MAYHIGHLIGHTS
Sponsored by PRS Guitars
THURSDAY
Tom Keeley and Steve Pedulla
discuss the importance of
roots, how trust and respect
empower their dual-guitar
partnership, and how broken
gear and effects accidents
brought fresh sounds to their
new album, No Devolución.
Photos by Dave Summers
BRIAN SETZER
Brian Setzer breaks down his
love-hate relationship with
vintage Gretsches and the
roots that fed the dizzying
array of styles—from blue-
grass banjo to archtop jazz
and rockabilly revelry
—on his new album Setzer
Goes Instru-MENTAL!
Photo by Russ Harrington
FORGOTTEN HEROES: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE The second installment in our new series on play- ers who’ve shaped the history of guitar highlights an incredibly soulful gospel singer who transcended race and gender and presaged rock ’n’ roll with her white Gibson 1961 SG/Les Paul and cranked tube amps.
Photo by James Kriegsmann/Michael Ochs
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DUFF
McKAGAN
Former Guns N’ Roses bass-
ist Duff McKagan talks about
cleaning up, going to business
school, taking over guitar and
singing chores with his band
Loaded—his longest-running
band ever—and what it was like
to record their sneering, hook-
laden new album The Taking
with producer Terry Date.
BUILDER PROFILE:
EPIFANI AMPLIFIERS
New York City’s bass-amp innovator talks about his never-
ending quest for impeccable tone and how he broke into the
scene by tirelessly schlepping his designs to jazz clubs and get-
ting local legends to plug in.
Photo by Lancer Mercer
81 PREMIER GUITAR AUGUST 2010 www.premierguitar.com
Fender Pawn Shop Series ’ 51,’ 72,
and Mustang Special • Lakland
44-AJ Electric Bass • Tone King
Galaxy • Totally Wycked Audio Triskelion TK- 1 • Santa Cruz Guitar
Company Don Edwards Cowboy Singer • Henman Rocka • Cusack
Effects Tap-A-Delay • 65amps London Pro • Cloud 9 Audio Analog
Alien FuzzBubble- 45 • Jarrell JZH-1x
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