OVERDRIVE: George Gruhn’s Guitars
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Category 5 TBR-35 2×10
Don Ritter started Category 5 Amplification designing amps for blues players before expanding to other genres while holding to the philosophy that touring pros – not builders –... #Category5Amps READ THE FULL ARTICLE:
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Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes and his Gov’t Mule crew aren’t the kind of guys to let something like a pandemic slow them down. During the height of the Covid lockdown, they hauled a ton of gear to a studio and... Warren Haynes READ THE FULL ARTICLE: vintageguitar.com/62332/warren-h…

Dr. Z 35th Anniversary Carmen Ghia 1×10
At the forefront of high-end boutique design, the Carmen Ghia was Dr. Z’s first commercially available amplifier when launched in 1988,.. Dr Z Amps
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JOANNA CONNOR
With a decades-long career and a boatload of albums to her credit, slide queen Joanna Connor is no stranger to blues, rock, pop, soul, and the acoustic-folk tradition. #joannaconnor READ THE FULL ARTICLE:
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Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 FR E HSS
Designed more than 30 years ago, the latest incarnation of Charvel’s Pro-Mod So-Cal keeps the “super” in superstrat.
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OVERDRIVE: The Fender “High-Powered” Twin
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Dan Wilson
On Things Eternal, jazz-guitar wizard Dan Wilson fuses post-bop, spirituality, and the songs of Stevie Wonder into a satisfying musical journey. The album is a celebration of those who have passed on,... #AkronsFinest READ THE FULL ARTICLE: vintageguitar.com/62127/dan-wils…

Classics: September 2023
Several years before he became a luthier who deserves much greater recognition, Ralph Jones sold new Fender guitars and amps out of his home studio in Rockville, Maryland....
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Dan’s Guitar RX: Finding An Old Friend
I grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where I learned to play guitar during the folk boom that, for me, started with the Kingston Trio in 1959; their music led me to all the great folk and...
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Duane Betts
It’s understandable if you detect a certain Southern-rock flare in the music of singer/guitarist Duane Betts. After all, his father is longtime Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts... Duane Betts READ THE FULL ARTICLE: vintageguitar.com/62124/duane-be…

Monster Mike Welch
Twenty-seven years after his debut album at age 17, Monster Mike Welch delivers perhaps his best disc yet with Nothing But Time. Co-produced with multi-instrumentalist Kid Andersen, it features... Monster Mike Welch self-parody account READ THE FULL ARTICLE: vintageguitar.com/62121/monster-…

OVERDRIVE: Dave Gant’s Amp Collection
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1963 Fender 6G7-A Bandmaster
Those who love vintage amplifiers are often fascinated by little anomalies that present themselves in an otherwise period-correct specimen, and when that amp is a mint-condition sweetheart... Fender READ THE FULL ARTICLE: vintageguitar.com/62266/1963-fen…

More than a blues man, Gary Clark, Jr.’s new album explores ’60s R&B, the fury of Freddie King, via guitar solos that find kinship with Sonny Boy Williamson, The Jackson 5, and Thelonious Monk. It’s all in the May issue of Vintage Guitar! online.fliphtml5.com/pyepf/tplr/

Fretprints: Mick Ralphs
Unabashedly British and irresistibly swaggering, Bad Company personified ’70s arena rock. Detractors denounced them as machismo, but fans have bought more than 40 million albums,... READ THE FULL ARTICLE: vintageguitar.com/62145/fretprin…

John Pizzarelli
The John Pizzarelli Trio is back on the road supporting its latest album, Stage and Screen. Joined by Isaiah J. Thompson on piano and Michael Karn on double bass, Pizzarelli is flying through... John Pizzarelli READ THE FULL ARTICLE: vintageguitar.com/62118/john-piz…

OVERDRIVE: DUANE EDDY IN VINTAGE GUITAR
We are marking the passing of guitar legend Duane Eddy. Eddy died May 1 at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He was 86. Our tribute to Eddy will appear in the July issue.
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Eight-String Basses
Emerging in ’60s catalogs from Hagström and Framus, eight-string basses occupy a distinct place among musical instruments – their potent, dense sound used to add texture or color... #SonicNiche READ THE FULL ARTICLE: vintageguitar.com/62254/eight-st…

Pop ’N Hiss: Marshall Crenshaw’s Field Day
Marshall Crenshaw’s brief chart run remains a bright spot of 1980s rock – effectively, the final blast of New Wave before the genre was buried by Thriller,... READ THE FULL ARTICLE:vintageguitar.com/62140/pop-n-hi…