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The Duhks – The Duhks
I despise most "multi-cultural" bands because they end up being musical jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none. The Duhks (pronounced like duck) manage to avoid...
U2 – How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
U2 has hit another home run. Try and think of another major rock and roll band this far into it and still making consistently...
May 2006
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The Travis Bean TB 4000 Wedge
Though Travis Bean was a mere flash-in-the-pan ’70s builder, its unique, funky Wedge models left an impression that...
Danny Marks – Big Town Boy
On his Off The Floor Live! album, from 1996, Amos Garrett talks about all the clubs and acts he heard as a kid along...
Kramer Duke
If you think the headless, downsized Kramer Duke series was conceived and designed as a copy of the groundbreaking Steinberger bass, think again, because...
Tommy Castro – Soul Shaker
It's time to give Tommy Castro his due. And with this new record, he might actually get it. For years, he has played the...
Fu Manchu – Go For It… Live!
Britain's NME magazine nailed Fu Manchu's oeuvre when it dubbed them "damn near the most conceptually perfect rock band since the Ramones." Now comes...
April 2006
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BRAD PAISLEY
Even though his name is dropped on major-celebrity news shows and he has performed on Letterman, Conan, and Kimmel, Brad Paisley is still...
Randall MTS RM50/RM100
After trying to get together for several years, in 2002, tube amp guru Bruce Egnater officially joined forces with Randall Amplification. The result?...
David Grissom
At the end of his clinic at the National Guitar Workshop in July, after two information-packed hours of tips on equipment, technique, session work,...