TABLE OF CONTENTS > LESSONS & DEPARTMENTS
LESSONS
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Beyond Blues
By Bret Boyer
The Mighty 3rd
Acoustic
Adventures
By Pete Huttlinger
Cascading Celtic Guitar
Shred Your
Enthusiasum
By Paul Gilbert
Tempos and Endings
Inside Jazz
By Pat Martino
Automatic Voicings
Rhythm & Grooves
By Andy Ellis
Exploring Quartal Harmony
DEPARTMENTS
17 Opening Notes
24 News
26 The Water Cooler
See what people are saying online and
in the guitar community in On/Off/Standby
and Web Whispers.
28 Letters
30 Staff Picks
PG editors and Guest Picker Jol Dantzig
talk about their first concerts ever.
32 Hot Links
The Wrecking Crew Needs Your Help
34 Media Reviews
ALBUMS: Joe Bonamassa’s Dust Bowl, Bruce
Cockburn’s Small Source of Comfort
BOOKS: Guitar Lessons by Bob Taylor
DVDS: Crybaby: The Pedal That Rocks the
World, Alfred’s Pro Audio Series: Modern
Live Sound
176 New Products
178 Gear Search Gallery
1970 Ampeg Dan Armstrong Guitar
181 Guitar of the Month
1959 Gretsch Chet Atkins
6120 Hollowbody
184 Modern Builder Vault
Hanson Guitars
192 Last Call
By John Bohlinger
Acting Like a Musician
RS Guitarworks TeeVee Custom
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40 Tone Tips from the Road
By Paul “TFO” Allen
Specialty Guitar Stew
42 On Track
By Rich Tozzoli
Wisdom from a True Original
44 On Bass
By Steve Cook
The Call
46 Guitar Tracks
By Mitch Gallagher
The Right Mic, Pt. 4
Tech Tips >
48 Esoterica Electrica
By Jol Dantzig
Controlling Your Tone:
Underrated Tools of the Trade
50 Acoustic Soundboard
By Bob Taylor
Checking the Guitar Market’s Pulse
52 Ask Amp Man
By Jeff Bober
Bringing a Gibson Duo-Medalist
Back to Life, Pt. 2
54 Mod Garage
By Dirk Wacker
The Fender S- 1 Switching System
56 Stomp School
By Tom Hughes
What’s Inside Your Pedals?
Vintage & Upkeep >
58 Vintage Vault
By Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite,
and Tim Mullally
1964 National Glenwood 98
60 Trash or Treasure
By Zachery R. Fjestad
Alvarez 9-String Guitar
62 Restoring an Original
By John Brown
Potentiometer Restoration, Pt. 2
64 The Low End
By Kevin Borden
Sometimes the Good Guys Win
66 Signal Chain
By Dean Farley
Going au Natural
