Monthly Archives: July 2015
Southpaw Celebrates 30 Years
Southpaw Guitars, the Houston retailer renowned for catering to left-handed players, is marking 30 years in business.
Founded in 1980 by Jim Duncan and Bill...
Gibson’s Mastertone Banjos
This Gibson RB-3 five-string from 1925 is a rare piece, as is any five-string banjo from the era dominated by tenor banjos. But it’s...
Joe Satriani
Calling any player “the hardest working guitarist in the business” is rather like referring to one as the “best guitarist” – do it, and...
Amy Black
If Will Kimbrough’s name does not come up the next time you’re discussing great guitar players, then you ain’t saying nothin’. Kimbrough is always...
Gibson GA-200 Rhythm King
Preamp tubes: two 12AX7, one 12AY7, two 6BJ8, two 6SK7, one 6V6 (used as a voltage divider)
Output tubes: two 6550
Rectifier: GZ34
Controls: Ch1: Volume, Treble,...
Wes Montgomery
The social climate transformed the music: being a jazz musician of color in the 1950s forced you to express music differently in those days....
Epiphone’s ES-339 PRO
Epiphone’s ES-339 PRO
Price: $400 street
Info: www.epiphone.com.
The Gibson ES-335 quickly revealed its versatility and tone following its introduction in 1958 – all warm ’n’ woody...
Arlen Roth
Venerable slide guitar master-educator Arlen Roth collaborates with nine peers: Lee Roy Parnell, Jack Pearson, Sonny Landreth, Cindy Cashdollar, Jimmy Vivino, the Kentucky Headhunters’...
Steve Earle
The title, inspired by Robert Johnson's immortal “Terraplane Blues,” says it all. Here’s Earle’s homage to the blues: 11 original, personal songs bathed in...
Judas Priest
In the early ’80s, heavy metal was mainstream fare and competition was fierce. Thanks to MTV, the genre received tremendous exposure. The New Wave...