Mother & Me
Celeste Krenz has never shied from writing intimate songs, and here she explores the relationship between herself and her mother, Jean, by having her...
Floyd Rose
Floyd Rose. Photo: Rick Gould.
A gigging guitar player who by day made turquoise jewelry, like most players in the early/mid 1970s, Floyd Rose was...
Rainbow Electronics Warmenfat Micro Amp
Warmenfat Front
Rainbow Electronics is, as the kids say, "old-school."
How old? Well, if you lived in the Sacramento area in the mid 1960s and your...
Stella Concert
Circa 1932 Stella Concert. Photo: Michael Wright.
Had blues legend Huddie William Ledbetter (a.k.a. Leadbelly) not played a Stella 12-string, the brand might only have...
Fareed Haque
Photo courtesy Fareed Haque.
Fareed Haque is a jazz-fusion and classical player who's known for stunning guitarmanship, yet for one reason or another, his name...
Grammer Guitars
Photo: Kelsey Vaughn. Instrument courtesy Jason Davis.
Grammer guitars, made in Nashville in the '60s, are easily recognizable by their oversized pegheads, pickguards and bridges...
Various Artists – A Tribute to Doug Sahm
When Doug Sahm died in November '99, the music world (and especially Texas) didn't just lose a great artist; it was as though it...
Sommatone Roaring 40
Sommatone Roaring 40
There's an inherent dichotomy when it comes to guitar amplifiers; the more TLC that goes into their construction, the tougher they are....
Epiphone’s Zephyr Emperor Regent
1955 Epiphone Zephyr Emperor Regent. Instrument courtesy of Lloyd Chiate. Photo: Billy Mitchell, courtesy George Gruhn.
Epiphone's Zephyr Emperor Regent of the early 1950s represents...