Monthly Archives: March 2016
Kramer Aluminum-Neck Basses
When it entered the music-instrument market in 1976, Kramer Guitars made a big splash with an aggressive marketing campaign, big-name endorsers, and – most...
Marshall Handwired Series 2245THW Head and 1960AHW Cabinet
Marshall Handwired Series 2245THW Head and 1960AHW Cabinet
2245THW Prices: $4,800 (list); $3,299.99 (street); 1960AHW Prices: $2,180 (list); $1,399.99 (street)
Contact: www.marshallamps.com
Marshall Amplification needs no...
John Del Toro Richardson
With this Tex-Mex flavored blues album co-produced with Anson Funderburgh, another fine Texas blues guitarist, John Del Toro Richardson hits his stride. Think Los...
The ViVi-Tone Aggrandizer
• Preamp tubes: 6C5, 6F5
• Output tubes: two 6B5
• Rectifier: 80
• Controls: Volume, on/off switch
• Speaker: 10" field coil
• Output: barely...
Dave Davies
For more than a half-century, the world has known of guitarist Dave Davies and his raucous electric sound, thanks to the earliest hits of...
Lucinda Williams
From Bobby Troup’s “(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66” to Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited” and more, the roads we’ve traveled have inspired our...
Riversong Guitars Tradition One Performer
Riversong Guitars Tradition One Performer
Price: $3,299 (list)
Contact: www.riversongguitars.com
Occasionally, a luthier’s innovation defines a new acoustic guitar sound. The Riversong Tradition One Performer blends modern...
Scotty Moore’s Gibson ES-295
Like a hound dog hit by lightning, the first notes of rock and roll blasted out of radios across the country in July of...
Ruppert Acouswitch and Basswitch IQ DIs
Ruppert Acouswitch and Basswitch IQ DIs
Price: $600 each with gigbag
Info: www.rmi.lu.
Part DI, part preamp, and part A/B switcher all rolled into one pedal...
Epiphone Coronet
This Epiphone Coronet from 1959 was probably a shocking sight to a guitar buyer of the late ’50s. Not only was a solidbody guitar...