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Keith Streng – NYC Garage-Band Legend!

Fleshtones guitarist Keith Streng grabbed his ’57 Gretsch Silver Jet and plugged into a mighty Marshall Micro Stack for a solo rendition of “Pussy Willow,” the opening track from the band’s latest album, “It’s Getting Late (…and More Songs About Werewolves).” Catch our review in the February issue. Read Now!

Hamish Anderson: ’70s Swagger

Hamish Anderson sat with his ’52-reissue Fender Tele to play a laid-back take on “Pain,” one of the outstanding tracks from his new album, “Electric,” which is loaded with memorable tunes influenced by ’70s rock and sould. The grit from his Fender Acoustisonic amp is courtesy of a T-Rex Mudhoney pedal. Catch our review of the album in the February issue. Read Now!

Keith Streng – NYC Garage-Band Legend!

Fleshtones guitarist Keith Streng grabbed his ’57 Gretsch Silver Jet and plugged into a mighty Marshall Micro Stack for a solo rendition of “Pussy Willow,” the opening track from the band’s latest album, “It’s Getting Late (…and More Songs About Werewolves).” Catch our review in the February issue. Read Now!

Hamish Anderson: ’70s Swagger

Hamish Anderson sat with his ’52-reissue Fender Tele to play a laid-back take on “Pain,” one of the outstanding tracks from his new album, “Electric,” which is loaded with memorable tunes influenced by ’70s rock and sould. The grit from his Fender Acoustisonic amp is courtesy of a T-Rex Mudhoney pedal. Catch our review of the album in the February issue. Read Now!

Classic Instruments

Gibson Custom Colors in the 1960s

Burning Embers, Chilled Whites

Unlike its rival from the West Coast, Gibson did not readily embrace the concept of offering custom-color finishes. It wasn’t averse to custom work or colorful finishes, but saw them more as a consequence of its wider range of stringed instruments – acoustics, electrics, and associated clientele. While competitors like Fender, Gretsch, Harmony, and Rickenbacker […]

by Andre R. Duchossoir
Buy That Guitar Podcast

“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Peter Kohman

Season 02 Episode 7 In Episode 7 of “Buy That Guitar,” presented by Vintage Guitar magazine, host Ram Tuli is joined by Peter Kohman of Retrofret Guitars. They discuss the history of electric guitars. Most people view the history of electric guitars by looking backward from 1969. Ram and Peter look at it from 1928 […]

by Ram W. Tuli
Classic Instruments

Gibson’s Experimental Archtop

Orville Gibson invented the carved-top guitar in the 1890s, and his company refined the design with f-shaped sound holes in 1922, then brought the concept to full potential with larger-bodied archtops in the mid ’30s. While Gibson inarguably blazed the trail in the industry when it came to archtop design, that trail had at least […]

by George Gruhn
Artists

Ed Mundell

Gettin’ Ultra Electric

Since he arrived in Los Angeles in 2010, it’s been “all systems go” for former Monster Magnet guitarist Ed Mundell. After 19 years with the band, Mundell moved west from New Jersey to launch a new phase of his career. His latest project, the Ultra Electric Mega Galactic, is a hard-chargin’ instrumental space rock trio […]

Artists

Greg Koch

Making It Work

The latest release from guitar master Greg Koch is From the Up’Nuh with his son, Dylan, on drums and B3-whiz Toby Marshall on organ. Collectively, they’re the Koch Marshall Trio, and they cover a lot of ground. Koch recently let us in on what he has been doing during the pandemic, and discussed the new […]

VG Approved Gear

Fender’s ’57 Custom Pro-Amp

Big Brother

When most guitarists consider Fender’s famed vintage tweeds, the first that come to mind are the 5E3 Deluxe and 4×10 Bassman. The 1×15 Pro-Amp? Not so much. It’s perhaps the least well-known of the line. That’s good news for Pro-Amp fans, who have long loved the amp’s distinct voice. It’s got the guts and tone […]

Tom Feldmann, R.L. Burnside, Poor Black Mattie, acoustic Lesson
Lessons

R.L. Burnside – Poor Black Mattie

Tom Feldmann demonstrates how to play the signature lick from R.L. Burnside’s classic “Poor Black Mattie.” Tom is playing a Hauver Guitars Charley Patton model, which has a ladder-braced spruce top and mahogany back/sides. Tom’s new Mississippi Hill Country Blues Guitar instructional video (available through Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop) is reviewed in the May issue of Vintage Guitar. Learn more at tomfeldman.com and guitarvideos.com.

Artists

Cliff Goodwin

Double Trouble

Veteran rocker Cliff Goodwin has worked with everyone from Joe Cocker to Robert Palmer in a long, 4/4-heavy career. Now a solo artist, his latest platter, Double It Up, stays true to form with flat-out rock and roll laced with blasts of blues, soul, and funk. VG caught up him Goodwin to talk about his […]

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VG Approved Gear

Gibson ES-335 Joe Bonamassa Signature Model

A Semi-Hollow For Joe

Gibson ES-335 Joe Bonamassa Signature Model Price: $3,335 (street) Contact: gibson.com. The collaboration of Gibson and blues-rocker Joe Bonamassa began with a limited run of goldtop Les Paul’s in 2009, followed by a more-affordable Studio version and another Custom Shop version, the latter sporting a beautiful flamed-maple top. Gibson and Bonamassa have teamed up again […]

Music

Slim Harpo and Martin Hawkins

Buzzin’ the Blues: The Complete Slim Harpo and Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge

Mick Jagger admonished the world back in 1968, “What’s the point in listening to us doing ‘I’m A King Bee’ when you can listen to Slim Harpo doing it?” His statement not only summed up the early philosophy behind the Rolling Stones – despite the band’s superlative cover of that song, and later of “Shake […]

Music

Tedeschi Trucks Band feat. Trey Anastasio

Layla Revisited

A live recording of Derek & the Dominos’ masterpiece? Featuring Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi – plus Doyle Bramhall, II and Trey Anastasio on guitars? Did Christmas come early? The answer is, resoundingly, yes. Taped at the Lockn’ Festival in 2019, Layla Revisited recaptures Clapton’s finest hour by musicians who instinctively understand the music. Not […]

Artists

How Ron Wood’s New Barbarians Saved the Stones

Ear-to-Ear Violence

Today, the Rolling Stones continue to perform live, more than 50 years since their first gig. But few realize how an unsung side project formed and funded by Ron Wood played a pivotal role when the band was on the verge of collapse. Here’s a look at the story.

VG Approved Gear

Interstellar Audio Machines Octonaut Hyperdrive

Next-Level Drive

Interstellar Audio Machines advertised its original Octonaut Hyperdrive as, “The only overdrive you’ll ever need.” Well… The new version offers boost based on the Klon Centaur; its secret sauce is Germanium diodes that blend dry signal with drive. With knobs for Volume, Drive, Ton (treble/tone), and an internal switch that alternates between true-bypass and buffered, […]

Classic Instruments

Gibson Trini Lopez

In the early 1960s, as Les Paul was leaving Gibson’s artist roster, the company recruited three of the most respected jazz guitarists to put their signatures on new “artist” model electrics. With Johnny Smith, Tal Farlow, and Barney Kessel (plus the Everly Brothers in the acoustic line and Howard Roberts as an Epiphone artist), Gibson […]

George Gruhn and Walter Carter
Classic Instruments

Marshall Super Tremolo Model 1961

The often-told story of Marshall’s birth as a re-creation of the tweed Fender Bassman rarely includes mention of this rendition of the JTM45. Whenever a discussion turns to how the circuit for the first JTM45 was lifted nearly point for point from that of Fender’s 5F6-A Bassman combo, it seems there’s always a caveat about […]

Artists

Eddie Clarke 1950-2018

We’re saddened to hear of the passing of “Fast Eddie” Clarke, guitarist in the classic lineup of Motörhead with Lemmy Kilmister and “Philthy” Phil Taylor, both of whom died in 2015. In 1982, Clarke formed Fastway with UFO bassists Pete Way, which recorded seven albums. You can read our 2012 interview with Clarke below. Eddie […]

Artists

Rik Emmett

Triumphant Return

Triumph was one of the leading arena-rock acts of the late ’70s and early ’80s. Striking gold and platinum with albums including Allied Forces, Never Surrender, and Thunder Seven and the radio hits “Fight the Good Fight,” “Lay It On the Line,” and “Hold On,” the trio offered a sound both anthemic and challenging – […]

Artists

“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Rick Hogue

“Buy That Guitar” podcast with special guest Rick Hogue Season 01 Episode 09 In Episode 9 of VG’s “Buy That Guitar” podcast, host Ram Tuli is joined by Rick Hogue of Garrett Park Guitars to discuss the entry-level market – collectible instruments priced between $5,000 and $10,000. Which are the best models to look for […]

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Pirate Guitar Effects’ Plank Overdrive and Boost

Walk The Plank

Every pro guitarist who has laid eyes on the Pirate Guitar Effects Plank has initially thought they recognized the logo and taken a second look. The Plank is something other than a clone, though: it’s a take on a classic overdrive circuit – with added bonus points. Germanium this, true-bypass that – all of the […]

Classic Instruments

Tonk Brothers/Washburn 5241

From the late 1920s through the early ’40s, Gibson produced instruments under a variety of brand names for retailers like Montgomery Ward and mail-order houses like Tonk Brothers. While the majority of these were budget models with less ornamentation than their Gibson-branded counterparts, and none were given Gibson’s adjustable truss rod, the instruments sold so […]

George Gruhn and Staff
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