contents NOVEMBER 2011 ISSUE 104
in association with Elixir Strings
Extending your tone life like no other string.™
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INTRO 3 Editorial
Tim the Ed ushers in a new digital age for PM… 4 Shopping List New kit from Charvel, Boss, Line 6 and Gretsch… 8 Dr Demo New Town Kings, OneState, Beatitudes, Kirtsy Almeida. 10 News
White Denim
Slash opened GUITARGUITAR’s new Epsom branch, Bonamassa UK tour dates 12 Competitions Win! £4,000 worth of prizes from Sennheiser and Gear4Music. 16 Win a Vintage Guitar Welsh band The Watercolours take home the prize this month.
REVIEWED 14 Marshall YJM100 Guitar Amp.
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Fender Blacktop
Precision & Jazz
18 Hands on Marshall: Pulp & The Marshall VBA 400 Bass Stack. 20 Vintage VXP6 Guitar. 22 Gear4Music GP120 Multi-FX Processor. 24 Yamaha MOX6 Workstation Synth. 26 Fender Blacktop Precision and Jazz bass. 30 MXL LSC-1N Live Condenser Microphone. 36 Plug-Ins: Toontrack Americana EZX.
ARTISTS 40 Mastodon
The Stoner rock kings unleash their epic new LP The Hunter. 44 White Denim
Exciting US youngsters put the D in ‘Drama’. 46 Don Airey Deep Purple keyboard player skillfully dodges tasteless ‘organ’ jokes!
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48 Unsigned Artist The Wild Mercury.
Gear4Music GP120
RIFFS
32 Hot Mod your Guitar Our man with the soldering iron Simon Croft demonstrates how to correctly shape a custom scratchplate for your axe. 34 Playmusic Studio
Cubase 6 latest version of the universally popular DAW. 38 Garageland
The best up & coming talent from the UK and beyond. 50 Licks & Tips Warm up exercises for guitarists. 52 Outside the Box Three-note-per-string shapes to help you get you moving faster.
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3www.playmusicpickup.co.uk Toontracks Americana EZX
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