contents MAY 2011 ISSUE 98
in association with
www.elixirstrings.com
INTRO 3 Editorial
Tim the Ed welcomes you to PM… 4 Shopping List Lick Library Dream Theater tuition DVDs and loads more cool new kit… 8 Dr Demo Mike Brightley, Ashley Reaks, The Villeins, Straightlaces. 10 News
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All the latest news from the music world. 12 Competitions Win a JTR LN10 & a Blackstar HT-1R…cool! 16 Win a Vintage Guitar Skarlett Riot are this month’s lucky winners of a fab new Vintage guitar…
REVIEWED 14 Fender 60th Anniversary Telecaster
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Fender 60th Anniversary Telecaster
18 Hands on Marshall: Rise Against & the Marshall JCM 900 20 Hands on Boss: The RC-30 Loop Station 22 Blackstar HT-1R 24 Way Huge Green Rhino Overdrive 26 Roland GR-55 Guitar Synth 28 JTR Linda LN10 36 CME-Z Keys 88 38 Sontronics STC-20 42 Røde NT2-A 46 Plug-ins: Native Instruments RAZOR
ARTISTS 50 Wild Beasts
Kendall’s finest prepare to launch their new LP, Smother. 54 Led Bib
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The UK Modern jazzers unleash their twin sax attack. 56 Warren Haynes Allman Brothers and Gov’t Mule legend takes the soulful route with his new solo LP… 58 Unsigned Artist Winter in Eden.
RIFFS
30 Acoustic Feature Chris Woods explores percussive acoustic guitar playing… 34 Books & DVDs
Billy Gibbons' Gear book plus a Chet Atkins live DVD. 40 Hot Mod your Guitar
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Shield your guitar against electrical interference. 44 Playmusic Studio Nirvana Nevermind producer Butch Vig profiled. 48 Garageland UK's best new talent… 60 Outside the Box
Way Huge Green Rhino
Robin Henderson demonstrates five ways to use alternative tunings.
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