NEWS + DEPARTMENTS
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NEWS
30 Les Paul, 1915–2009; Ted
Weber, 1951–2009; SPG Guitars,
Black Cat Pedals relaunched
DEPARTMENTS
15 Opening Notes
Les Paul, Steve Earle, Ziggy Marley, Robert
Cray, Warren Haynes, Conrad Oberg
24 Highlights from
The Gear Page
28 Reader Feedback
Gigging + Recording
46 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Just Close Your Eyes
48 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
The Word of the Day is Hybrid
50 On Bass
Steve Cook
The Essence of Simplicity
52 Guitar Tracks
Nick Schenkel
Amp Simulators 101
Tech Tips
54 Acoustic Soundboard
Jeff Huss
Dads, Daughters and Guitars
56 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Fender Amp Bias and Impedance
58 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
Stratocaster Direct-Through Mod
60 Get Wired
Wallace Marx Jr.
The Pickup Story, Part I: the 1920s
62 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
Stompbox Classics: Tone Bender
Vintage + Upkeep
64 Trash or Treasure
Zachary R. Fjestad
Dynamic Danelectro
66 Restoring an Original
John Brown
PRS Neal Schon Headstock Rebuild
On The
Cover:
Steve Vai
Cover Photo by: Gabrielle Geiselman
36 October Media Preview
Return to Forever, Black Label Society, Mötley
Crüe, By the Time We Got to Woodstock
176 New Products
68 The Low End
Kevin Borden
Unsung Heroes of Tone: The SVT Era
70 Vintage Vault
Tim Mullally
1959 Fender Harvard with 1962
Fender Esquire
And Don’t Miss ...
72 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
25 Ways to Improve Your Improv
74 Fierce Guitar
Greg Howe
Hammer-ons from Nowhere
76 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
Organic Modeling
78 Eclectic Guitar
Pat Smith
Your Door to Blues Guitar
192 Last Call
John Bolinger
Copping Kid Rock
Eye Candy
180 Gear Search Gallery
Ibanez JEM7V
183 Guitars of the Month
1962 Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean
and 1992 Gibson Chet Atkins Tennessean
186 Modern Builder Vault
Bil T Guitars Relevator
