Monthly Archives: October 2015
Popa Chubby
Popa Chubby is back on the road again, preaching the gospel to blues fans around the world. His new album, Universal Breakdown Blues, is...
Gibson 1928 L-1 Blues Tribute
Gibson 1928 L-1 Blues Tribute
Price: $4,255 retail; $3,299 street
Info: www.gibson.com.
The Gibson L-1 boasts the kind of intriguing history that makes it a legend. In...
1924 Martin 00-45
When trying to determine originality, guitar dealers and collectors have a tendency to study instruments with the care of a forensic pathologist. Still, modifications...
Warwick Launches RBO Power LT XL
The Warwick RBO Power LT XL is a rechargeable power station for effects pedals. It uses lithium-ion batteries to supply power for 50 hours...
TV Jones Releases Universal Mount
The TV Jones Universal Mount system allows installation of a TV Jones Filter’Tron pickup directly into a humbucker or Filter'Tron pickup cavity. It combines the company’s NE Filter’Tron mount and...
Jack Petruzzelli
“The first time the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, I was in my mother’s womb,” says Jack Petruzzelli. “That was February ’64, but then...
Jerry Douglas
You know, it’s the coolest-looking instrument that ever was made!” It should come as no surprise that Jerry Douglas is speaking about the Dobro...
Watkins Rapier 33
If you were an American teenager in the late 1950s or early ’60s, and you wanted to play the new rock music, you likely...
Keb’ Mo’
Keb’ Mo’s latest album, Blues Americana, nearly wrote itself.
“Going in, I had planned to make a solo acoustic record,” he said. “I got...
The Fender “Korinacaster”
There’s irony in the fact that Leo Fender, creator of the first solidbody electric guitar to be mass-produced, wasn’t the adventurous sort. Rather, history...