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Guitars

PRS SE Torero Guitar

Paul Reed Smith Guitars have unveiled an exciting addition to its popular SE range for 2010, sporting an array of features never before seen on a production PRS model. Something metalheads will certainly drool over. […]

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Amplifiers

Lexicon Signature 284 Preamp Review

There are dozens of direct-recording devices for electric guitars that offer surprisingly good-sounding facsimiles of miked guitar amps. But regardless of whether they’re tube driven, solid state or digital, these gadgets often lack the one […]

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NAMM Archive

Eddie Van Halen Waxing Pickups

I read that Eddie Van Halen waxes his pickups and boils his strings. Can you tell me why he does this and how I can do it myself? Tim xxxx@cs.com Winding in the pickup tend […]

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Guitars

Worn Frets – Guitar Tech Education

I own an early Eighties Charvel Strat that I absolutely love. Unfortunately, certain chords, specifically open D variations, don’t ring in tune, even when I use my tuner. It drives me nuts! My guitar teacher […]