TABLE OF CONTENTS > LESSoNS & DEPARTMENTS
LESSoNS
DEPARTMENTS
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Acoustic
Adventures
By Harvey Reid
The E-Minus Effect
Beyond Blues
By Bruce Saunders
Hexatonic Scales
Shred Your
Enthusiasm
By Paul Gilbert
The Super-Hendrix Scale
Rhythm & Grooves
By Andy Ellis
Sparkle Voicings
DVK Technologies The Hair Ball review
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opening Notes
25
News
28
Letters
30
Staff Picks
PG editors and Guest Picker Megadeth’s Chris
Broderick talk about the recorded tones they’re
striving to match.
32 Media Review
ALBUMS: Queen’s 40th Anniversary Deluxe
Reissue Set, Steve Dawson’s Nightshade,
The Wooden Birds’ Two Matchsticks, Matt
Schofield’s Anything But Me, and Levon Helm’s
Ramble at the Ryman
224 New Products
228 Gear Search Gallery
1968 Fender Paisley Telecaster and
Telecaster Bass
230 Guitar of the Month
2011 Dustin Wallace Signature Guitar
232 Modern Builder Vault
Michael Dunn Guitars
240 Last Call
By John Bohlinger
4 Ways to Kick Ass at Chord-Chart Sessions
36 Tone Tips from the Road
By Paul “TFO” Allen
The Monster Board
38 on Track
By Rich Tozzoli
Mixing—It’s All in the Details
40 on Bass
By Steve Cook
A Quick-Start Primer to Summer Touring
42 Guitar Tracks
By Mitch Gallagher
Happy Accidents
Tech Tips >
44 The Dark Side
By Randy Parsons
Beware the Guitar
46 State of the Stomp
By Ben Fulton
Ode to Gear
48 Esoterica Electrica
By Jol Dantzig
Making a Case for Attorney Rock
50 Acoustic Soundboard
By Mark Dalton
A Day in the Life of a Luthier
52 Ask Amp Man
By Jeff Bober
Pignose G40V Amp Mods
54 Mod Garage
By Dirk Wacker
Adjusting Stratocaster Pickup Height, Pt. 2
Vintage & Upkeep >
56 Bottom Feeder
By Will Ray
Epiphone Limited Edition Riviera Custom P93
58 Vintage Vault
By Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite,
and Tim Mullally
1964 Gibson Firebird I
60 Trash or Treasure
By Zachary R. Fjestad
AMP Brand Bass Amplifier
62 Restoring an original
By John Brown
Replacing the Bridge on a ’ 74 Gibson Flattop
64 The Low End
By Kevin Borden
Dallas in Springtime
