Monthly Archives: January 2015
Jim Ed Brown
Jim Ed Brown was one third of the vocal trio The Browns with sisters Bonnie and Maxine, a popular act whose ’59 hit recording...
The Dallas Rangemaster
Eric Clapton christened it “woman tone.” On the famed 1966 “Beano” album, John Mayall’s Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton, the guitarist ran his Les...
Tom Wheeler
No, this is not quite an entrée into the Vatican’s secret library, the hush-hush files of the KGB, or the locked vaults of the...
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Alvin Youngblood Hart surfs the musical landscape of blues-based music to make his own great art. His influences range from Howlin’ Wolf, Link Wray,...
Dewa Budjana
Back home in Bali, Indonesia, guitarist Dewa Budjana is noted for his work with the pop band Gigi, but recently, he has also been...
Tom Guerra
After 15 years and four albums with Connecticut trio Mambo Sons, Tom Guerra just released his first solo album, All of the Above. The...
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson’s new release, Europe Liv, is an impressive offering, but you wouldn’t know it from talking to the man himself. Recorded in Amsterdam,...
Ampeg Offers SCR-DI
Ampeg’s SCR-DI Bass DI combines a direct-input box with footswitchable three-band EQ pedal and Ultra-Hi and Ultra-Lo circuits, as well as Bass Scrambler overdrive,...
Bugera Introduces T50 Infinum, AC60
Bugera’s T50 Infinum is a 50-watt dual-channel amp head with reverb. It uses four ECC83 (12AX7) tubes in the preamp and two EL34 power tubes in push/pull power operation to deliver 50...
ToneConcepts Launches The Luke Boost Pedal
ToneConcepts’ The Luke is a signature version of the company’s Distillery boost pedal with circuit tweaks designed in conjunction with Steve Lukather. It has custom-tapered...