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Replacement Pickups Part 1: Single Coils

by on 28. Sep, 2010 in Gear, Guitars, Rock n Roll 101

The replacement pickup industry is booming. Aside from the ‘big’ names that have been around for a while, like DiMarzio (http://www.dimarzio.com/site/) and Seymour Duncan (http://www.seymourduncan.com/), there are a slew of ‘boutique’ companies, like Lindy Fralin (http://www.fralinpickups.com/) and Jason Lollar (http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/merchant.mvc), making a name for themselves in the pickup market. For the uninitiated, who might question [...]

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How To Get A Stevie Ray Vaughan Tone

by on 26. Jul, 2010 in Amps, Blues, Effects, Gear, Guitars, Styles

Possibly one of the most sort after guitar tones, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s signature sound is an ongoing debate in the musical world today. Being introduced to SRV and Double Trouble, and after recovering from my face melt by Stevie’s pure natural guitaring abilities, the facet that most captured mine (and most first time listeners’) attention [...]

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