GP Presents Duane Allman Tribute
Guitar Player Presents: A Duane Allman Birthday Tribute, December 2nd at Boom Boom Room in SF—Win Tickets! Featuring Members of Poor Man’s Whiskey, New Monsoon, Tracorum, and More. Plus: Super Special Allstar Guest!John Howland OpensDUANE ALLMAN was undoubtedly one of the most influential guitar players of the classic rock era. He died just as
Dream Theater’s John Petrucci Carries the Torch
The music scene was changing in 1992. Spandex-sporting, fretboard-tapping, whammy-bar-flailing metal Gods who had topped the charts and ruled the MTV airwaves just a few years earlier suddenly found themselves out of favor—and nearly out of work—as they were cast aside by the flannel-flying, low-tech touting grunge armada. Even underground
Superimposition Strategies: Jamie Kime
WHAT DO EDWARD VAN HALEN, STEVE LUKATHER, Scott Henderson, jazz bassist Christian McBride, Paul McCartney guitarslinger Rusty Anderson, and late, great trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard all have in common? Each one of these iconic musicians has shown up at the Baked Potato—the wonderfully unpretentious jazz club just over the hill from Hollywood—to
Matchless Avalon 30 Reverb
One of the world’s foremost boutique amp makers is reaching out to a broader audience, and it’s doing so with a more affordable new amp called the Avalon, a model that outwardly—and indeed inwardly—might at first appear to be a world away from this California company’s wheelhouse. Ever since its inception in 1989, the Matchless brand has been