TABLE OF CONTENTS > LESSONS & DEPARTMENTS
LESSONS
78 Fierce Guitar
By Greg Howe
Combining Techniques
80 The Jazz Box
By Tom Dempsey
Playing with Blocks
82 Beyond Blues
By Jason Shadrick
Alternate Pentatonics
84 Rhythm & Grooves
By Andy Ellis
Hybrid-Picking Pals
100 Jazz
102 Classical
104 Blues
106 Rock
Electroplex Rocket 22 1x12 combo
207
21 Opening Notes
30 N ews
32 The Water Cooler
See what people are saying online and
in the guitar community in On/Off/Standby
and Web Whispers.
34 Letters
36 Staff Picks
PG editors and Guest Picker Alex De Grassi
commit their 2011 guitar resolutions to print.
38 Hot Links
Bob Taylor’s and Henry Juskiewicz’ Blogs
40 Media Reviews
BOOKS: Life by Keith Richards with James Fox
ALBUMS: Pierre BensusanVividly,
Joanne Shaw Taylor Diamonds in the Dirt,
Duran Duran All You Need is Now,
Social Distortion, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,
Group Inerane, Guitars from Agadez, Vol. 3
236 Noodling
238 New products.
242 Gear Search Gallery
1964 Guild Capri CE-100D
245 Guitar of the Month
The Fender Cumberland River
Floodwater Lucite Esquire
248 Modern Builder Vault
AM Guitars
256 Last Call
By John Bohlinger
My Kind of Crazy
DEPARTMENTS
46 Tone Tips from the Road
By Paul “TFO” Allen
Simplicity Can Be Simply Superior
48 On Track
By Rich Tozzoli
The Mighty Baritone Guitar
50 Shifting Gear
By Rich Eckhardt
Saturday-Night Fights: Big Amps vs. Little Amps
52 On Bass
By Dan Berkowitz
Caring for Your Hands, Part 1
54 Guitar Tracks
By Mitch Gallagher
The Right Mic, Part 1
Tech Tips >
56 Esoterica Electrica
By Jol Dantzig
The Signal Chain in Your Mind
58 Acoustic Soundboard
By Dana Bourgeois
OCD About an OMC
60 Ask Amp Man
By Jeff Bober
First-Time Amp Restoration, Part 1
62 Mod Garage
By Dirk Wacker
The Fender Delta Tone System, Part 1
64 Stomp School
By Tom Hughes
New Year’s Gear Resolutions
Vintage & Upkeep >
66 Trash or Treasure
By Zachary Fjestad
Dating a ’70s Les Paul
68 Restoring an Original
By John Brown
Resetting a 1952 Goldtop Les Paul’s Neck
70 The Low End
By Kevin Borden
The Resurrection of Uncle Bookie’s Stacker
72 Vintage Vault
By Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite,
and Tim Mullally
1960 Gibson ES-355 and
1959 Model 5F8A Fender Twin
