Price: $349.99www.blackstaramps.com In recent years, a chasm has formed between amplifier families, with tubes on one side and modelers on the other. Blackstar builds both, providing vacuum flavors…
Pasquale Grasso: Lawrence Sumulong. When you listen to the latest Pasquale Grasso album, you might think it’s a ’50s recording from Tal Farlow or Jimmy Raney, but it’s actually brand-new bop. The N…
Jonas Reingold: Diana Seifert. Acclaimed as bassist for The Flower Kings, Jonas Reingold is a master four-stringer. He’s recorded with many artists, including Jon Anderson (of Yes), and has become …
Sykes with a custom-color Strat in 1984. John Sykes 1984:Ray Palmer Archive/IconicPix. The guitar universe was rocked by John Sykes’ death from cancer, December 21 at age 65. Forty years ago, the B…
Venture online and watch a few videos by Tasmanian guitarist Alan Gogoll and you’ll see he’s nothing short of a phenomenon. On acoustic, he conjures artificial harmonics in a manner that almost def…
Hailing from the Australian island state of Tasmania, Alan Gogoll is reshaping acoustic guitar before our eyes. Sure, you’ve heard artificial harmonics, but Gogoll has refined it into a fluid techn…
Price: $645www.ehx.com Introduced in 2005, the Electro-Harmonix Polyphonic Octave Generator – a.k.a. POG – has spurred a handful of offshoots and updates. Born as an ultimate octave box, it conjure…
Known for decades as The Texas Tornado and The Malice from Dallas, Rocky Athas is still kickin’ blues-rock ass on Livin’ My Best Life, his first album since 2017. A veteran of John Mayall’s Bluesbr…
