LESSONS + DEPARTMENTS
LESSONS
70 Fierce Guitar
72 The Jazz Box
74 Beyond Blues
76 Rhythm & Grooves
88 world
90 Rock
92 Blues
94 Jazz
19 Opening Notes
26 News
28 On/Off/Standby
28 web whispers
30 Letters
32 Staff Picks
PG editors and Guest Picker Duke Robillard
discuss their favorite albums of 2010.
34 Hot Links
What is Ping?
36 Media Reviews
CDs: Jimi Hendrix West Coast Seattle Boy
—The Jimi Hendrix Anthology, Eric Johnson
Up Close, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks Crazy
for Christmas
DVD: Leo Fender’s Telecaster
—The Original Twang
DEPARTMENTS
On the
Cover:
218 Noodling
220 New Products
Gigging + Recording
40 Tone Tips from the Road
Paul “TFO” Allen
Strings, Strings, and More Strings
42 On Track
Rich Tozzoli
Getting Great Acoustic Tones
44 Shifting Gear
Rich Eckhardt
Some Things Never Change
46 On Bass
Steve Cook
Amp or No Amp: The Great Debate Continues
48 Guitar Tracks
Mitch Gallagher
Eliminate Mic-Placement Guesswork
with the “Shavering” Technique
Vintage + Upkeep
60 Trash or Treasure
Zachary R. Fjestad
Festival Series Washburn
62 Restoring an Original
John Brown
Removing a 1952 Goldtop Les Paul’s Neck
64 The Low End
Kevin Borden
PG Readers’ Perspectives on
Vintage Bass in 2010
66 Vintage Vault
Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite & Tim Mullally
1949 Gibson Super 400 Serial A-3309
Koll Tornado Review
164
Tech Tips
50 Esoterica Electrica
Jol Dantzig
Bound for Glory
52 Acoustic Soundboard
Mark Dalton
A Thomas Jefferson
Signature Model … Almost
54 Ask Amp Man
Jeff Bober
Souping Up a Bassman 10
56 Mod Garage
Dirk Wacker
The Fender Eric Clapton Active Mid-Boost
58 Stomp School
Tom Hughes
Great Gifts for Gearheads
And Don’t Miss ...
68 Signal Chain
Dean Farley
Digging into Fast-Response Amps
70 Fierce Guitar
Neil Zaza
Melody Coming Through
72 The Jazz Box
Jane Miller
The Sky’s the Limit
74 Beyond Blues
Jason Shadrick
Peaks and Valleys
76 Rhythm & Grooves
Andy Ellis
The Bead Game
240 Last Call
John Bohlinger
PG Primitive Cartoon Questionnaire
Identifying Guitar and Music Stuff
Eye Candy
224 Gear Search Gallery
1959 Ampeg Jet
227 Guitar of the Month
1976 Music Man StingRay Prototype
“Old Smoothie”
230 Modern Builder Vault
Kauer Guitars
