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GUITAR & BASS GEMS
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SEPTEMBER 2016
CONTENTS September 2016
(left to right, front to back): Coppersound
Telegraph Stutter, Daredevil Red Light
District, Black Cat Monster K-Fuzz,
Fender Mustang PJ, Guild S-200 T-Bird,
Broken Crow BC-T20 head and 2x12.
CLAYPOOL & LENNON • KVELERTAK • RICH ROBINSON • RACTICE-AM ROUNDU
Tuning Up
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GUITAR & BASS REVIEWS
ORANGE / MARSHALL / ASHDOWN / FENDER / VOX / IBANEZ
SCHECTER / PEAVEY / EHX / EARTHQUAKER / WAMPLER / MORE
Reader Guitar of the Month
Opening Notes
Obituary: Scotty Moore
Staff Picks
Esoterica Electrica
Last Call
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HOW-TO
92 Acoustic Soundboard
94 The Recording Guitarist
96 Guitar Shop 101
106 On Bass
108 Bass Bench
130 State of the Stomp
132 Mod Garage
134 Ask Amp Man
When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel,’
I knew what I wanted to do in life.
Everyone else wanted to be Elvis.
I wanted to be Scotty."
—Keith Richards,
Obituary: Scotty Moore, p. 28
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30 Rig Rundowns
34 Vintage Va ult
36 Bottom Feeder
66 Tone Tips
136 Tools for the Task
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