Monthly Archives: May 2014
Paul Quinn
For Paul Quinn, music begins and ends with the blues. The soft-spoken guitarist began playing by listening to British blues icons and helped make...
ZT Extortion Expressive Distortion
ZT Amplifiers put their name on the map four years ago with the compact Lunchbox solid-state amp. Now they continue along the road less...
Leslie West
Upon first viewing you’ll notice that The Sound and the Story is different. The new video from guitarist Leslie West stands apart from other...
Peavey Vypyr VIP2
Peavey Vypyr VIP2
Price: $199.99
Contact: www.peavey.com
For more than 40 years Peavey’s ongoing evolution while building guitars, amps, and pro audio equipment has attracted some big...
Fender Sells Guild to U.S. Builder Cordoba Music
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) announced today that it will sell the Guild brand and related assets to Cordoba Music Group, manufacturer of Cordoba...
DiMarzio Releases Ionizer 7 Pickups
DiMarzio is now offering its Ionizer 7 humbucking pickups for seven-string electric guitars. An outgrowth of the eight-string pickups developed for Tosin Abasi’s TAM100...
DigiTech Offers Bass Whammy
DigiTech’s Bass Whammy pedal is designed for use with four-, five-, and six-string electric basses and employs pitch detection and polyphonic note tracking. The...
Frampton Preps Tour
Peter Frampton is preparing a three-part tour that will include solo dates, a co-headlining run with The Doobie Brothers, and the return of Frampton’s...
John Brinkmann, 1937-2013
John Brinkmann, an innovator of the guitar-show concept and pioneer in the vintage-guitar market, passed away October 8. He had been battling diabetes and...