Bass player Bob Healey details his live rig
Rhode Island’s Bob Healey is a bass player who takes his low end possibilities quite seriously. Healey, of Rhode Island’s elite cover band 5 Flavor Discount and hair metal outfit Pozer, uses a few cool things to get the tones he needs. While Pozer is a hair metal band that only requires straight-forward bass, 5 […]
Jeff Buckridge discovers the ukulele; plays out in North Shore with Jeff Buckridge’s Uke Joint
Jeff Buckridge recently experienced a major revelation in his life. The Boston Horns guitarist discovered the joys of ukulele playing while on a vacation in Hawaii. Now, several months later, has a band called Jeff Buckridge’s Uke Joint that’s been playing gigs in the North Shore area of Massachusetts, during nights off from The Boston […]
Boston blues guitarist Chris Stovall Brown loves his gear
Chris Stovall Brown can talk endlessly about his guitars and gear. He went into some detail about his axe, amps, pickups, and pedals. The life long Boston blues guitarist is considered a minimalist. Many guitarists use their pedals rather than their amps to give them the sound they’re looking for. Brown gets by more on […]
Scott Tarulli talks gear; likes G&L Guitars
Boston musician Scott Tarulli is a man who know his guitars and amps. Tarulli, who backs others on stage and in the studio between making his own albums, was on hand to talk about his gear. Tarulli gets to work with some of the most exciting musicians in Boston. One thing he likes talking about […]
Bill Whitsett gets respect for his Whitsett Guitar Works repair shop
Bill Whitsett has made many accomplishments in his career as a guitar repairman. He has won the recognition of many major guitar manufacturers and his Whitsett Guitar Works shop is one of only 30 Fender Custom Shops in the world. Whitsett and his Lowell-based shop are unique in other many ways too. The guitar repairman, […]
Carl Strathmeyer discusses the virtues of small musical instrument shops like his Minor Chord
Carl Strathmeyer has owned The Minor Chord instruments and accessories store in Littleton, Massachusetts for two years. In that time he has built up a solid clientele that extends to musicians all over New England who descend upon his shop to play instruments from his upscale inventory. Strathmeyer and his wife Andrea bought the store […]
Carl Strathmeyer from Minor Chord in Littleton, Massachusetts advises about guitar jacks
Hey Bill, Here’s a helpful hint for your readers. Customers bring electric guitars into our store all the time complaining that they have lost all their output signal, and often the hum is pretty bad too. Usually the jack is loose and spinning around. When we ask about it, the customer says, “Yeah, it’s been […]
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