Monthly Archives: November 2014
Mr. Big
Mr. Big has withstood multi-platinum successes, personnel changes, and volatile disputes. Despite the band’s ups and downs, the original line-up remains intact. Paul Gilbert,...
Xotic Effects Offers XW-1 Wah
Xotic Effects XW-1 wah was inspired by the late-’60s Clyde McCoy wah built in Italy. Designed to captures that pedal’s tone, it has controls...
Building a Studio
VG will equip readers with the knowledge and skill to achieve professional-sounding home recordings. We guide you through the setup of a home studio – a starting point to this brave new world.
Crimsontone Launches Pedal Line
Crimsontone Amps is set to introduce a line of compact effects pedals. The Nero Overdrive is an LM741-opamp-based hybrid of the ’70s “script logo”...
Taurus Introduces Amp Stomp-Head 2 Classic
Taurus Amplification’s stomp-box shaped Stomp-Head 2 Classic produces 60 watts output based on the company’s Master Tube Design (MTD) technology. It weighs less than four...
1933 Gibson L-5 “Special”
Though many collectors focus on instruments in fine original condition, every so often one emerges that, regardless of condition, is no less exciting than...
Annie Ross
Although she has released 20 solo albums, Ross is best known for her tenure in the vocal trio of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, from...
Medeski, Scofield, Martin, & Wood
John Scofield long ago proved he can handle pretty much any musical situation he’s put in. The times he’s been thrown together with this...
Johnny Winter
Roots, from 2011, ended an almost 10-year drought for Winter, and in fine style, featuring excellent playing from Derek Trucks, Sonny Landreth, Vince Gill,...
Esoterik Guitars Unveils DR1
Esoterik Guitars’ DR1 has a neck-through/string-through design with a spoke-nut truss rod, mahogany body with carved body top and concave back, five-piece walnut/maple neck,...