Rig Rundown: Periphery [2017]
Behind-the-scenes details on the three-headed guitar monster’s updated signature axes (and pickups), and their unusual reliance on a blend of 20th- and 21st-century amp technology.
Read more » Rig Rundown: Animals as Leaders [2017]
Investigate how progressive rockers Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes weave emotive jams with 16 strings, both tube heads and digital amp modelers, and a stockpile of stomps.
Read more » Rig Rundown: mewithoutYou
Post-hardcore guitar assassins Michael Weiss and Brandon Beaver talk tone tools with PG’s Perry Bean.
Read more » Rig Rundown: Mutoid Man’s Stephen Brodsky
Find out how the shred cat avoids using a sketchy whammy bar by ingeniously implementing two handy stomps.
Read more » Gretsch G6609TFM Players Edition Broadkaster Review
New-design Full’Tron pickups turn a familiar semi-hollowbody into a potent axe that’ll wow fans of both vintage Gretsch sounds and sparkling modern tones.
Read more » Old Blood Noise Endeavors Fault Review
A cascading overdrive/distortion that moves from reserved to blistering.
Read more » AC/DC Guitarist Malcolm Young Laid to Rest in Sydney
Music fans and fellow artists en masse mourned the loss of AC/DC founder and legendary rhythm guitarist, Malcolm Young, as he was laid to rest this past Tuesday during a…
Read more » Mid-Fi Electronics Magick i Review
A distortion pedal that thinks it’s a compressor. Or is it the other way around?
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