Monthly Archives: January 2014
Jim Campilongo
Jim Campilongo’s tenth album is a stark and intimate portrait of an artist at the peak of his powers. Augmented by two acoustic tracks...
Mary Kaye
Most informed guitar enthusiasts associate veteran "lounge" guitarist Mary Kaye with the unique '50s Fender Stratocaster model (blond finish, gold hardware) that has assumed...
Lanikai Releases Legacy Collection
Lanikai Ukuleles’ Legacy Collection includes 11 new models with features including spruce tops, okume back and sides, abalone binding, and Fishman’s Kula preamp system....
PureSalem Guitars Launches
PureSalem Guitars use mahogany bodies, bolt-on/C-shaped mahogany necks, rosewood fretboards with 25.5" scale length, tune-o-matic-style bridges, medium-jumbo frets, 43-millimeter synthetic bone nuts, vintage-style tuners,...
Analog Alien Launches Alien Bass Station
Analog Alien’s Alien Bass Station is a multi-effects pedal for bass. Its limiter/compressor controls the instrument’s dynamic range without suppressing tones, which its generator...
Peter Stroud and Audley Freed
Many a noteworthy rock and roll band from the Cotton Belt has been propelled by guitar-playin’ good ol’ boys with names that ring through...
Robert Randolph
Living testament to the versatility of the pedal-steel guitar and a rarity in pop music, Robert Randolph adroitly addresses the challenge of acting as...
Doobie Brothers
American music rarely is more pure than when it comes from the minds, hands, and mouths of the Doobie Brothers.
A rare mix of talent,...
Ronnie Wood’s ’69 Hiwatt 100 DR103
1969 Hiwatt 100 (Model DR103
Preamp tubes: four ECC83
Output tubes: four EL34
Rectifier: solidstate
Controls: Normal Vol, Brill Vol, Bass, Treble, Middle, Presence, Master Vol
Speaker: four Fane...
MelodyBurner Offers Guitars
MelodyBurner guitars have ash bodies made of reclaimed barn wood, with fretboards of rosewood or maple, necks of maple, mahogany, or rosewood, and built...