LESSONS + DEPARTMENTS
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LeSSONS
78 The Jazz Box
80 Fierce Guitar
100 Acoustic
102 Rock
104 Blues
106 Jazz
On the
Cover:
(Left to right) The new Influence series
Cover design by Meghan Molumby
46 Media Preview
Books Motörhead: In the Studio
Videos Meshuggah – Alive, Electric Purgatory:
The Fate of the Black Rocker
195 New Products
17 Opening Notes
30 Reader Feedback
32 News
34 On, Off, Standby
36 Staff Picks
PG editors and Guest Picker Andy McKee
discuss their favorite live albums.
39 Noodling
40 Hot Links
Bill Ruppert and Electro-Harmonix’s Effectology
42 Go Ahead and Ask
Bob Taylor of Taylor Guitars
DePARTMeNTS
Gigging + Recording
48 Tone Tips From the Road
Jared Scharff
Recording Is a Battlefield, Part 2
50 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Q&A with Kevin Churko
52 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
Build It and They Will Come
54 On Bass
Dan Berkowitz
Practice What You Preach
56 Guitar Tracks
TJ Walstrom
Petite Tube Amps
86 Secrets of the Masters
Chris Baseford
Mötley Crüe’s “Looks That Kill”
70 Restoring an Original
John Brown
1974 Gibson J- 50 Deluxe Binding Decay
72 The Low end
Kevin Borden
Tips for Prospective Buyers, Part 1
74 Vintage Vault
Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite & Tim Mullally
1959 Fender Stratocaster
Tech Tips
58 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Making a Super Reverb Super
60 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
Tone Capacitors for Stratocasters, Part 2
64 Get Wired
Wallace Marx Jr.
Making It Work
And Don’t Miss ...
78 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
12-Bar Blues: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
80 Fierce Guitar
Rusty Cooley
Harmonic Minor
5
82 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
Picky, Picky, Picky
84 eclectic Guitar
Pat Smith
Innovators
208 Last Call
John Bolinger
The Nashville Number System Demystified
PG goes to Europe’s biggest gear show.
118
Vintage + Upkeep
68 Trash or Treasure
Zach Fjestad
A ’70s Oddity: The Gibson SG- 200
eye Candy
197 Gear Search Gallery
1963 Vox “Mystery Amp”
199 Guitar of the Month
1969 Fender Thinline Telecaster
202 Modern Builder Vault
Worland Guitars
