Monthly Archives: February 2016
Bill Pitman
On a recent episode of his TV talk show, David Letterman mentioned to guest Cher that he’d just seen the new documentary, The Wrecking...
Gibson’s Style O Artist Guitar and K-4 Mandocello
The mandolin originated in the Middle East as a bowl-back instrument. Crusaders brought it back to Europe and early Italian builders evolved the design,...
Tone Pump Solara Studio
Tone Pump Solara Studio
Price: $1,099 (list)
Contact: www.tonepumpamplifiers.com
The story is a familiar one. A guy learns to repair amps and then gets frustrated with the...
J.D. Simo
This latest shoehorns J.D. Simo’s Nashville six-string virtuosity with the soulful blues phrasing of Chicago, and the heart-pounding adrenaline of rawk. Embedded within a...
Billy Gibbons to Star in “Rockin’ Roadsters” on Discovery Channel
Guitarist Billy Gibbons (VG, January ’16) will team with custom-car builder Jimmy Shine in the pilot episode of “Rockin’ Roadsters,” a new program on...
Andrews Amplification Introduces Spectraverb 16 Combo
Andrews Amplification’s Spectraverb 16 produces 16 watts output using two 6V6 tubes running to a WGS G12C/S speaker in a finger-jointed pine cabinet with...
Dunlop Offers John Petrucci Signature Cry Baby
The Dunlop JP95 John Petrucci Signature Cry Baby Wah has capabilities based on Petrucci’s rack wah settings. It has controls for Volume, Q (which...
Premier Twin 12
Sometimes it takes just the slightest aesthetic twist to get an amp nut all worked up. This 1960 Premier Twin 12 is a case...
Joanna Connor
Her overnight success was decades in the making, but a video gone viral of a jaw-dropping slide guitar performance at the 2014 North Atlantic...
David Michael Miller
This makes it two in a row for David Michael Miller. His Poisons Sipped was one of last year’s surprise albums, introducing us to...