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Volume 17 Issue 6 June 2012
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Strings 101
FEATURES
76
musikmesse 2012
We spare you the transatlantic jet lag and
deliver the tone toy news to you.
Traci Alderich from the band KORE with all four Hi Def string colors in natural lighting. Photo courtesy DR Strings.
86
The cult’s billy duffy
The rock veteran on his Gretsch White
Falcon and other weapons of choice.
95
bill Frisell
A candid look at the creative process
behind the experimental Floratone II.
103 Gear of broadway
Players who rock NYC’s biggest stages.
113 Strings 101
A crash course in all things wound.
121 how to pick your pick
Small details make a huge difference.
127 builder profile:
heritage Guitars
Generations of craft in Kalamazoo.
137 Forgotten heroes:
johnny “Guitar”
Watson
Original soul gangster and funk pioneer.
REVIEWS
146 GIbSon Jeff Tweedy Signature SG ’ 61
149 jAckSon AmpWoRkS Newcastle
154 IbAnEz Gerald Veasley GVB36 Signature Bass
156 TAyloR 710ce Rosewood
159 AlAIREx H.A.L.O.
162 jASon z. SchRoEdER Chopper T-Pine
165 mojo hAnd Nebula IV Phaser
169 oRAnGE OR50H Reissue
175 RIVERA Sustain Shaman Compressor
179 pEAVEy Headliner Head and 410 Cab
Jackson Ampworks
Newcastle
149
Gibson Jeff Tweedy
Signature SG ‘ 61
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