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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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Happy Mag https://happymag.tv The Brothers Osborne guitarist’s custom voicing is now available on its own, separate from his signature B-Bender Telecaster.

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