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LESSONS
76 Fierce Guitar
96 Jazz
DEPARTMENTS
19 Opening Notes
On the
Cover:
28 Letters
Pictured: The 1963 Fender Esquire that Luther
Perkins played onstage with Johnny Cash.
Photo by Royce DeGrie
98 Blues
100 Country
104 Beginner
30 News
32 On, Off, Standby
34 Staff Picks
PG editors and Guest Picker Sonny Landreth
share their favorite guitarists you should know.
42 Media Preview
Books: Still Inside: The Tony Rice Story, Neil
Young: Long May You Run: The Illustrated
History. Video: Vicki Genfan’s 3D Acoustic Guitar
37 Noodling
84 Go Ahead and Ask
Joe Bonamassa
41 Hot Links
Six String Bliss: Community-Created
Theme Albums
210 New Products
Gigging + Recording
Vintage + Upkeep
44 Tone Tips From the Road
Jared Scharff
Recording Is a Battlefield, Part 4
64 Trash or Treasure
Zach Fjestad
Ibanez “Lawsuit Era” Les Paul Custom Copy
46 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Playing What’s Right
66 Restoring an Original
John Brown
’56 Fender Telecaster – Hole-a-Riffic!
48 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
Take Your Pick: Crafting Acoustic
Variety with Your Hands
68 The Low End
Kevin Borden
Vintage Bass Electronics: Simple Logic
for Common Issues
50 On Bass
Dan Berkowitz
Blending Bass with Acoustic Guitar
70 Vintage Vault
Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite & Tim Mullally
1960 Gibson SG TV (Les Paul Junior Style) #0 9101
52 Guitar Tracks
Forrest Powell
Why Not Leave Some Space?
And Don’t Miss ...
80 Secrets of the Masters
Chris Baseford
The Doobie Brothers “China Grove”
74 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
Trio Energy
Tech Tips
76 Fierce Guitar
Rusty Cooley
Arpeggio Madness!
54 Acoustic Soundboard
Bob Taylor
Drying Spruce: Nature or Nurture?
78 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
The House Where Dumble Built
56 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Turning Your Amp On
224 Last Call
John Bohlinger
The Unbreakable Rule
58 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
Tone Capacitors for Stratocasters, Part 4
Eye Candy
60 Get wired
Wallace Marx Jr.
String Myths, Part 1
212 Gear Search Gallery
Taylor 35th Anniversary Armrest GS Model
117
Dweezil Zappa’s Custom PRS
12 PREMIER GUITAR JULY 2010
62 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
Simple Tricks and Classic Combinations
215 Guitar of the Month
1890s Martin 0-28
218 Modern Builder Vault
Murray Kuun Design & Lutherie
