Monthly Archives: November 2015
Tom Feldmann
“And the Oscar goes to…”
If they gave out Academy Awards for the best guitar instructional film, Tom Feldmann’s latest on Robert Johnson would be...
Zac Harmon
The blues has often called out injustice and shined the harsh light of truth as much as it has lamented broken hearts or celebrated...
PRS Offers Private Stock Singlecut Archtop
The PRS Private Stock Singlecut Archtop has a 3.171”-deep body with spruce top with integral bracing, figured-maple back, mahogany sides, 22-fret/25” scale length maple...
Roland Offers JC-40 Jazz Chorus
The Roland JC-40 Jazz Chorus was created to mark the 40th anniversary of the Jazz Chorus guitar amp series. It offers 40 watts output...
Lyle Brewer
Even when Lyle Brewer covers standards, he makes the song his own. His last couple albums have been filled with familiar songs given the...
Three Small Tweeds
From 1954 through ’59, the Fender Electric Instrument Mfg. Co. built guitar amplifiers with controls mounted atop using “chickenhead” knobs that go to 12,...
Johnny Marr
When pop-music fans in the U.K. talk about guitar heroes, they tend to put more stake in the way a player’s work fits, contextually,...
Jorma Kaukonen
Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady have been playing music together for 53 years – 40 of them as Hot Tuna. What started...
Clapton’s Fool
Eric Clapton’s The Fool. A name immediately recognizable to guitarists, yet baffling to others. What is Clapton’s Fool? Very simply, it is one of...