APRILHIGHLIGHTS
Sponsored by PRS Guitars
AL DI MEOLA
Fusion maestro Al Di Meola
talks about discovering the
sonic delights of Dumble
amps, shedding his shred
mentality, and the joys of
recording his new album
Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody.
J MASCIS
Dinosaur Jr. frontman J
Mascis picks up his favorite old Martin and Gibson
flattops and recruits a host
of friends to put together
the lushly orchestrated new
Several Shades of Why.
FORGOTTEN
HEROES: HANK
GARLAND
The first installment in our new
series on players who’ve shaped the
history of guitar focuses on Nashville
session ace Hank Garland—a master
of jazz, country, and rockabilly.
BUILDER
PROFILE: STUDIO
CALIFORNIA
Paul Wilczynski tells how his
industrial design background
and love of vintage guitars led
him to becoming Rickenbacker’s
only licensed electric restorer and
builder of new Ricky acoustics.
HOT TUNA
Jack Casady and Jorma
Kaukonen talk about
about beer bellies vs.
rosewood guitar backs,
active preamps vs. passive bass electronics,
and Hot Tuna’s first studio album in 20 years.
REVIEWS:
81 PREMIER GUITAR AUGUST 2010
www.premierguitar.com
RS Guitarworks TeeVee Custom
• Tony Bruno Custom Amps
Underground Custom • TC
Electronic Toneprints Flashback Delay and Looper, Shaker Vibrato, Vortex
Flanger, and Corona Chorus • Taylor Guitars Doyle Deluxe • Source
Audio Soundblox Bass Envelope Filter • Ibanez AFS80T Artcore •
Mack Amps GEM 2G • Solid Gold FX Electroman • Soloway Single 15"
• Electro-Harmonix 44 Magnum
