Monthly Archives: July 2015
Renowned Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons Passes
Buddy Emmons, the renowned pedal-steel guitarist who is credited with helping shape the sound of the instrument as it is heard in country music,...
Providence Silky Drive and Stampede DT
Providence Silky Drive and Stampede DT
Price: $394 (Silky Drive); $249 (Stampede DT)
Info: www.providence-ltd.com.
From the Land of the Rising Sun, Providence pedals have been building...
VG Team Josie Winners Receive John Page Classic Guitars
Christopher Burke, Roslindale, Massachusetts, and Brian Lovely, Columbus, Ohio, recently took delivery of the John Page Classic Ashburn guitars they won in this year’s...
Grant Green
Prolific though he was, there have been more albums devoted to jazz guitar great Grant Green posthumously than were released in his lifetime. Not...
Rich Robinson Slates Tour
Rich Robinson, guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of The Black Crowes, is set to embark on a solo – mostly acoustic – tour with five guitars, including...
DeArmond Tremolo Control
Even now – four decades on – Billy F Gibbons remembers the first time he heard a DeArmond Tremolo Control work its peculiar magic.
“We...
Cole Eclipse Pro Special
Straight-from-the-catalog instruments are fun – and reassuring – because you know exactly what you’ve got. But there’s another kind of thrill – and satisfaction...
Mark Knopfler
You have to hand it Mark Knopfler. Not only has he launched a successful solo career, but it’s one that’s wholly apart from his...
Teisco Del Rey Basses
Teisco Del Rey basses from the 1960s are exemplary of the Japanese-made instruments that swept into the American market like a tsunami during the...
Santa Cruz Guitar Launches Brad Paisley Signature Model
Brad Paisley and the Santa Cruz Guitar Company (SCGC) today debuted their Brad Paisley signature guitar. Richard Hoover, owner and founder of SCGC, worked with Paisley...