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Raided by Feds, Stolen B.B. King
Guitar Returned, Guitarists Come
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15 Opening Notes
Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Frank Hannon,
Joe Bonamassa, Allen Woody, Lita Ford
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30 Staff Picks
What’s On Our Radar? This Brand New
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DEPARTMENTS
34 January Media Preview
Led Zeppelin: Good Times Bad Times, The Les
Paul Guitar Book, Secret Policeman’s Balls,
Guitar Setup and Maintenance and More Guitar
Setup and Basic Modifications
39 Go Ahead and Ask
190 New Products
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On the Cover: Gibson EDS-1275
Photo by: Rick Gould
Cover Designed by: Sara Legore
Gigging + Recording
44 Tone Tips From the Road
Jared Scharff
Things You Gotta Do to Land the
Saturday Night Live Gig
46 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Want Reverb? Your Choices Are Plenty
48 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
Gearing Up For Europe
50 On Bass
Steve Cook
Situational Awareness: Does it Work Onstage
52 Guitar Tracks
Yuval Fuchs
5 Tube Tips
68 Restoring an Original
John Brown
Spray and Bake: Minor Restoration on
a Taylor 814C
70 The Low End
Kevin Borden
So, What Would Kevin Do? (Part I)
72 Vintage Vault
Tim Mullally
1968 Fender Coronado II, Wildwood I Finish
Tech Tips
54 Acoustic Soundboard
Mark Dalton
Today’s Acoustics: Tradition vs. Alternative Woods
56 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Two Letters About… Well, Twins!
58 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
The (In)famous Stratocaster Kill Switch, Part II
60 Speaker Tone Center
Tony Pasko
Your Tone Formula
62 Get wired
Wallace Marx Jr.
The Pickup Story, Part III: The Road to
the Humbucker
64 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
Happy New Gear (Recession is Over, If You Want It)
And Don’t Miss ...
76 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
Ten Resolutions to Shed This Year
78 Fierce Guitar
Rusty Cooley
The Art of ‘Economy’ Picking
80 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
Happy Accidents: Musical Feedback
82 Eclectic Guitar
Pat Smith
How to ‘Wing It’ Playing Slide Guitar
206 Highlights from
The Gear Page
216 Last Call
John Bolinger
Saved By Headhunters
Eye Candy
194 Gear Search Gallery
1964 Mosrite Ventures Series Mark XVIII
and 1977 Rickenbacker 362/12
197 Guitar of the Month
1917 ‘The Gibson’ Harp Guitar, Style U
200 Modern Builder Vault
Thorn Custom Guitars
Vintage + Upkeep
66 Trash or Treasure
Zach Fjestad
Good News on an Early ’80s Gibson ES- 175
