Kerry King’s B.C. Rich Mockingbird & Jeff Hanneman’s Gibson Les Paul Standard
October 7, 2008 by unknown~ · Leave a Comment
Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman’s paint-splattered Gibson Les Paul Standard and BC Rich Mockingbird have much to answer for. After all, they’re the axes that helped launch Slayer’s now infamous legacy of brutality. Read more
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B.C. Rich Unplugged Acoustic B30-C Guitar
October 2, 2008 by unknown~ · Leave a Comment
When you think of B.C. rich, you think of Warlocks, Biches, Mockingbirds, and Seagulls—but not acoustic guitars. Read more
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Akai DPS12 Recorder Review
September 30, 2008 by unknown~ · Leave a Comment
Our final contestant in our recent recorder reviews, the Akai DPS12, is chunkier and shorter than the Fostex DMT-8VL but closer to it than the Korg D8 size. Read more
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Fostex DMT-8VL Review
From the tiny Korg D8 that we reviewed, I moved on to the substantially large Fostex DMT-8VL, another great eight-track recorder Read more
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Korg D8 Digital – Analog Recorder Review
September 26, 2008 by unknown~ · 2 Comments
The fun started with the Korg D8, which is by far the smallest of the three recorders I sampled for this series of reviews. In fact, if you weren’t looking at it too closely, you might mistake it for a drum machine rather than a portable eight-track studio. Its appearance, however, is deceptive, for inside the D8 is a 1.4 GB hard drive, which allows a maximum of 34 minutes of eight-track recording. Read more
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Electric Guitar – Rickenbacker’s 1932 invention of the Frying Pan
Make it louder!, said George Beauchamp to John Dopyera. These three little words led to the birth of the electric guitar, and instrument that would go on to rock the world and become one of the signature sounds of the 20th century. Read more
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The life of Leo Fender
August 15, 2008 by unknown~ · Leave a Comment
Before Leo Fender came along, the solidbody electric guitar was little more than a gimmick. No other person did as much to develop this “gimmick” into one of the most important musical instrument of the 20th century. Read more
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Ampeg Dan Armstrong Guitar & Bass
When Dan Armstrong designed his acrylic-bodied guitars in the late Sixties, his goal was to create an instrument whose rigid, synthetic body would produce a high level of sustain. Read more
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