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GB107 Contents
GB107 Contents
JULY 2010
contents
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FENDER
AMERICAN SPECIAL
STRATOCASTER
& TELECASTER
26
DUESENBERG
tHe ESSENTIALS
8 NEWS
The latest guitar gear from
106 USED & ABUSED
A well-preserved double-cutaway
DOUBLE CAT 6 & 12 around the world 1962 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet
12 ROUND-UP:
EXTREME EFFECTS
We’ve rounded up eight of the
most outlandish pedals around
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72 MINI TESTS
Four more handy accessories
are put through their paces
LAG 98 LETTERS
Your comments and questions,
CHARLES with the best letter each month
HEDGER winning a Boss pedal
SIGNATURE 105 PAWN STARS
32
A vintage MXR Phase 45 shows
us that you needn’t spend big in
order to get that classic tone
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GEAR REVIEWS
GUITARS
22 FENDER AMERICAN SPECIAL
STRATOCASTER & TELECASTER
26 DUESENBERG DOUBLE CAT 6 & 12
32 LAG CHARLES HEDGER SIGNATURE
36 G&L TRIBUTE RAMPAGE JERRY CANTRELL SIGNATURE
40 BADEN A-STYLE MAHOGANY & OVANGKOL
16
16 SLASH
INTERVIEW
SLASH
82 BACKSTAGE PASS:
AMPLIFIERS
50 BOGNER MOJADO
54 ORANGE ROCKERVERB 50 MkII
The legendary rock guitarist ADAM STOCKDALE 58 ROLAND AC-33 ACOUSTIC CHORUS
talks about the making of his MUMFORD & SONS
first official solo album and the Mumford & Sons’ guitar tech Adam
enduring appeal of pairing Stockdale gives us a backstage
a Les Paul with a Marshall tour of lead singer and guitarist
Marcus Mumford’s complex rig
44 SANDI THOM
The singer/guitarist chats to us 86 TECH TALK:
about discovering herself as ELECTRICAL SAFETY
a guitar player and writing her High voltage rock ’n’ roll is one
new blues-influenced album, thing, but avoiding a nasty shock EFFECTS & ACCESSORIES
Merchants And Thieves is another. Here’s the lowdown on 66 SUHR KOKO BOOST, SHIBA DRIVE & RIOT
keeping your equipment safe
60 ON THE RECORD: 70 MXR CUSTOM SHOP ’75 VINTAGE PHASE 45
PETER FRAMPTON 88 TONE ZONE:
‘SHOW ME THE WAY’ JERRY CANTRELL
We get a chance to speak with We look at how the Alice In
the man himself about the Chains guitarist achieves his
writing and recording of this rock aggressive signature guitar tone
anthem, Talk Box and all and show you how it’s done
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