Monthly Archives: February 2015
Sheptone Offers Alnico Blues Pickup
Sheptone’s Alnico Blues single-coil pickup is based on company’s AB Custom Stratocaster pickups. It is wound to late-’60s specs using 42-gauge enamel wire, beveled Alnico...
Gibson Style R Harp Guitar
Harp guitars with a standard six-string guitar neck and varying numbers of sub-bass harp-style strings have been made by a variety of American builders....
Eric Gales
Eric Gales is a disciple of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Marino, Robin Trower, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Eric Johnson. Yet this new CD is a...
Blues Guitars On A Budget
Picture the archetypal 1930s blues man, photographed with a studio backdrop, jaunty hat, knowing leer.... What else do you see? A guy with not...
Celestion Introduces Cream, Fullback Speakers
The Celestion G15V-100 Fullback is a 100-watt/8-ohm speaker with sensitivity of 99db and a frequency range of 65 to 4,000Hz. It has a pressed-steel...
E.W.S. Little Fuzzy Drive
E.W.S. Little Fuzzy Drive
Price: $160 (list); $130 (street)
Info: www.ews-us.com.
At 1.5" x 3.5", the E.W.S. Little Fuzzy Drive looks fun and toy-like, but, when plugged...
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa’s latest record, Driving Towards The Daylight, is a return to the blues. After two successful studio albums with the heavy-rock band Black...
Father John Misty
In 2012, Josh Tillman, former drummer of the much-lauded Fleet Foxes, released his first album as Father John Misty. Presenting tales of Laurel Canyon...
Lipe Guitars Maestro
Lipe Maestro
Price: $4,900
Contact: lipeguitars.com; phone (818) 352-6212
Mike Lipe has a wall of gold records. Why? Not because he’s a musical star, but because he’s...
Seymour Duncan Offers Vise Grip Compressor
Seymour Duncan’s Vise Grip is a studio-grade “soft-knee” compressor that is adjustable from 1:1 to greater than 20:1. It has max compressor gain of +50dB, attack...