NEWS + DEPARTMENTS
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NEwS
30 Musical Instrument
Museum Opening,
Carvin Founder Dies,
Lithium Battery-Powered
Amp Introduced
17 Opening Notes
28 Reader Feedback
32 On, Off, Standby
34 Staff Picks
PG Editors discuss supergroups
37 Noodling
38 Hot Links
PG Staff answers: What’s cool online?
DEPARTMENTS
On the
Cover:
40 Media Preview
Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the
Crown Kings of Rock, Let It Bleed: The Rolling
Stones, Altamont, and the End of the Sixties,
Jimi Hendrix Gear, Thin Lizzy – Are You
Ready?, Billy Idol – In Super Overdrive Live,
ZZ Top – Double Down Live
168 New Products
70
Gigging + Recording
44 Tone Tips From the Road
Jared Scharff
Look Ma, I’m at MSG!
46 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Manic Compression?
48 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
It’s Time for the K4
50 On Bass
Dan Berkowitz
Getting To Know Your Bass Amp, Part 2
52 Guitar Tracks
Brian Cravens
10 Steps to Gear Bliss
84 Secrets of the Masters
Chris Baseford
“Walk” by Pantera
66 Restoring an Original
John Brown
A Tubular Sounding 1966 Gibson ES 335TD
68 The Low End
Kevin Borden
So, What Would Kevin Do (Part 2)
70 vintage vault
Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite & Tim Mullally
Gibson ES-350 Tenor Guitar #A5824
Tech Tips
54 Acoustic Soundboard
dick boak
To Boldly Go...
(Where No Guitar Has Gone Before)
56 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
CAN YOU TURN THAT THING DOWN?
58 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
The Blender Stratocaster
60 Get wired
Wallace Marx Jr.
Putting the Hex On: the Postmodern Pickups
62 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
Doing Your Homework, Part 1
And Don’t Miss ...
74 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
The Match Game:
Fun With Upper Structure Triads
76 Fierce Guitar
Greg Howe
Displaced Accents and Polyrhythms
78 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
A Parallel Universe
80 Eclectic Guitar
Pat Smith
Goin’ to the Blues Jam
184 Last Call
John Bolinger
Faith, an Eel and the Sneaky Bastard
Gibson ES-350 Tenor Guitar #A5824
vintage + Upkeep
64 Trash or Treasure
Zach Fjestad
Aria Pro II “Herb Ellis” Model TE 175
Eye Candy
173 Gear Search Gallery
1984 B.C. Rich Mockingbird
175 Guitar of the Month
Cassandra Elk Designs Vootar
178 Modern Builder vault
Lindsay Wilson Guitars
