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Jake E Lee Lives!

Jake E Lee Lives!

Seems like Mark Twain, rumors of Jake E. Lee’s demise were greatly exaggerated. At least a little, anyway. Bud of mine hipped me to this a while back, been meaning to share it. He didn’t tell me why I was watching it. And after listening to the ’80s-like (but maybe a little better?) mid-tempo thang, […]

March 20, 2012 | By | 2 Replies More
Mick Ralphs’ Hoople and Bad Co Gear

Mick Ralphs’ Hoople and Bad Co Gear

Does it get any better than Bad Company for classic rockage? I’ll answer that for you: No! For years I’ve held onto an old Guitar Player with Mick Ralphs on the cover, and of course now I can’t find it…but I did find the interview online. In it Mick goes into some pretty decent gear […]

February 2, 2012 | By | 2 Replies More
Why Don’t We All Know Ollie Halsall?

Why Don’t We All Know Ollie Halsall?

A semi-recent thread on the metroamp.com board was started about a geetar-slinger named Ollie Halsall. Huh? That was my reaction too, since like you I’m pretty sure I know about every famous to semi-famous guitar player worth knowing about. Obviously not true. Ollie was almost in the Stones, inspired jealousy in Alvin Lee, and was […]

January 19, 2012 | By | 2 Replies More
The Youngs, Marshall Clank, ‘Sin City’

The Youngs, Marshall Clank, ‘Sin City’

And More on Angus’ Gear, Settings What’s the best AC/DC song? If you ask Joe Perry, he’ll apparently say “Sin City.” Bold, Joe, bold – because I’m completely unable to pick a favorite AC/DC tune – because so many are THAT freakin’ good. But “Sin City” is awesome, no doubt. It sounds great. Once again, […]

November 1, 2011 | By | 7 Replies More
Tipton’s ‘You’ve Got Another Thing Comin” Gear

Tipton’s ‘You’ve Got Another Thing Comin” Gear

Cool riff, cool tune, cool lead and a WET tone. That’s what I hear and have always heard in the Judas Priest tune “Another Thing Comin’,” off 1982’s Screaming for Vengeance. While I of course know it’s a two-guitar band, I always think of the chords/riff and Glenn Tipton’s solo on this tune, hence the […]

August 12, 2010 | By | 5 Replies More
Show Review: Jimmy Somma and The Doors

Show Review: Jimmy Somma and The Doors

And the Skinny on Robby Krieger’s Rigs So there I am at New Jersey’s infamous Starland Ballroom, in scenic Sayreville NJ, on Friday night. I’m there to see the band Wiser Time, with Jimmy Somma of Sommatone amps on lead guitar. I’m there because Wiser Time is a very cool classic rock, Black Crowes-ish band, […]

June 14, 2010 | By | 1 Reply More
PG’s Eye-Opening Townshend Interview

PG’s Eye-Opening Townshend Interview

Advised Hendrix On His Rig? Pete Townshend could never be accused of understating things. In some ways he always seems like the classic artist, in the “here’s the way I see it and F you if you don’t like it” sense. In a new-ish and excellent PremierGuitar.com interview, Pete is all that and says some […]

March 22, 2010 | By | 1 Reply More
New KISS Sonic Boom Gear Info…

New KISS Sonic Boom Gear Info…

…in PremierGuitar.com Articles Lots has been written about KISS’s Sonic Boom album, but all of the interviews thus far have left info gaps. PremierGuitar.com recently posted a couple of new interviews – a little late to the party, but the info is good. A few gear details are still missing, but not many! One PG […]

December 7, 2009 | By | Reply More
Review: Raw Power Les Paul Sounds Good But…

Review: Raw Power Les Paul Sounds Good But…

Yesterday my son wanted to bang on the drums at Sam Ash and Guitar Center, which are across the street from one another here in northern New Jersey. So I sort of shrugged at my wife like, ‘Hey – I’m doing it for him,’ then ran for the car and took off! (On the way […]

November 30, 2009 | By | Reply More
What To Learn from the New Angus SG

What To Learn from the New Angus SG

New ‘Signature’ Pickup… You may be aware that Gibson recently announced two new signature Angus Young Gibson SGs. One is a custom shop model – the Angus Young SG Standard – and the other is a Gibson production model that has the same name minus the Standard. We can learn about what kind of tone […]

November 23, 2009 | By | 2 Replies More
Review: KISS’s Sonic Boom Good, Single Great

Review: KISS’s Sonic Boom Good, Single Great

Full Track by Track Review After numerous listens to the Sonic Boom CD, that’s where I come out: good album, great single – and bear in mind that I’m a huge, long-time KISS fan. Don’t misread that. This is the best KISS record since 1979’s Dynasty (obviously I’m not a fan of the ’80s KISS […]

October 22, 2009 | By | 1 Reply More
Derek Trucks Tone Info and Arcane Tone Secrets

Derek Trucks Tone Info and Arcane Tone Secrets

Leaving the Allmans Soon? Lots of slide typically doesn’t do a whole lot for me. But I do love what Duane Allman, Sonny Landreth, Derek Trucks and a few others can do with a slide. They are truly expressing themselves, not just playing the guitar. And they’ve got TONE – of a Woody nature, of […]

June 1, 2009 | By | 1 Reply More
Warren Haynes’ Current Gear

Warren Haynes’ Current Gear

No Les Paul for the Dead Gibson.com continues to make every effort to do justice to musicians who play their instruments, the latest being an interview with Warren Haynes. Warren, as we all know, is a player’s player – meaning a working musician with lots of talent, a thirst for playing and an ear for […]

May 18, 2009 | By | 1 Reply More
Tony Iommi’s Paranoid Gear

Tony Iommi’s Paranoid Gear

Treble Booster Was Key, Paranoid on a Les Paul Tony back in the day, with ample Laneys. There’s some good stuff on the Gibson.com website (are you listening, Fender?), though you have to spend time surfing to find it. Recently I tripped over a mid-2008 interview with Tony Iommi about recording Paranoid, a classic album […]

February 27, 2009 | By | 4 Replies More