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ELLEFSON-SOTO, David Ellefson’s collaboration with Jeff Scott Soto, will release a full-length album, “Vacation In The Underworld”, on October 7 via Rat Pak Records. The duo is joined by Andy Martongelli on guitar and keyboards and Paulo Caridi on drums.
“Vacation In The Underworld” was produced by…

You could WIN a Schertler GIULIA X acoustic amp! Giveaway ends October 18, 2022.Giulia XGIULIA X represents the state of the art in Swiss amplifier design, reflecting all the needs of the user. Offering a significantly improved power amp and speaker section, together with a crossover filter network, limiter and gain, this amp provides 70W (108dB SPL) of bi-amplified analog power. GIULIA X has a coaxial speaker system with a 1” dome tweeter and 5.5” woofer. It is designed with an optimized 2-way bass reflex construction.Schertler GIULIA X

HarbourView Equity Partners, the global alternative asset management company founded by Sherrese Clarke Soares, has purchased the publishing and recorded music catalog of Deryck Whibley, songwriter and lead singer of the rock band SUM 41.
SUM 41 is a Canadian punk rock band, active since the late 19…

SKID ROW has released the fourth webisode in the “Tear It Down” series. In the five-minute clip, which can be seen below, the members of SKID ROW talk about their new singer Erik Grönwall and his incredible journey that led to him joining the band.
SKID ROW’s new studio album, “The Gang’s All Here”,…

Fan-filmed video of MUDVAYNE’s August 14 performance at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, California can be seen below. The show was part of MUDVAYNE’s co-headlining U.S. tour with ROB ZOMBIE, dubbed “Freaks On Parade”.
Produced by Live Nation, the 21-city “Freaks On Parade” tou…

Catalinbread’s Tribute is a potent overdrive and a very nice low-gain-to-cleanish boost as well. But the Tribute is also a powerful EQ device—one that can recast a flat or ill-fitting tone into an ideal or unexpected sound in a flash. And though the simple parametric EQ takes a bit of practice to master, it’s highly intuitive, fun, and easy to use by feel.Tribute’s fundamental drive flavor is hard to characterize because the EQ creates so many variations on that voice. I replicated a few favorite Klon-style tones and more midrangey TS- and SD-1-style sounds with ease. But approximating these baselines only scratches the surface. The range of frequencies that you can boost and cut—1.4 kHz on the midrange side to 70 hz on the bottom end—is considerable. So is the +/- 12 dB boost or cut at your disposal once you’ve isolated the frequency you want to emphasize or remove. The way addition and subtraction of these frequencies adds focus, body, civility, mass, or aggression is impressive and often liberating.The Tribute will be invaluable if you switch between humbuckers and single-coils in performance.The Tribute will be invaluable if you switch between humbuckers and single-coils in performance. It could be even more indispensable in the studio—not just for the subtle-to-nasty range of drive and boost tones you can access, but the ease and speed with which you can find them.Catalinbread Tribute Parametric OverdriveAn all-gain parametric overdrive.

Prior to MEGADETH’s May 5 concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Premier Guitar’s Chris Kies talked gear with the band’s leader Dave Mustaine, who ran down the specs of his signature Gibson Flying V and showed why it’s the best body shape for ripping onstage. MEGADETH’s dexterous lead guitarist K…

Justifying Crimson Glory’s much-maligned prog-glam sidestep Strange and Beautiful.
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Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has collaborated with the visual art team SceneFour on an art collection crafted from a new medium in artwork, bass performance. The pair have built a stunning art collection that showcases the instrument in a new dimension. Each work is highly limited in avail…