LESSONS
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The Rumble Seat
Juan Alderete
Digging Deeper
Julian Lage
Beyond Blues
Jeff McErlain
Shread Your Enthusiasm
Paul Gilbert
Rhythm & Grooves
Andy Ellis
Photo by Tim Mullally
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Vintage Vault
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Opening
Notes
COLUMNS
Photo by Ken Settle
DEPARTMENTS
GIGGING & RECORDING
58 Ask Amp Man
Bringing a Blackface Bassman
in from the Cold
60 Mod Garage
Stratocaster Parallel/Series Switching
VINTAGE & UPKEEP
62 Bottom Feeder
Fender Squier Classic Vibe Duo-Sonic
64 Vintage Vault
1967 Gibson Trini Lopez Deluxe and
1968 Gibson Barney Kessel Regular
66 Trash or Treasure
Harmony Archtone H1213
68 Restoring an Original
Resurrecting a 1965 Shoreline
Gold Fender Strat
70 The Low End
2011 in Review
Opening Notes
News
Letters
Staff Picks
PG editors and Unknown Hinson talk
about their favorite albums of 2011.
36 Media Reviews
Megadeth’s 13th album
Plus: Carolyn Wonderland, Rich
Robinson, Russian Circles, and
The Art of the Archtop
222 New Products
226 Guitar of the Month
1969 Silvertone 1490 Bass
228 Modern Builder Vault
Asher Guitars
240 Last Call
Riders Revealed
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ON THE COVER 2011 Premier Gear Award Winners Black Cat Bee Buzz, Fuchs
Plush FX Jersey Thunder, Tone King Galaxy, Vigier Guitars G.V. Wood, Way Huge Green
Rhino Overdrive MKII. Chickenfoot photo by Paul Bachmann/Cache Agency
