Tag: features
Jim Singleton
A connoisseur of vintage gear, VG readers may know Jim Singleton as the main man at Jim’s Guitars, in Pennsylvania. His drool-worthy displays at...
Ampeg Gemini II G-15
Preamp tubes: three 12AX7, one 6CG7, one 7199.
Output tubes: two 7868.
Rectifier: solidstate
Controls: volume, treble and bass on each channel; echo (reverb) and speed and...
Dean Zelinsky Tagliare Z-Glide Custom
Every so often, a builder gives the art of guitar design a firm shove into the future. The Dean Zelinsky Tagliare Z-Glide Custom certainly...
Mike Keneally
Mike Keneally has made a career of inconspicuously assisting Frank Zappa, Andy Partridge, Steve Vai, Dethklok, and Joe Satriani fulfill their musical vision. But,...
FireBelly Amplifiers’ Tweed 1955SE, PR3512SE
FireBelly Amplifiers’ Tweed 1955SE, PR3512SE
Price: $949 (Tweed 1955SE); $1,595 (PR3512SE)
Contact: www.firebellyamps.com
The quest for vintage tone continues, and while budgetary concerns might keep many guitarists...
Fred Newell
Guitarist Fred Newell’s best-known gig – as a member of the house band on “Nashville Now” – ended more than two decades ago. In...
Five Classic Amps
When it comes to classic guitar tones – whether it’s blues through a Dumble, country through a Fender, rock through a Marshall, or jazz...
Six-String Kicks
Few things scratch America’s cumulative itch for nostalgia like Route 66 – the famed wagon-trail-cum-highway that offered passage to those migrating west from Chicago...
Ray Benson
Asleep At the Wheel’s latest album is the band’s third tribute to Bob Wills. Long-time leader Ray Benson recently talked about it with Vintage...
Peavey T-20
Introduced in 1982, Peavey's T-20 was different from other basses in the Peavey lineup, the two-pickup T-40, and the single-pickup T-45.
The T-40 ("Bass Space"...