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Vintage GuitarGuitarsPRS SE DGT Standard David Grissom Texas rocker David Grissom is known for the simple elegance of his bluesy riffs and licks, always putting the right note in the right place.

Vintage GuitarGuitarsJared James Nichols: Louder Than Fate Armed with ’55 Gibson Les Paul Custom modded with a genuine PAF in the bridge, Jared James Nichols shows us how he unwinds by channeling heroes like Leslie West and Jerry Cantrell.

Vintage GuitarGuitarsLand of a Thousand Sessions: The Complete Muscle Shoals Story 1951-1985 Bowman, a six-time Grammy nominee, has written a stunning, nearly 750-page history about this tiny music mecca in northwest Alabama.

Vintage GuitarGuitarsDave Hunter & the Seven Hundred’s Alt-Country/Indie sound VG contributor Dave Hunter and bandmate Chris Kelly play a bit of “Chicken Little’s Bones,” from the debut album by Dave Hunter & the Seven Hundred, “Tamp That Fever Down.

Vintage GuitarGuitarsDuke Levine When not touring with Bonnie Raitt and other top singer/songwriters, Duke Levine works on his own hip projects.

Vintage GuitarGuitars“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Kevin Borden of Kebo’s Bass Works Season 04 Episode 05 “Don’t Get Ripped Off when Buying and Selling Instruments Online” In Episode 6 of “Buy That Guitar,” presented by Vintage Guitar magazine, host Ram Tuli is joined by Kevin…

Vintage GuitarGuitarsClassics: Gibson Falcon GA-19RVT Compared to those that came before, Gibson amplifiers manufactured after the early ’60s garner little respect from players and collectors.

Vintage GuitarGuitarsFretprints: Joe Pass – Eric Johnson’s Ah Via Musicom Eric Johnson was “the best guitarist you’ve never heard of” when his first album, Tones, debuted midway through a decade of guitar music distinguished by Van Halen, Morse, Malmsteen, and Satriani.

Vintage GuitarGuitarsTedeschi Trucks Band & Leon Russell In September, 2015, the Tedeschi Trucks Band joined the late Leon Russell at Virginia’s Lockn’ Festival for a tribute to Joe Cocker’s classic Mad Dogs & Englishmen.

Vintage GuitarGuitarsDOD Badder Monkey Introduced in 2004, the DigiTech Bad Monkey was a Tube Screamer-type overdrive, at least until a controversial Youtube video comparing it to the vaunted Klon Centaur launched the box – and its…

Vintage GuitarGuitarsCheck This Action: Extra Jimmies A lavishly illustrated boxed set of the seven official albums of the Fabulous Thunderbirds when Jimmie Vaughan was in the band, plus an earlier, unreleased session produced by legendary songwriter…

Vintage GuitarGuitarsJangle of the Rickenbacker 12 The moment Roger McGuinn slung a Rickenbacker model 360/12 across his shoulder in 1965, rock music acquired wings. The bright, chiming sound instantly redefined how guitars could function in a band.

Vintage GuitarGuitarsPop ’N Hiss: The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Axis: Bold As Love In February ’68, the Jimi Hendrix Experience took the stage of San Francisco’s Winterland playing “You Got Me Floatin’,” from Axis: Bold As Love.

Vintage GuitarGuitarsSteve Cropper Steve Cropper, one of the most influential figures in the history of the electric guitar and its music, died December 3. He was 84.

Vintage GuitarGuitarsJulian Lage The veritable Jim Hall of the 21st century, Julian Lage’s latest is another rich six-string project. Working with piano/organ ace John Medeski and a rhythm section, he conjures jazz, Americana, and…

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The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

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