Monthly Archives: August 2013
Gary Clark Jr.
After the hype, accolades, and Eric Clapton endorsements of the past few years, Gary Clark, Jr.’s first full-length record has finally arrived. With tracks...
The MXR M234 Analog Chorus and M87 Bass Compressor
MXR M87 Bass Comp and M234 Analog Chorus
Price: $318 (M87 Bass Compressor), $170 (M234 Analog Chorus).
Info: jimdunlop.com
For decades, players in virtually every musical genre...
Perri Ink. Intros Memento Guitar
Perri Ink.’s Memento guitar pays homage to the film of the same name. Built to look like the mirror image of a standard right-handed...
Ernest Ranglin
Standing at a crossroads of reggae and jazz, Ernest Ranglin has crafted a unique voice. His mellow-toned and laidback fusion is singular. And stunning.
To...
The Epiphone ES-175 Reissue
There are plenty of affordable hollowbodies on the market, but Epiphone’s recent reissue of the Gibson ES-175 is almost a slam-dunk out of the...
Graham Dechter
It’s always a treat when a young player arrives on the scene with an understanding of what came before him. Dechter is a traditional...
Eastwood’s Airline Bighorn
Most everyone has seen a department-store-catalog guitar (or two!) from the ’60s or ’70s. With their funky, cool body shapes and smorgasbord of knobs...
E-H Reissues Hot Tubes OD
The Electro-Harmonix Hot Tubes OD reissue was designed to replicate the organic overdrive of a vintage tube amp. It has controls for Volume, Tone,...
Worland Guitars Adds Prairie Model
Worland Guitars’ Prairie model is an OM-size guitar available with cedar or spruce top, mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck, and ebony fingerboard. It...
Tim Bogert’s Modified Fender
When Vanilla Fudge helped pioneer the progressive-rock movement in the latter half of the ’60s, bassist Tim Bogert played more than one Fender Precision...