TABLE OF CONTENTS > LESSONS & DEPARTMENTS
LESSONS
DEPARTMENTS
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Inside Jazz
By Pat Martino
Alphabetic Junctions
Fretboard
Workshop
By Adam Levy
Connecting the Dots
Beyond Blues
By Jeff McErlain
The Bends
Shred Your
Enthusiasm
By Paul Gilbert
Thanksgiving at
Ted Nugent’s House
Rhythm & Grooves
By Andy Ellis
Guitar George
Opening Notes
News
Letters
Staff Picks
PG editors and Guest Picker Tommy
Emmanuel talk about their dream band
lineups.
30 Media Reviews
ALBUMS: Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s How I
Go, 311’s Universal Pulse, Fountains of Wayne’s
Sky Full of Holes, White Denim’s D, and New
Universe Music Festival
192 New Products
196 Gear Search Gallery
1983 Alembic Spoiler
198 Guitar of the Month
1958 Fender Precision Bass
200 Modern Builder Vault
Drew & Sebastian Guitars
208 Last Call
By John Bohlinger
The Rules of Improvisation
Kustom KXB500 bass head and DE115NEO cab review
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34 Tone Tips from the Road
By Paul “TFO” Allen
The Heavy Tone Equation
36 On Track
By Rich Tozzoli
Secrets of Compression, Pt. 1
38 On Bass
By Dan Berkowitz
Risk... And Survival
40 Guitar Tracks
By Mitch Gallagher
Instant Capture
Tech Tips >
42 The Dark Side
By Randy Parsons
Zombie-Proof Your Guitar ... Now!
44 State of the Stomp
By Kevin Bolembach
Tell Me a Story
46 Esoterica Electrica
By Jol Dantzig
Playing Buzzword Bingo
48 Acoustic Soundboard
By Larry Fishman
Acoustic Amplification, Pt. 1
50 Ask Amp Man
By Jeff Bober
Tweaking a Carvin Nomad Combo
52 Mod Garage
By Dirk Wacker
The ABCs of Guitar Switches
Vintage & Upkeep >
54 Bottom Feeder
By Will Ray
T. Hiles Cigar-Box Guitar
56 Vintage Vault
By Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite,
and Tim Mullally
58 Trash or Treasure
By Zachery R. Fjestad
Gibson J-160E “Norwegian Wood”
60 Restoring an Original
By John Brown
Bridge Work on a ’ 74 Gibson Flattop
62 The Low End
By Kevin Borden
The Gibson Thunderbird—
One of the Greatest!
