contents JULY 2011 ISSUE 100
in association with
www.elixirstrings.com
INTRO 3 Editorial
Tim the Ed welcomes you to our 100th issue! 4 Shopping List
GigRig Z-Cable, Ivory II piano software, Rotosound nickel bass strings plus loads more… 8 Dr Demo
Nick Byrne, The Darlingtons, The Voltron & Bad Ideas. 10 News
P.54 Vessels
All the latest news from the music world. 12 Competitions Win over three Grand’s worth of kit from PRS, Wharfedale Pro, Roland, Fender, Musicman, Gear4Music and AKG! 16 Win a Vintage Guitar Orchid Fever are this month’s lucky winners of a fab Vintage axe…
REVIEWED 14 Fender Road Worn Player Stratocaster
18 Hands on Marshall: JYM100 20 Hands on Boss: Micro BR BR-80 36 Tanglewood TVC Koa S 38 Line 6 M5 42 Moog Slim Phatty 46 Plug-Ins: Rob Papen Punch
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ARTISTS P.46 Rob Papen Punch
Playmusic Unsigned Award Winners 2011 22 Best Overall Band: Skarlett Riot 24 Best Indie Band: Babyfaced Assassins 26 Best Live Band: Little Devils 28 Best Heavy Metal Band: Rhode Island Red 30 Best Solo Artist: Tim Rees 32 Best Produced Band: Turning Plates 50 Dananananaykroyd Scots sextet celebrate their return with a storming new album. 54 Vessels Post rock experimentalists muse on the keeping a band afloat on a tight budget. 56 Micachu Rubbery Avant Gard popsters go orchestral… 58 Unsigned Artist In Darklight.
RIFFS 34 Books & DVD P.38 6 3pickup Line 6 M5
Mel Bay hits the jackpot with a Jazz Pentatonics book, plus a Bluegrass solo manual. 40 Hot Mod your Guitar Simon Croft explains how to convert your guitar into a Red Special using Brian May’s unique wiring… 44 Playmusic Studio The late Martin Rushent profiled. 48 Garageland Check out the UK’s up & coming talent… 60 Outside the Box
Robin Henderson lets you in on the art of sweep picking…
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