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NEWS + DEPARTMENTS
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NEWS
17 Opening Notes
28 Reader Feedback
32 On, Off, Standby
34 Staff Picks
PG Editors discuss Winter NAMM 2010
37 Noodling
DEPARTMENTS 12 Marshall Unveils Slash
Head, Breedlove Announces
New Acoustic Lines, Benefit
Concert for Deftones Bassist,
Joe Bonamassa and Jason
Bonham Form Supergroup,
Fender and eJamming AUDiiO
Offer Online Jamming
Cover: BeyondtheDoors ROBBY KRIEGER MustSeeNewGear WINTER NAMM HowDoYouKnow WhenIt’sGood? SCIENCE OF TONE BOSS,Cicognani,Flammang, Kilpatrick,Tonebox,Tradition, andVintageSoundWorkbench GEAR REVIEWS RawandOutrageous GUTHRIE GOVAN $5.95U.S. SECRETS OF THE MASTERS TheStoryBehindAliceCooper’s“I’mEighteen” Funky & Cheap Vintage Within Your Reach
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Gigging + Recording
46 Tone Tips From the Road
Jared Scharff
The Setup
48 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Delay Plug-ins
50 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
Sweet as Honey
52 On Bass
Dan Berkowitz
Build Your Groove with a Drum Machine
54 Guitar Tracks
Arend Raby
The Art of Noise
84 Secrets of the Masters
Chris Baseford
“I’m Eighteen” by Alice Cooper
68 Restoring an Original
John Brown
Tidying Up a 1971 Gibson SG
70 The Low End
Kevin Borden
In Search of Uncle Bookie, Part 1
72 Vintage Vault
Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite & Tim Mullally
1957 Gretsch Chet Atkins 6120 Hollowbody
Tech Tips
56 Acoustic Soundboard
Jeff Huss
You Can Build It, Yes You Can
58 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Biasing a Bassman
60 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
The Stratocaster Cap Switching Mod
62 Get Wired
Wallace Marx Jr.
Sherwin Linton, Crib Rods, and the Origins
of the B-Bender
64 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
Doing Your Homework, Part 2
And Don’t Miss ...
76 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
Inspiration Licks (or 10 Ways to Get Unstuck)
78 Fierce Guitar
Rusty Cooley
Three-Note-Per-String Variables
80 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
The Art of Pickup Adjustment
82 Eclectic Guitar
Pat Smith
Goin’ to the Blues Jam, Part 2
192 Last Call
John Bolinger
Stealing Our Music Bit by Bit
Vintage + Upkeep
66 Trash or Treasure
Zach Fjestad
Marshall JCM-800 Combo
Eye Candy
180 Gear Search Gallery
1966 Fender Jazzmaster
183 Guitar of the Month
1967 Musicraft Messenger Guitar
186 Modern Builder Vault
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