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Review: Levy’s Leathers MSSC80 Heavy-Weight Cotton Straps
Even though I’m mostly an electric player, I have been known to strum a few chords on an acoustic from time to time, but always sitting down. For one reason or another, I’ve never been able to find a nice strap for my acoustic that combined comfort, ease of use and stylish looks into one: [...]
Review: G7th Newport Capo
With their innovative Newport Capo, G7th seems to have found the perfect balance between the convenience of a quick-change capo and the foolhardiness of a screw action capo. This low profile capo “allows for fast, accurate capoing with fine tune adjustment – in position – on the fretboard of your instrument.” The Newport has the [...]
Meet Ana Popovic, Serbian Guitar Hero
Serbian-born slide guitar virtuoso Ana Popovic will release Unconditional, 12 tracks of blues originals and covers, on August 16 on EclectoGroove Records. To get a taste of this blues aficionado, watch her perform two songs from her upcoming album, “Slideshow” and the title track, and try not to get insanely jealous if you’re a guitar [...]
Review: Martin Lifespan SP Strings
Martin’s new Lifespan SP acoustic guitar strings provide players with the natural feel and tone of traditional bronze strings, but give you the added lifespan of coated strings. The strings are “treated” with Cleartone proprietary technology that repels dirt and oils that can dull the tone of your strings. When I took the Martin string [...]
Behind The Scenes With Kid Rock And Wynonna At The CMT Awards
John Bohlinger was the Musical Director at the 2011 CMT Awards this past June. In this special report, he describes the exhilarating experience of putting together a last-minute duet with Kid Rock and Wynonna Judd, and also explains which of his axes he brought to help lead the show. *** Kid Rock and Wynonna Judd [...]
AmpliTube Adds Seymour Duncan And Orange
IK Multimedia makes the guitar modeling software, AmpliTube, which has previously released a Fender-branded version as well as iOS versions. AmpliTube is famous for creating pitch-perfect models of famous analog sounds and effects and now the software is adding two new critical pieces to their Custom Shop: a pair of stompboxes from legendary effects and [...]
Guitar Shopping: A Visit To Cordoba Guitars
There is a certain rock star feeling one gets when visiting a manufacturer’s artist lounge or showroom. There is a shock and awe factor seeing the company’s finest in an almost museum-like setting. Generally, the room is designed to help persuade an artist to endorse their wares or entice a buyer to stock their guitars [...]
Software Review: Peavey ReValver MK III.V
Peavey ReValver MK III.V List Price: $299.00 www.peavey.com For any guitar player, a new tube amp is something to celebrate. So imagine the celebrating you’ll do when you unleash the arsenal of amps and effects the Peavey ReValver Mark III.V has to offer. Not your average amp simulator, the software allows near infinite tweaking options [...]
Gibson Interviews Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper with Booker T. & The M.G.s. The man who made the white Fender Telecaster famous is on record today over at Gibson.com. Cropper co-founded Booker T. & The M.G.s and was the house guitarist at Stax Records (he also was something of an all-around guy at the studio, opening up and closing shop [...]
Breedlove And Two Old Hippies Announce Summer Festival
It’s festival season again, and this year the guitar makers Breedlove and Two Old Hippies (Bedell Guitars, Great Divide Guitars) are partnering for a guitar-centric festival to be held in Bend, Oregon, on July 16, 2011. On the bill are guitar pickers like The California Guitar Trio, Friday’s Child, Off In the Woods, Bill Keale, [...]
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