NEWS + DEPARTMENTS
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NEWS
28 Rock Hall’s 25th Birthday,
Gearheads Helping Gearheads,
Amp Guru James Brown
DEPARTMENTS
14 Opening Notes
Gene Simmons, The Edge, Greg Hill, Lemmy
Kilmister, Dave Matthews, Stanley Jordan,
Jimmy Buffett
26 Reader Feedback
32 December Media Preview
Joe Bonamassa Live From The Royal Albert
Hall, The Complete Monterey Pop Festival: The
Criterion Collection
34 Hot Links
Blogs for Beginners
184 New Products
On The
Cover:
2009 Premier Gear Award Winners
Cover Designed by: Sara Legore
62 The Low End
Kevin Borden
The Year in Review: The Time to Buy is NOW!
74 Vintage Vault
Tim Mullally
1968-69 Paisley Red & Blue Flower
Fender Telecasters
Gigging + Recording
36 Tone Tips From the Road
Jared Scharff
The Start of Something New
38 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Three Days Later With Jim Weider
40 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
Sharing the Stage with Brian Wooten
42 On Bass
Steve Cook
To Buy or Not To Buy … That is the Question!
44 Guitar Tracks
Mark Magdich
Exploring the Other Side
And Don’t Miss ...
68 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
The Gift of Comping
70 Fierce Guitar
Greg Howe
Hammer-ons From Everywhere!
72 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
Great Amps Do Come in Small Boxes
74 Eclectic Guitar
Pat Smith
Bring It On Home
198 Highlights from
The Gear Page
208 Last Call
John Bolinger
Filming Larry the Cable Guy’s Hula-Palozza
Christmas Luau
Tech Tips
46 Acoustic Soundboard
Bob Taylor
A Slow Market Spurs Innovation
48 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Turn the Amp OFF … or Else
52 Speaker Tone Center
Dr. Decibel
Does Size Really Matter?
56 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
A Glossary of Basic Stompbox
Terms and Concepts
194
Skin Pimp Custom MKIII
Vintage + Upkeep
58 Trash or Treasure
Zach Fjestad
Good News on an Early ’80s Gibson ES- 175
60 Restoring an Original
John Brown
Getting Lazy with Susan and a
’ 59 Fender Telecaster
Eye Candy
188 Gear Search Gallery
1967 Gibson ES-335, Burgundy Metallic
191 Guitar of the Month
1978 Greco EG-700 Replica Les Paul
194 Modern Builder Vault
SkinPimp Hand Crafted Pedals
12 PREMIER GUITAR DECEMBER 2009
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