LessoNs + DePArTMeNTs
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LESSONS
82 Fierce Guitar
102 Rock
104 Blues
108 Jazz
110 Acoustic
On the
Cover:
Featured Guitar: A fragment of a Telecaster smashed by
Pete Townshend in Asbury Park, NJ, on August 12, 1967.
Photo by Carianne Cianci
Illustration by Sara Legore
19 Opening Notes
32 Reader Feedback
34 News
36 On, Off, Standby
38 Staff Picks
PG editors discuss the Holy Trinity of Tone
41 Noodling
42 Hot Links
Bruno & Oberg Jazz Guitar Summit on You Tube
44 Go Ahead and Ask
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DEPARTMENTS
48 Media Preview
Books Gibson’s Fabulous Flat-Top Guitars
Videos Pretenders: Live in London, Johnny A. –
One November Night
178 New Products
Gigging + Recording
50 Tone Tips From the Road
Jared Scharff
Recording Is a Battlefield, Part 1
52 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
DPA 4099G Microphone
54 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
Recording at Home
56 On Bass
Steve Cook
The State of Bass, 2010
58 Guitar Tracks
Robert Williams
Express Yourself
88 Secrets of the Masters
Frank Gryner
“Dream Warriors” by Dokken
72 Restoring an Original
John Brown
’ 62 Fender Strat Neck Chiropractic Adjustment
74 The Low End
Kevin Borden
In Search of Uncle Bookie, Part 2
76 vintage vault
Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite & Tim Mullally
1949 Gibson ES- 5
Tech Tips
62 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Load Boxes and Pulling Twin Power Tubes
64 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
Tone Capacitors for Stratocasters, Part 1
66 Get wired
Wallace Marx Jr.
Larry Taylor, Jerry Lee Lewis and Gear
that Comes and Goes
And Don’t Miss ...
80 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
The Back of the Room
82 Fierce Guitar
Greg Howe
Passing Tones
84 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
Pot Luck
86 Eclectic Guitar
Pat Smith
Seemingly Small Tone Tweaks
192 Last Call
John Bolinger
Is the Album Extinct?
William Jeffrey Jones Guitars’ Kronos
184
vintage + Upkeep
70 Trash or Treasure
Zach Fjestad
Regal Esquire
Eye Candy
179 Gear Search Gallery
1963 Gibson Firebird
181 Guitar of the Month
1953 Epiphone Century
184 Modern Builder vault
William Jeffrey Jones Guitars
