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LESSONS
72 The Jazz Box
74 Fierce Guitar
104 Technique
106 Jazz
108 Classical
110 Blues
23 Opening Notes
30 News
32 On/Off/Standby
32 web whispers
34 Letters
36 Staff Picks
PG editors and Guest Picker Robben
Ford discuss the gear that got away.
DEPARTMENTS
38 Media Preview
CDs: Rory Gallagher - The Beat Club
Sessions, Buddy Guy - Living Proof, Los
Lonely Boys - Keep on Giving: Acoustic Live!,
Devon Allman’s Honeytribe - Space Age
Blues, Horseback - The Invisible Mountain.
Books: The Ultimate Metallica
DVDs: Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
82 Go Ahead and Ask
Andy McKee
254 Noodling
256 New Products
Cobra Guitars Cavebat
264
14 PREMIER GUITAR NOVEMBER 2010
Gigging + Recording
42 Tone Tips from the Road
Paul “TFO” Allen
Pickup Height and Mic Placement
44 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
The Making of Back in Black:
A Conversation With Tony Platt
46 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
Going For More Natural Tone Without
Compression
48 On Bass
Dan Berkowitz
What Kind of Bass Are You?
50 Guitar Tracks
Robert Williams
Space, the Final Frontier
Tech Tips
52 Esoterica Electrica
Jol Dantzig
Wagging the Dog
(When Pedals Come Full Circle)
54 Acoustic Soundboard
Ervin Somogyi
On Quality and Workmanship
56 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Battling a Bassman Reissue
58 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
The Fender TBX Tone Control, Part 2
60 From the Hip
Wallace Marx Jr.
Electric Bass Origins, Part 2: The First Guitar
62 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
State of the Stomp 2010
vintage + Upkeep
64 Trash or Treasure
Zachary R. Fjestad
Fusion Blues Jazzbox
66 Restoring an Original
John Brown
Resurrect Those Old Tuners!
68 The Low End
Kevin Borden
What’s Going on in the Bass World?
70 vintage vault
Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite & Tim Mullally
1961 Gretsch Chet Atkins Hollowbody Model
6120 Serial #40749
And Don’t Miss ...
72 The Jazz Box
Jane Miller
The Generic Word “Go”
74 Fierce Guitar
Greg Howe
Applying the Altered Scale
76 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
Listening Like a Microphone, Part 2
78 Rhythm & Grooves
Andy Ellis
Wheels Within Wheels
272 Last Call
John Bohlinger
MacGyvering Your Way Through a Gig
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Eye Candy
258 Gear Search Gallery
1977 Roland RE- 201 Space Echo
263 Guitar of the Month
1968 Gibson Reverse Series Firebird I and
GA-15RVT Explorer Amp
264 Modern Builder vault
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