JULYHIGHLIGH T S
Sponsored by PRS Guitars
STEVE CROPPER
Steve Cropper, the reigning
king of tasty Memphis R&B
guitar for more than five
decades, chronicles his ascent
to musical immortality and his
new tribute to childhood guitar
hero Lowman Pauling of the
“ 5” Royales.
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION
Joe Bonamassa and former Deep Purple bassist/vocalist
Glenn Hughes discuss their fateful meeting at NAMM,
their reverence for songcraft, and the holy relics used to
summon their seething blues-rock rapture on Black Country
Communion’s new album, 2.
IVAN JULIAN
Punk veteran Ivan Julian—
formerly of Richard Hell
& the Voidoids—fesses up
about how bassoons, glued-together vintage Strats,
Electro-Voice SRO speakers,
and acoustic strings on electric guitars led to the magic
on his new album, The
Naked Flame.
MY MORNING
JACKET
Jim James and Carl Broemel of the
Grammy-nominated My Morning
Jacket talk about their treasured
tape echo units, the musical magic
that happens when you jettison
logic, and how tracking live in an
old gym helped them create their
own universe on Circuital.
JACKSON
CUSTOM SHOP
Master builder Mike Shannon talks
about his path from building furniture to working on Randy Rhoads’
custom Concorde V. Plus, headbanging heroes Chris Broderick and
David Ellefson of Megadeth discuss
their Jackson signature models.
THE BOOK
OF ORANGE
EXCERPT
Premier Guitar brings
you an exclusive excerpt
from the new book on
Cliff Cooper and Orange
Amplification’s 40+ years
of innovating and helping
to define the sound of
popular music.
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Fret-King Super-Matic • Bogner
Amplification Barcelona • Genz
Benz Streamliner 900 • DVK
Technologies The Hair Ball • Boucher Spruce Goose • Neo Instruments
Ventilator • 3rd Power British Dream • Wampler Pedals Leviathan
• Artinger Semi-Hollow • HardWire HT- 6 Tuner
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