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Roundup: Six High-Value 6-Strings THE LOGICAL STEP FOR MOST PLAYERS WHEN THEY COME INTO some cash is to start buying more expensive guitars. Sure, putting it into gold or some other commodity might make more financial sense in the long run, but what’s the fun in that when so many fine electric and acoustic guitars are beckoning you to add them to your collection? In most cases ‹ more ›

Roundup: Six High-Value 6-Strings

THE LOGICAL STEP FOR MOST PLAYERS WHEN THEY COME INTO some cash is to start buying more expensive guitars. Sure, putting it into gold or some other commodity might make more financial sense in the long run, but what’s the fun in that when so many fine electric and acoustic guitars are beckoning you to add them to your collection? In most cases
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Test Drive: Blackstar ID:260TVP
Speed Rating May 2013: Four mini-reviews
Whack Job: 1966 Vox Mark IX

Test Drive: Blackstar ID:260TVP

Speed Rating May 2013: Four mini-reviews

Whack Job: 1966 Vox Mark IX

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Reviews: Acoustic, Bluegrass, Blues , Book , CD , Classical , Concert , Country , DVD , Electronica , Experimental, Folk , Funk , Fusion, Hip-Hop , Jazz , Metal , Outsider, Pop , Prog , Punk , R&B , Reggae , Rock , Roots, Soul , World

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Custom Tones Ethos Overdrive TLE
Roundup! 11 Micro Tube Amps
'65 Fender Super Reverb Reissue vs. 1964 Fender Super Reverb
Line 6 James Tyler Variax JTV-69US
Dr Z Remedy

Custom Tones Ethos Overdrive TLE

Roundup! 11 Micro Tube Amps

'65 Fender Super Reverb Reissue vs. 1964 Fender Super Reverb

Line 6 James Tyler Variax JTV-69US

Dr Z Remedy

Recording 7 EQ Tips for Mixing Guitar:Craig Anderton CAN’T GET A GUITAR to sit right in the mix? Here is how EQ can be your best friend, problem solver, and mix master. NUKE THE LOWS Every instrument should stake its own claim in The Frank Sinatra Tone:Ensure That Your Main Guitar Part Sings Loud and Clear Carl Verheyen WHENEVER I’M OUT on the road, I always get asked about tone. More
How-To Chatter: Gary Brawer - New Trends in DIY Pickup Installation and Switching:Get the Most from Your Guitar Tech by “Speaking Repairman” AS LONG AS THERE have been aftermarket pickups, guitarists have wanted to quickly change, compare, and use those options. The following tips are for the player who Chatter: Nicky Garratt - The Working Grunt:Savvy Strap Lock Modifications “HEY GREG, LET ME see your tuner will you?” Bang! Yep. The old slip of the guitar from its strap, followed by the headstock hitting the stage catastrophically hard. One minute More
Accessories Seymour Duncan Announces The Nazgûl:It's not just a pickup, it's a weapon of tonal Armageddon. The Nazgûl was designed with a single purpose; for intense high output chug heavy punch you in the chest ruthless distortion. The tone is heavy and aggressive but also Stompbox Fever: Zoom MS-100BT MultiStomp Guitar Pedal with Bluetooth:ONE HOT GUITAR-TECHNOLOGY TREND IS the incorporation of Bluetooth wireless connectivity, while another (encouraged by airline weight restrictions) is cramming the highest number of effects onto the smallest possible More
Effects EHX Announces Free Drum loops for 45000 Multi-track Looping Recorder:Creating on Electro-Harmonix's new 45000 Multi-Track Looping Recorder is quick and intuitive, and one of the ways to make your music really sparkle is by adding drums. That’s why we’ve put together a collection of drum loops European Musical Imports Introduces the Heptode Virtuoso Phase Shifter:European Musical Imports is pleased to announce the release of a new and exciting addition to the Heptode line of guitar effects: The Virtuoso Phase Shifter ($285 street) The Virtuoso is a boutique recreation of the original More
Amplifiers Test Drive: Blackstar ID:260TVP:NOW THAT DIGITAL MODELING HAS BECOME mainstream for many pro players—a significant number of whom have adopted high-end systems from Fractal and Kemper—the technology has definitely passed the sniff test for some serious tube New Gear: May 2013:PEAVEY ELECTRONICS SUPERMAN ROCKMASTER GUITAR Goodies Specially designed for DC Comics enthusiasts, serious collectors, and musicians of every skill level. Available summer 2013. Price TBA More Info peavey.com KEMPER More
Guitars Cort Guitars Announces the EVL-X7:Expanding on their highly successful EVL series of the guitars, the EVL-X7 complements the line with upgraded hardware and electronics. Specifications Bolt-on neck constructionMahogany bodyMaple neckRosewood fretboard25 1/2" Carl Verheyen and LsL Instruments Introduce the “CV Studio”:Carl told us that he loves his signature LsL Guitar with the true single coil pickups that evoke the tones that define rock 'n roll. But sometimes he plays in venues with old orsub-par wiring, or he'll play with a symphonic More

Recording

7 EQ Tips for Mixing Guitar:Craig Anderton CAN’T GET A GUITAR to sit right in the mix? Here is how EQ can be your best friend, problem solver, and mix master. NUKE THE LOWS Every instrument should stake its own claim in
The Frank Sinatra Tone:Ensure That Your Main Guitar Part Sings Loud and Clear Carl Verheyen WHENEVER I’M OUT on the road, I always get asked about tone.

How-To

Chatter: Gary Brawer - New Trends in DIY Pickup Installation and Switching:Get the Most from Your Guitar Tech by “Speaking Repairman” AS LONG AS THERE have been aftermarket pickups, guitarists have wanted to quickly change, compare, and use those options. The following tips are for the player who
Chatter: Nicky Garratt - The Working Grunt:Savvy Strap Lock Modifications “HEY GREG, LET ME see your tuner will you?” Bang! Yep. The old slip of the guitar from its strap, followed by the headstock hitting the stage catastrophically hard. One minute

Accessories

Seymour Duncan Announces The Nazgûl:It's not just a pickup, it's a weapon of tonal Armageddon. The Nazgûl was designed with a single purpose; for intense high output chug heavy punch you in the chest ruthless distortion. The tone is heavy and aggressive but also
Stompbox Fever: Zoom MS-100BT MultiStomp Guitar Pedal with Bluetooth:ONE HOT GUITAR-TECHNOLOGY TREND IS the incorporation of Bluetooth wireless connectivity, while another (encouraged by airline weight restrictions) is cramming the highest number of effects onto the smallest possible

Effects

EHX Announces Free Drum loops for 45000 Multi-track Looping Recorder:Creating on Electro-Harmonix's new 45000 Multi-Track Looping Recorder is quick and intuitive, and one of the ways to make your music really sparkle is by adding drums. That’s why we’ve put together a collection of drum loops
European Musical Imports Introduces the Heptode Virtuoso Phase Shifter:European Musical Imports is pleased to announce the release of a new and exciting addition to the Heptode line of guitar effects: The Virtuoso Phase Shifter ($285 street) The Virtuoso is a boutique recreation of the original

Amplifiers

Test Drive: Blackstar ID:260TVP:NOW THAT DIGITAL MODELING HAS BECOME mainstream for many pro players—a significant number of whom have adopted high-end systems from Fractal and Kemper—the technology has definitely passed the sniff test for some serious tube
New Gear: May 2013:PEAVEY ELECTRONICS SUPERMAN ROCKMASTER GUITAR Goodies Specially designed for DC Comics enthusiasts, serious collectors, and musicians of every skill level. Available summer 2013. Price TBA More Info peavey.com KEMPER

Guitars

Cort Guitars Announces the EVL-X7:Expanding on their highly successful EVL series of the guitars, the EVL-X7 complements the line with upgraded hardware and electronics. Specifications Bolt-on neck constructionMahogany bodyMaple neckRosewood fretboard25 1/2"
Carl Verheyen and LsL Instruments Introduce the “CV Studio”:Carl told us that he loves his signature LsL Guitar with the true single coil pickups that evoke the tones that define rock 'n roll. But sometimes he plays in venues with old orsub-par wiring, or he'll play with a symphonic

Barry Cleveland: Four Foreign CD Reviews with Audio Streaming

Barry Cleveland: 3 Reviews with Audio Streams (Stick Men, Sonic Mining Company, Julie Slick)

Barry Cleveland: Joel Harrison & Spirit House at Douglas Beach House 4/7/13

Barry Cleveland: Digging SKYDOG The Duane Allman Retrospective Box Set

Carvin Allan Holdsworth HH2

Barry Cleveland's Studio Tips: A Simple Trick For Adding Delay to Individual Notes of a Phrase or Solo

Barry Cleveland: Joe Gore Plays Béla Bartók‘s Fourth String Quartet on Four Guitars

Art Thompson: AnalogMan's Jim Weider Big-T Tele Pickup

Jimmy Leslie: DVD/CD Review--Led Zeppelin Celebration Day

Art Thompson: Victoria 20112 Combo

Pedal Beat: Vox DelayLab

Barry Cleveland: Tim Sparks' The Nutcracker Suite 20th Anniversary Reissue (w/Audio & Video)