Interview with Chuck Garvey and Al Schnier by Lisa Sharken Al (photo by Jeff Kravits) Many of the most creative musicians are also the biggest gearheads around. Perhaps because of their experimental nature, more of these types are turning...
Welcome New Seymour Duncan / Basslines Artists – Anberlin’s Joeseph Milligan (Dimebucker), Deon Rexroat (Quarter Pound for Jazz Bass) and Nathan Strayer; Joey Molland from Bad Finger; Australia’s Cam Baines (Dimebucker) and Tom Read (Invader Humbucker) of Bodyjar; Collective...
This vaguely V-shaped axe is based on a fighter-bomber. It comes from ESP’s Guitar Craft Academy in Tokyo, Japan. Not only do they sell guitars, but ESP is very big in education and, for some years now, they’ve been...
New from D-TAR - Mama Bear™ For years, acoustic guitars have relied on pickups for amplification. One problem: using pickups, even the best acoustic guitars deliver an over-simplification of true acoustic tone complexity when amplified. D-TAR, our sister company,...
The Classic Stack® Plus is the ultimate advancement in the quest for hum-free Strat® tone. The top coil is similar to a traditional Strat pickup coil. This, together with the symmetrically staggered, sand-cast, Alnico 5 pole pieces, delivers very...
Throughout Megadeth’s two decades at the top of Metal’s thrash heap, one thing has always been constant. There, in the center, with the aggressive vocals and the low-slung guitar, turning out super-chunky power riffs, is Dave Mustaine, one of...
Ever wonder what it’d be like to have Seymour W. Duncan and Cathy Carter Duncan as your parents? Well, if you’re 21 year old, Derek Duncan, you know exactly what it’s like. Santa Barbara-born, Derek has worked on and...
