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Rig Rundown: Alluvial's Wes Hauch & Tim Walker
Wes Hauch and Tim Walker dish out bleak brutality and darkened death metal (with a side of moodier moments) by way of choice Ibanez shredsicles, a signature set of Seymour Duncan firebreathers, and...
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Wampler Introduces the Limited-Edition Germanium Tumnus
A tribute to classic pedal designs, but with a unique twist. Wampler dives into the world of germanium diodes, which has often been called the "key" to the original Klon circuitry's distinctive...
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Introducing Colletti Guitars
Tommy Colletti, Music Zoo founder & owner, starts a new journey with his own USA-built custom guitars.The Speed of Sound is a bolt-on construction instrument featuring the Patent-Pending...
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The Wild and Wide World of Jazzmaster Pickups: A Buyer’s Guide
If you’re into modding guitars, there has never been a better time in terms of options for hardware, electronic components, and, of course, pickups––especially for fans of Fender offsets, where one...
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How Guthrie Govan’s 'Erotic Cakes' Changed the Game
Guthrie Govan has the technical and musical abilities that make him one of the most sought-after players in the industry, and he just keeps getting better! Whether rocking out with Dizzee Rascal,...
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JET Pedals Eternity Delay Review
Maximalist pedal engineering—the kind that finds dozens of functions crammed into small enclosures—isn’t for everyone. The impressive capabilities of these units test conventional thinking about how...
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The Power of a Good Supply
Let’s begin this article with my personal experience as a pedal builder and a novice musician. One day, a customer messaged me, sounding a bit frustrated. “I received the pedal, but it won’t light up....
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Myrkur: Stepping into the Ethereal
Too many album covers have little to do with the music inside. That’s not the case with Spine, the latest release from Myrkur, the performance moniker of Danish singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist...
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So, What Makes a Guitar Sustain Anyway?
Electric guitar sustain has been a hot topic and punchline for guitarists forever. Sustain is one of the buzziest of guitar buzzwords—right up there with “tone” and “feel.” The capability of an...
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DOD Unveils the Reissued Gunslinger MOSFET Distortion
The Gunslinger's tube-like harmonics are designed to deliver detailed and complex overdrive and distortion tones, with a level of touch sensitivity. The Gunslinger is designed to help clean combo...
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Crazy Tube Circuits Releases the HI POWER
HI POWER is inspired by the two British tone machines that helped shape the sound of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here.On the right side of the pedal, you will find a recreation of the Colorsound Power...
View ArticleWes Hauch's Ibanez Iceman Signature: “The Coolest Shape Gibson Never Thought Of”
The death-metal riff chisler details his current No. 1 guitar that could become his signature Ibanez hammer.
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NUX Launches the B-8 Wireless System
Designed to offer the functionalities of a tuner, boost pedal, FX loop, and DI boxall in a single, compact device.Exceptional Wireless PerformanceThe B-8 Wireless system operates flawlessly within...
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Rig Rundown: Steve Hackett
The guitar great who influenced Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie travels with just a Fernandes goldtop once owned by Gary Moore, a versatile Engl, and a prog-rock pedal playground to recreate the Genesis...
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Magnatone Introduces the Baby M-80
Magnatone's newest and most compact guitar amplifier in their Master Collection.The Baby M-80 is designed to be the perfect companion for a bedroom studio and is "unbelievably versatile at a small...
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BilT Rele Review
The folks at BilT guitars and I share a lot of design influences and affinities, so I might be a little prejudiced. But I can’t think of many small builders who bring more fun to the non-major...
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A Brief History of the Undersung Requinto Romántico
I was recently in Mexico on business, traveling through a few states. While I was there, I was thinking of Premier Guitar and this article I was going to write. I have so many instruments in my head...
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Way Huge Stone Burner Review
Way Huge’s Atreides Weirding Module is one of Jeorge Tripps’ great gifts to the world. It’s a gift that keeps giving, too. The Attack Vector phaser and envelope was its first offspring. But the...
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Mike Stern’s Epic “Original Rays” Solo
Come along for the ride as Stern stuns the 1987 Newport Jazz Festival crowd, taking them from quiet jazz meditations to soaring blues-drenched crescendos.Throughout my college years, I spent countless...
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Hippie Mumbo Jumbo for Musicians That Really Works
The law of attraction, or manifesting, has been in vogue for a while. I first heard about this semi-spiritual belief that you will attract into your life whatever you focus on back in 2006 with The...
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