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LESSONS
78 Fierce Guitar
98 Bluegrass
102 Jazz
104 Blues
106 Rock
17 Opening Notes
28 Letters
30 News
32 On/Off/Standby
32 Web Whispers
34 Staff Picks
PG editors and Guest Picker John Scofield
discuss the gear that escapes them.
37 Noodling
DEPARTMENTS
On the
Cover:
Parsons Guitars’ new Diablo Antigua model, unveiled
this month, features an aged-copper top hand-etched
by Shawne Reeves, a semi-hollow mahogany body
with cow-skull bracing, and TV Jones Classic (neck)
and Classic Plus (bridge) pickups.
39 Hot Links
Getting your music online for the first time.
40 Media Preview
Videos: Chickenfoot – Get Your Buzz On, Judas
Priest – British Steel: 30th Anniversary Edition,
Guitar Player Wanted, Vocals a Plus
42 Go Ahead and Ask
Marshall Amplification
Gigging + Recording
48 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Using Multiple Amp Mics
50 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
When Disaster Strikes
52 On Bass
Steve Cook
Staying Hungry
54 Guitar Tracks
Robert Williams
Sonic Layering
Vintage + Upkeep
68 Trash or Treasure
Zachary R. Fjestad
Rickenbacker Model 4001 Bass
70 Restoring an Original
John Brown
’ 74 Gibson J- 50 Deluxe Binding Decay, Part 3
72 The Low End
Kevin Borden
Reclaim Your Oomph!
74 Vintage Vault
Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite & Tim Mullally
1957 Fender Musicmaster and 1959
Fender Duo-Sonic
The Apache solidbody prototype is one
of a handful of new guitars D’Angelico
displayed at Summer NAMM.
154
Tech Tips
56 Esoterica Electrica
Jol Dantzig
Defining the Pickup End Game
58 Acoustic Soundboard
Ervin Somogyi
What Makes an Acoustic Tick?
60 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Demystifying the Master Volume
62 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
The Vintage Coiled-Cable Simulator Mod
64 Get Wired
Wallace Marx Jr.
Must We Restore?
64 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
Roger Mayer Talks Fuzz
And Don’t Miss ...
76 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
Make Those Standards Your Own
78 Fierce Guitar
Greg Howe
Master Ultra-Fast Runs with Linear Tapping
80 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
Faster (and Faster)
208 Last Call
John Bohlinger
What Does the Horn Hand Mean?
Eye Candy
196 Gear Search Gallery
1977 Fender Jazz Bass
199 Guitar of the Month
1963 Gretsch Double Anniversary 6117
202 Modern Builder Vault
Normandy Guitars
