Rig Rundown: Lake Street Dive
See how a Tube Screamer and a pair of POGs mesh with badass bassist Bridget Kearney’s carved double bass. Plus, touring guitarist James Cornelison…
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Mesa/Boogie Badlander 25 Review
Mesa/Boogie made its name with the Mark Series amps, which made classic rock players of many stripes stand up and take notice. But the…
Fender Unveils the Tone Master Princeton Reverb
Using Fender’s proprietary Tone Master modeling process the Tone Master Princeton is a replication of the legendary tube amplifier. The Tone Master Princeton Reverb…
Factory Tour: Gretsch Custom Shop
Tour Gretsch’s Corona, California, custom guitar building operation with company master builder Chad Henrichsen and PG’s own John Bohlinger. “We get a lot done…
Gibson Introduces B.B. King “Live at the Regal” ES-335
The Gibson Custom Shop commemorates B.B. King’s landmark album with a recreation of the ’59 ES-335 that B.B. used at the time. If you’re…
Guns N’ Roses Announce 2023 World Tour
Guns N’ Roses launch this jaunt on June 5 in Tel Aviv, Israel at Park Hayarkon and will continue across Europe through July 22,…
A Tulip-Shaped Rarity from the “Lawsuit Era”
If you were to thumb through an Ibanez catalog from 1975, you’d see exactly why this period for the company and other guitar builders…
Taking Flight with Mark Lettieri
One of the guitarists of “little-known” jazz-fusion outfit Snarky Puppy, Mark Lettieri, joins the guys on this episode of Dipped in Tone. They talk…
How Today’s Ebony Fretboards Got Their Stripes
For many years, guitar manufacturers had the luxury of not using certain woods if they didn’t like the way they looked. It used to…
In the Tropical Gothclub with Dean Fertita
For multi-instrumentalist and A-list side musician Dean Fertita, a sophomore solo release has been a long time coming. The anticipated Tropical Gothclub, released in…