FLASHBACK: 1959 Fender Esquire Once upon a time, in a land called Rock & Roll, a man known as...
Best Electric Guitars
Performer Mag’s reviews of electric guitars, acoustic guitars and guitar amps.
How to Hot-Rod Your Strat For Under $20 a Week
The Strat Chronicles (or how I modified my Strat for $12.50 a week) PART ONE My mission was to...
MY FAVORITE AXE with Lizard McGee of Earwig
I was born in the 23rd minute of the 23rd hour of the 23rd day. I write, sing and play guitar in...
MY FAVORITE AXE with Don Miggs
"Like the last 50 years of rock and roll music got put into a blender" is how Miggs has been described. Road warriors and dozens of "almost famous" stories later, the band has been delivering timely...
My Favorite Axe with Robert Gillies
Alive at Empty Sea Studios by Robert Gillies BACKGROUND I'm a San Francisco-based singer-songwriter, originally from Scotland. Classically trained, I buried my roots, opted for a jazz education, and...
Interview with Pickup Guru and Luthier Jason Lollar
Jason Lollar is one of the undisputed heavyweights when it comes to the guitar pickup market – just ask any tonehound or axe-slinger and you’ll likely get these three names: Duncan, Fralin and...
Genz Benz Shuttle 6.2 600W Bass Amplifier
PROS: Great sound, tons of volume, portable, lightweight and compact. CONS: Limited speaker connectivity. PRICE: $679 (head only) Since the earliest days of the electric bass guitar, players have...
Washburn WCG25SCE Acoustic Guitar
PROS: Excellent construction, playability and sound. CONS: A little expensive compared to other imports. PRICE: $1069 MSRP Washburn’s been making guitars for over 100 years, and even though acoustic...
Recording & Mixing Guitars in the Studio
Part 1 of 2 What’s the best way to record and mix electric and acoustic guitars? We have found that there is no “one way” to do anything in the studio, but here are some tried and true methods that...
Cort: Sunset 1 Guitar
PROS: Great pickups, nice Bigsby. CONS: Control knobs are a little hard to work with. MSRP: $750 Bigsby-equipped guitars usually only come on older, retro-fitted instruments, and don’t offer...
Oktober Guitars: Annihilator
PROS: Unique design, great sounds, plays great. CONS: Shape might not be for “traditionalists.” PRICE: $699 w/case There are guitarists that want things vintage, as they were back in the day. The...
Charvel Desolation DS-1 ST
Pros: Classic shape, modern tones and playability. Cons: Minor finishing flaw at neck/body joint. Price: $749 Charvel brought the "superstrat" to the masses back in the 1980s. Their new DS-1...
Snazzy FX – Bridging the Gap Between Synths and Guitars
Guitar pedals have a lot more in common with modular synthesizers than most guitarists realize. Both use a lot of cables to guide a signal through sound shaping units chosen and tweaked by a...