Contents (Cont’d)
Volume 16 Issue 11 November 2011
COLUMnS
GIGGInG & RECORDInG
On THE COVER Illustration by Alan Ford
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Vintage Vault
60 Ask Amp Man
Tweaking a Silvertone 1484
62 Mod Garage
The Stratocaster “Jazz Switch” Mod
VInTAGE & UPKEEP
64 Bottom Feeder
SX Callisto JR
66 Vintage Vault
1937 Martin D- 28
68 Trash or Treasure
Gibson vs. Epiphone—Are We the Ones
Being Elitist?
70 Restoring an Original
Refretting a ’ 72 Gibson
Les Paul Deluxe
72 The Low End
Let’s Make a Deal!
LESSOnS
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Acoustic Adventures
Richard Gilewitz
Fretboard Workshop
Scott Tournet
Beyond Blues
Corey Christiansen
Shred Your Enthusiasm
Paul Gilbert
Rhythm & Grooves
Andy Ellis
27Opening Notes
Photo by Ken Settle
DEPARTMEnTS
Opening notes
news
Letters
Staff Picks
PG editors and Davy Knowles talk about
their desert-island pedals.
44 Media Reviews
Brad Paisley’s New Guitar Memoir
Plus: Sleeper Agent, Pat Metheny’s
new Guitar Etudes, Kenny Vaughan
and Iggy and the Stooges
256 new Products
260 Guitar of the Month
1979 Gibson RD Artist
262 Modern Builder Vault
Scott Walker Guitars
272 Last Call
Players Play
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