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Question of the Month: Childhood Memories
Question: What music was shared with you as a child that shaped your original tastes?Guest Picker: Peter ParcekA: My sister brought home early Elvis records on the Sun label with Scotty Moore on...
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I Love Pedals 2024 - Pedal Giveaways All Month Long!
Calling all pedal lovers! You could win one of SIXTEEN (and counting!) pedals in this year's I Love Pedals giveaway. Come back daily for more entries, giving you dozens of chances to win! Giveaway...
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An Axe Made for a Secret Agent
So, back in the day, there was this secretive criminal organization named SPECTRE, which stole an atomic bomb and then threatened to blow up a major metropolitan area unless its ransom demands were...
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Fishman Loudbox Micro Review
Lyle Lovett once told me in an interview, “There’s nothing that sounds better to me than an acoustic guitar played into a microphone or into the air in a room.” That’s an understandable sentiment, and...
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Grace Bowers on B.B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone" | Hooked
The blooming Nashville guitar ace details how a single bent note caught her ear, unlocking a masterclass in blues from one of the genre's groundbreakers.Gibson SG Special - Vintage Cherry
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Mesa/Boogie Introduces New Rectifier Cabs
The new 1x10 Rectifier, 1x12 Rectifier 23”, and 2x12 Rectifier Diagonal cabinets from MESA/Boogie are designed to deliver punch and low-end resonance in easily transportable sizes and are ideal for...
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A Lawsuit-Era Takamine to Contend with Martin
It’s a 14-fret dreadnought acoustic with a spruce top and rosewood back and sides. It’s appointed with beautiful reduced-hexagon abalone inlays, matching binding, and multi-stripe detail throughout....
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Rig Rundown: Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale
The hard-rocking Aussie butt-kicker goes minimalist for his band’s current tour: a Line 6 HX Stomp, three guitars, and a modest pedalboard. And yes, he’s slowly working toward a new album, too.When we...
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Respect, Psychedelics, and the Future of Bluegrass With Billy Strings
The ascendant roots shredder shares intimate details from his musical upbringing and gets philosophical on the past and future of bluegrass.Millennial folk philosopher Billy Strings joins this episode...
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Reader Pedalboards 2024: From the Fuzzy to the Checkered
We asked, and you answered. This year, we received a slew of pedalboard submissions from our readers, from the mega to the minimalist, to ones built by specific brand or model devotees, to the best...
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Danelectro Launches the Nichols 1966
With four knobs for Fuzz, Drive, Volume, and Tone, as well as a two-position toggle switch for EQ flexibility, this pedal is designed to give players the options of searing fuzz to subtle amp-like...
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Finding the Perfect Extension Cabinet For Your Fender Amp
Let's talk about speaker cabinets. If you have read my previous columns or been to my website fenderguru.com, you’ll know how much I value knowledge about speakers. Speakers affect the tone and volume...
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Gretsch Launches boygenius Signature Broadkaster Jr.
Gretsch introduces the limited-edition boygenius Broadkaster Jr., honoring the three-time Grammy winning supergroup of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. “I wish this had been my first...
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Marcus King Announces New Album and World Tour
Mood Swings is set to be released on April 5 via American/Republic Records. In support of this new album, King also announced his 2024 headlining tour across North America and Europe produced by Live...
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Fender Tone Master Pro Review
There are a few ways to think about powerful multi-modelers like the Fender Tone Master Pro. On one hand, they address 21st-century music industry realities—namely that everyone from wedding bands to...
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Meris MercuryX Review
The Meris MercuryX is the first pedal I’ve ever played that has its own glossary, found near the back of its 32-page user manual. Advertised as “a Modular Reverb System with pro audio and studio rack...
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Are Mini-NAMMS the Wave of the Future?
“Are you guys going to NAMM this year?” This is a question I’ll receive from industry friends as soon as the next NAMM show is remotely out of view. For the uninitiated, NAMM is the National...
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The Airing of the NAMM Grievances
Our battle-weary hosts have returned from the scorched trenches and badge-strewn wastelands in Anaheim, California, and they’re ready to recount what they saw. Welcome to the NAMM 2024 airing of the...
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Keeley’s Muse Driver: An Overdrive Workstation for the Masses
The second installment in the company’s new line of overdrives—and the latest collaboration with guitarist Andy Timmons—shows evolution on multiple fronts.Asked to describe his new Muse Driver pedal,...
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Gibson Unveils Les Paul Modern Studio
The Gibson Les Paul Modern Studio is designed to serve as a sleek evolution of the Les Paul Studio, offering improved features such as a bound ebony fretboard, Modern Contoured Heel, and additional...
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