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Review: Fender Acoustasonic 150 Combo Amp(2)

February 3, 2012

The Fender Acoustasonic 150 guitar amplifier is ideally suited to the gigging musician looking to maximize the sound of an acoustic-electric guitar while taking advantage of a variety of modern features and flexibility. The Acoustasonic delivers an incredibly clean, full, and powerful sound, provided by two 8” foam-surround low-frequency neodymium drivers and a high frequency [...]

Review: Fender Acoustasonic 150 Combo Amp

Legendary Guitars: Eric Clapton’s Martin 000-28EC

For most of his career, Eric Clapton has been closely associated with the Stratocaster. It’s the guitar you hear on Derek And The Dominos’ Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs, and also the guitar that one of his idols, Buddy Guy, plays. Clapton even once said the best way to tell the difference between his [...]

Legendary Guitars: Robert Johnson’s Kalamazoo KG-14 and Gibson L-1

Illustration by Jeremy Okai Davis Robert Johnson probably played whatever guitars he could get his hands on. Johnny Shines, one of Johnson’s traveling companions in the mid ‘30s, said in interviews before he died that Johnson liked the Kalamazoo guitar, a budget brand made by Gibson, and also Stella guitars. In the first photo the [...]

Review: Fishman Loudbox Artist Amplifier

Sometimes, you can become so used to the sound of your own gear that you’re blind to the fact that it’s not the right piece of equipment for the task at hand. Plugging my acoustic guitar into my “go-to” amp had always been acceptable, but not great. It was a little noisy, and the controls [...]