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LESSONS
68 The Jazz Box
70 Fierce Guitar
88 Funk
90 Blues
92 Acoustic
94 Latin
19 Opening Notes
26 Letters
28 News
30 On/Off/Standby
30 Web Whispers
32 Staff Picks
PG editors and Guest Picker Lee Ritenour
discuss their favorite music documentaries.
37 Hot Links
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PRODUCT REVIEWS
Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Derek Trucks,
Ron Wood, and John Mayer at the Crossroads
Guitar Festival in Chicago on June 26, 2010.
Photos by Chris Kies
Cover Design by Meghan Molumby
38 Media Preview
Books: Don’t Shoot! I’m the Guitar Man Videos:
Stones in Exile, Classic Albums: Paranoid
74 Go Ahead and Ask
Larry DiMarzio
190 New Products
192 Noodling
Gigging + Recording
40 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Recording with a Click Track
42 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
Sitting in with Tim McGraw
Sideman Darren Smith
44 On Bass
Dan Berkowitz
Going Beyond the Amp
46 Guitar Tracks
Alan Carter
Convergence: Bridging the Digital
and Analog Worlds
Vintage + Upkeep
60 Trash or Treasure
Zachary R. Fjestad
Ampeg B-15N Portaflex
62 Restoring an Original
John Brown
1968 Martin D- 28 Pickguard Curling and
Shrinkage
64 The Low End
Kevin Borden
Revisiting the ’60s: Precision or Jazz?
66 Vintage Vault
Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite & Tim Mullally
1963 Fender Twin-Amp Model 6G8-A
Zach Fjestad explores the rare
Ampeg B-15N Portaflex bass amp in
Trash or Treasure.
60
Tech Tips
48 Esoterica Electrica
Jol Dantzig
The Master’s Chamber
50 Acoustic Soundboard
Jeff Huss
Tales of Wood Discovery
52 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Jonny Lang’s Dual-Channel Deluxe Reverbs
54 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
The Fender “Passing Lane” Stratocaster Mod
56 From the Hip
Wallace Marx Jr.
The Origins of Obsession
58 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
A Tale of Two Ludwigs
And Don’t Miss ...
68 Jazz Box
Jane Miller
The Lydian Mode
70 Fierce Guitar
Greg Howe
Altered Scales and Chords
72 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
Mo’ Watts—A Nostalgic Look at Hiwatt
208 Last Call
John Bohlinger
15 Things to Leave Off Your Bucket List
Eye Candy
194 Gear Search Gallery
Late-1950s Rickenbacker Console
518 Triple-Neck Steel Guitar
198 Guitar of the Month
1938 Gibson L- 5
202 Modern Builder Vault
J. Backlund Design
