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Current Issue Issue Archive
JOHN SHANKS Six-String, Sound Maker He grew up in a house where music was a constant and “show business” paid the bills. His career a producer/songwriter has him working with big names – and he knows about vintage axes and tones. By Ward Meeker THE VG HALL OF FAME Class of 2007 Whether it’s Les Paul being inducted for the second time (this time as Player), or Dick Denney and his AC15, the VG Hall’s latest group of inductees stands as one of its strongest. AMP-O-RAMA Traynor YBA-1 Bass Master Robust and solid of tone, it just ain’t a “classic.”But almost any solder junky with two beers’ worth of parts can turn this underdog into an alpha-dog rock machine that abides way high up the tone ladder. By Dave Hunter GIBSON J-45 Seldom listed among Gibson’s classics and devoid of the notoriety of the J-200 and AJ, it has been the company’s “workhorse” flat-top since its introduction during World War II. And it’s a deserving inductee to the VG Hall of Fame. By George Gruhn and Walter Carter KEITH NELSON Axes, Amps, Bikes, and Tats Half of the creative force in one of the best rock bands on the scene today, he employs a truckload of vintage guitars and amplifiers while pursing kick-ass tones and keeping up with rock-and-roll stardom. By Ward Meeker SCHECTER YNGWIE MALMSTEEN By 1988, the Swedish neo-classical heavy metal pioneer was popular enough to warrant his own signature model Fender Strat. But it wasn’t his original namesake guitar; custom-builder Schecter Guitar Research was the first to help him create a musical form. By Michael Wright BASS SPACE Zemaitis Acoustic Cabinet maker-cum-luthier Tony Zemaitis built four acoustic basses, the first for Mike Oldfield, of Tubular Bells fame. This one, from 1972, may have been the second. By Willie G. Moseley DEPARTMENTS Vintage Guitar Price Guide Builder Profile Port City Amplification Upcoming Events Vintage Guitar Classified Ads Dealer Directory Readers Gallery FIRST FRET Reader Mail News and Notes Rock HOF Inducts Ventures, VG’s new website, From Malibu With Love benefit, Deke’s Git Geeks, Babicz moves, In Memoriam, more! Michael Lee Firkins To Sing Or Not To Sing? By John Heidt Fifty Years of the Spotnicks By Pete Prown Bernie Pearl Better Late Than Never By John Heidt Ask Zac By Zac Childs Ana Egge “Lazy” Covers By a True Original By Dan Forte Van Hunt Pinning Down the Puzzle By John Heidt Bob Spalding The 5th Venture By Dan Forte COLUMNS The (Way) Back Beat More Fab Gear, Invasion-Style: Mid-’60s American Guitar Marketing in the U.K. By Peter S. Kohman Q&A With George Gruhn Acousticville A Mandolin Story: Or Why I Bought Another One By Steven Stone “401K” Guitars Market Composition By Gil Hembree Fretprints Herb Ellis By Wolf Marshall TECH Dan’s Guitar Rx What’s Up With That?: “F-Stamp” Tuners on a ’62 Femder Tele, Pt. 2 By Dan Erlewine Talkin’ Amps With... Andrei Federov: Amplifier Cabinets By David Jung REVIEWS The VG Hit List Clapton Crossroads and Opry Classics on DVD, Ronnie Earl, Plant/Krauss Tom Petty book, more! Check This Action Putting the Rhythm in Rhythm & Blues By Dan Forte Vintage Guitar Gear Reviews PRS DGT, Fender G.E. Smith Telecaster, 65amps SoHo, Carr Vincent Gearin’ Up! The latest cool new stuff! |
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