Monthly Archives: September 2015
Siegmund Offers Doppler Stereo Amp
The Siegmund Amplifiers Doppler Stereo Amp is hand-wired and uses the company's Asymmetrical Frequency Soundstage design, which it says divides high and low frequencies...
Gary Richrath, Former Guitarist for REO Speedwagon, Passes
Gary Richrath, former lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-producer for the Illinois-based rock band REO Speedwagon, died September 13. He was 65.
Richrath was a member...
Sitori Sonics pedals
Sitori Sonics pedals
Price: $188 list (Doob Dreamer, Reel Repeat); $168 (Tidal Phase)
Info: sitorisonics.com.
Despite the vast possibilities of electronic guitar effects, boutique pedal builders perhaps...
Alday B-Blender
Taylor 814ce
Price: $129.95 (list)
Info: www.b-blender.com
Why aren’t we guitarists ever happy to have our guitars sound like guitars? We wanted to emulate a trumpet’s blare,...
PRS Delivers Private Stock Series IX Guitars
PRS Guitars’ Private Stock Collection Series IX is comprised of 15 pairs of McCarty Trem models, each consisting of one curly and one quilted...
John 5 Slates Tour
Guitarist John 5 has announced dates for his Mad Monster Tour, featuring his band, John 5 and the Creatures. The tour begins November 4...
Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds isn’t always thought of as a guitarist first and foremost, yet his latest record is a tour de force of playing not...
Leon Bridges
The buzz is out on 26-year-old singer-guitarist Leon Bridges. His style, deeply rooted in vintage R&B of the ’50s and ’60s, features smoky, relaxed...
Boss Launches DD-500
The Boss DD-500 digital delay has an analog dry-signal path, choice of buffered- or true-bypass operation, 12 modes that include basic delays, warm analog...
Bill Nelson
Most people remember Bill Nelson as the front man/guitar hero in the English band Be Bop Deluxe. Since folding that outfit 35 years ago,...