Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance (Columbia, 1982) You have to forgive Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing if some of their recollections from their band’s 30-year-plus career are imprecise. “You’ve got to remember,” […]
When Robert Trujillo (Metallica) wants to make noise, he plugs into his HIWATT amp. With that comment, the rest of this article could be left unsaid, and you could rest assured that HIWATT makes excellent […]
Recording engineers know that it’s never been easy to get good guitar tone by “going direct” into a mixer. Yet, for many guitarists with home studios, miking an amplifier to achieve a more natural-sounding live […]
The Russ Freeman 12-string signature model, named for the jazz-inclined guitarist, is quite a different beast altogether. Fitted with two 89R EMG humbuckers and a Mike Christian piezo bridge pickup, this model is packing some […]
It’s safe to assume that no trees were harmed in the making of RainSong’s guitars. That’s because RainSong acoustics are constructed from no less than 100 percent graphite: Wood is replaced by black unidirectional graphite […]
The Triamp MKII is another wonderful all tube-driven offering from the guys at Hughes & Kettner. Designed to be a versatile rock machine, this amp has been used by a couple of gents who just […]
Les Paul’s The Log Guitar, circa 1939 is the guitar that came to bear Les Paul’s name Around the same time that George Beauchamp and the other early electric guitar pioneers were active in southern […]
The Laney Nexus-FET bass guitar amplifier is a serious amp for serious musicians. This beast is built to achieve one goal: deliver powerful bass tone and enough power to get you through almost any gig […]
Contined on from Leo Fenders invention Broadcaster Article — The third of Fender’s epoch-defining trinity of early guitar designs came in 1954. The impetus for the Stratocaster arose, George Fullerton says, from a demand by […]
Contined on from Leo Fenders invention Broadcaster Article. The electric bass guitar was another Leo Fender invention 1951 that changed sound of 20th century popular music. It supplanted the upright bass fiddle in rock, country […]
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