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Warner Hodges
If your ear was at all tuned to “alt-country” (a.k.a. cowpunk) in the late ’80s or you were lucky enough to be informed of...
Vintage V52 Icon
Vintage V52 Icon
Price: $459
Info: www.jhs.co.uk
The U.K.-based distributor John Hornby Skewes offers guitars under the brand Vintage that cater to a market interested in traditional...
Martin OM-18P Plectrum Guitar
While the most commonly played and collected Martin guitars have a six-string neck, the company has also made a number of historically noteworthy four-strings.
Beginning...
Butch Walker
Butch Walker readily admits that when it comes to his life as a musician, performer, and producer, he has some decidedly “first-world problems,” like...
Epiphone’s Professional Guitar and Amp
Since the instrument was introduced, those who play the electric guitar have modified it to create new sounds and interesting effects. In the late...
Music Man’s JP13
Music Man’s JP13
Price: $3,500
Info: www.music-man.com.
Music Man has a knack for building blazing artist models for the likes of Steve Morse, Albert Lee,...
Matchless DC-30
Preamp Tubes: One EF86, three 12AX7s (one for PI)
Output Tubes: Four EL84s in class A, cathode-bias.
Rectifier: GZ34
Controls: Channel 1 – Volume, Bass, Treble: Channel...
John Pisano
He’s a straight-ahead jazz guitarist who wrote a smash-hit pop song that’s still yielding handsome royalties. In addition, he has recorded and toured the...
Magnatone Varsity
Magnatone Varsity
Price: $1,699 (list); $1,799 (as tested)
Contact: www.magnatoneusa.com
Magnatone earned a cult of admirers in the mid 20th century. Buddy Holly and Lonnie...
Ellen Harper
“Ben likes to joke that this album had a lifetime of pre-production,” Ellen Harper says of Childhood Home, her collaboration with her Grammy-winning son....