Monthly Archives: October 2015
Taylor 814ce
Taylor 814ce
Price: $4,378 (list); $3,399 (street)
Info: www.taylorguitars.com
Of all the guitars in Taylor’s product line, the 814ce is one of the most popular. Most manufacturers...
Brad Allen Williams
Brad Allen Williams is a fine guitarist who has served the last few years as a sideman to numerous artists, most notably José James....
Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer wears several hats – rockabilly, swing, even hard-rocking Christmas music. But through it all, by and large he plays only one guitar...
Ted Drozdowski’s Scissormen
Parts of Ted Drozdowski’s coal-mining family background are almost as hardscrabble and tragic as that of the people who created the blues music he...
Robbie Robertson
It’s difficult to say which is more ironic: the fact that Robbie Robertson, one of rock guitar’s true stylists, is more famous for his...
Carvin Steve Vai Legacy 3 VL300
Carvin Steve Vai Legacy 3 VL300
Price: $899
Info: www.carvin.com.
For more than 13 years, Steve Vai has been collaborating with Carvin on a signature amp line,...
Royal Southern Brotherhood
Royal Southern Brotherhood has a different guitar lineup, but the sound of the band – which incorporates pretty much anything you can think of...
Amptweaker’s TightFuzz and Bass TightFuzz
Amptweaker’s TightFuzz and Bass TightFuzz
Price: $280 retail/$199 street (TightFuzz); $310 retail, $219 street (Bass TightFuzz)
Info: www.amptweaker.com.
Since the birth of the fuzz pedal in...
Teye Guitars Gypsy Queen
For Austin-based Teye Guitars, taking guitar construction to new artistic heights has been a basic tenet since their inception. Mastermind luthier Teye Wijnterp, an...
Jeff Healey
Famous as a driving, fiery blues guitar virtuoso in the ’90s, the late Jeff Healey’s passion for that music was equaled (at least) by...