In case anyone wants to read an informative, delightful feature I wrote...
Just in case someone out there -- for whatEVER reason -- wants to read a very nice feature I wrote for a national consumer magazine, here's one: CLICK ON THESE WORDS.
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Why Guitar Center needs a resident chiropractor
Meet Virgil the pine vole. The Winter NAMM show took place this past weekend in sunny Anaheim, Calif. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it there this year. So to give ourselves the NAMM experience, some...
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Why I sold my Gretsch Duo Jet for beer money
Portrait of the artist as a young NAMM: me and my Duo Jet in 2004. I used to own a Gretsch Duo Jet, the Dynasonic- and Bigsby-equipped variety made to look like George Harrison's merely semi-famous and...
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Let’s all register to bid on a 1960 Les Paul!
Do thy bidding! Someone out there -- besides PSE&G and Verizon -- thinks I'm rich. Waiting for me in yesterday's mail was an invitation to bid on pricey vintage guitars as part of an online auction...
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Fulltone Gold Standard cable lets me down big-time
Behold the culprit: My 10-foot Fulltone Gold Standard guitar cable, just minutes before it started its fateful voyage to a landfill. Whirlwind, which has been making quality instrument cables since the...
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Need a Gretsch Silver Jet? I recommend Streetsounds NYC in Brooklyn
My eBay prize: NOS Gretsch Silver Jet G6129T, recently purchased from Streetsounds NYC in Brooklyn. Three Sundays ago, I dropped anchor in the eBay and bought a beautiful Gretsch Silver Jet G6129T with...
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Jeff Beck ties Lady Gaga with three Grammys
Jeff Beck, seen here looking a lot like the guy on the cover of BLOW BY BLOW, won three Grammys last night in Los Angeles. Jeff Beck's late-career resurgence -- which began the night he and bassist Tal...
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A Marshall Class 5 amp enters the fold
No, it's not a cheesy Marshall catalog cover from 1997. It's my new Marshall Class 5 amp sitting outside the home of Sam Ash, its one-time foster parent. Tuesday morning, I stopped off at Sam Ash in...
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Jeff Beck and Imelda May coming to New Brunswick March 29
PHOTO: LARRY BUSACCA/GETTY IMAGES. Jeff Beck and Imelda May at Iridium Jazz Club in New York City last June. I was there! Guitarist Jeff Beck -- the eternally mop-topped, 66-year-old icon of British...
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Next stop: Guitar World magazine!
Well, the time has come, folks. This is my final SIX STRINGS ATTACHED blog post. On April 18, I will start my new job at Guitar World magazine in New York City. I've been reading this magazine since...
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