14 PREMIER GUITAR NOVEMBER 2009 www.premierguitar.com
NEWS
32 Gibson Does Fender, New PRS
Guitars, New iPhone Apps
On The
Cover:
NEWS + DEPARTMENTS
www.premierguitar.com
19 Opening Notes
Gibson Does Fender, New PRS Guitars, New
iPhone Apps
30 Reader Feedback
38 November Media Preview
Chet Atkins, B.B. King, Bob Seger, Canyon of
Dreams, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Moody Blues
46 Hot Links
The Public Record with Tommy Lee
200 New Products
216 Hightlights from
The Gear Page
DEPARTMENTS
Gigging + Recording
48 Tone Tips
Peter Stroud
Pedalzzzz …
50 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Mixing in the Box
52 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
Sharing the Stage with Mark Gillespie
54 On Bass
Dan Berkowitz
Get to Know Your Bass Amp, Part 1
56 Guitar Tracks
Jeff Hollman
Too Many Pedals?
Tech Tips
58 Acoustic Soundboard
Dick Boak
The Soul of a Guitar
60 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Making a Supro Super
64 Speaker Tone Center
Kurt Prange
Alnico, The Miracle Alloy
66 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
Stompbox Classic: Tone Bender, Part 2
Vintage + Upkeep
68 Trash or Treasure
Zach Fjestad
Fender Princeton Reverb
70 Restoring an Original
John Brown
1956 Gretsch Corsair Truss Rod Rescue
72 The Low End
Kevin Borden
Unsung Heroes of Tone: The End of an Era
74 Vintage Vault
Tim Mullally
1959 Fender Twin with 1958 Fender Strat
And Don’t Miss ...
78 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
The Repertoire List
80 Fierce Guitar
Rusty Cooley
Legato
82 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
Treble in Mind
84 Eclectic Guitar
Pat Smith
Open String Fling
224 Last Call
John Bolinger
My Name is John, and I Have a Pedal Problem
Eye Candy
204 Gear Search Gallery
Pedalboard, Circa 1981
209 Guitar of the Month
1978 Gibson The Paul (Standard)
212 Modern Builder Vault
Eric Joseph Electric Guitars
Cover Photo by: Sara Legore and
Meghan Molumby
74
1958 Fender Strat leaning
against 1959 Fender Twin