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Kiko Loureiro
“When I would play with musicians from the neighborhood, I noticed that my passion for Brazilian music was making me different from other guys,”...
The ‘‘Blackburst’’
Among experienced (and often jaded) veteran guitar collectors, precious few things create an adrenaline rush – strange one-offs, oddball brands that never quite blossomed, guitars with non-standard parts/materials...
Airline ’59 Custom 1P and Epiphone ’61 Casino 50th Anniversary
Fifteen years ago, you couldn’t give away some of the less-popular guitars from the ’60s, whether they were models with P-90s or cheapo imports...
Tennessee Ernie Ford
“Sixteen Tons,” Tennessee Ernie Ford’s immortal 1955 interpretation of Merle Travis’ impressionistic 1946 coal-mining ode, became a country and pop standard that not only...
Mike Beigel
Mike Beigel is no guitarist. But that never held him back in crafting one of the most legendary of all guitar effects pedals, the...
Jordan Boss Tone
In the august and revered Hall of Fame of Fuzz, the Jordan Boss Tone deserves a prominent pedestal. Perhaps it should be in a...
Danelectro Viscount
1961 Danelectro Viscount
Preamp tubes: two 12AX7, one 6AU6
Output tubes: two 6V6GT
Rectifier: 6X5
Controls: Volume, Tone, Vibrato Strength, Vibrato Speed
Output: 12 watts RMS
Amp nuts of yesteryear...
Kirk Hammet’s KHDK Electronics Offers No. 1 Overdrive
KHDK Electronics, the effects company founded by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and industry vet David Karon, has released the No. 1 Overdrive, which uses...
Xotic XSC Guitars
Xotic XSC guitars are hand-built in the U.S. and have a nitrocellulose finish, maple neck, and Raw Vintage hand-wound pickups based on a proprietary...
Godin Introduces Passion RG-4 Swamp Ash Bass
Godin Guitars’ Passion RG-4 Swamp Ash bass has a chambered/contoured body made of cedar with a carved Swamp ash top, maple neck with rosewood...