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Babicz Guitars Are Stars Object Of Affection

Todd Rundgren is a fan. So are David Sancious, Adrian Belew, Earl Slick and Larry Hoppen, to name a few. The object of their admiration? Their Babicz guitars.

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Best Solo Of All Time Is Heavenly

Telegraph
Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven the been voted the best guitar solo of all time. The anthem beat the likes of Guns N' Roses' Paradise City and Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child.

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Interview: Skynyrd's Hughie Tomasson

Vintage Guitar
I started playing guitar when I was eight years old and first saw the Beatles not long after that. Of course, that influenced me and I started playing in a band when I was 12.

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BB King Museum Trying To Raise The Roof

Sun
There's an effort under way at the Capitol to ensure the B.B. King Museum won't be left without funding if lawmakers don't approve a comprehensive bond bill this session. The House and Senate have both filed bills that would provide $2 million for the museum in Indianola.

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Airtight Garage Announces The Shelia Amp

Press Release
The Shelia is an all-tube, two-channel amplifier in head format. Power output is 27 watts, which can be reduced to 16 watts via a back panel "low power" switch. A switched master volume control is front mounted. Channel one controls are volume, treble, middle, bass. Channel two controls are volume and tone. Speaker jacks are provided for four, eight and sixteen ohms on the rear panel, as well as a effects loop for channel one, and the rear-mounted AC plug is removable.

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Off Key: The Mystery Of The Volu-Tone

Detnews
After years in the family auction business, it's not too often that Robert DuMouchelle sees something for the first time. That is, until he met Judy Moynihan of Lincoln Park and her Volu-Tone amplifier. Today, fans of rock music take electric guitars and their amplifiers for granted. A review of their history, however, might lead fans to think differently.

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G-MAN Koch On G-DEC

Now, on the Fender website, you can listen to and download ten G-DEC custom presets dialed in by none other than inimitable guitar slinger Greg Koch.

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Johnson To Join Satriani As Special Guest

Ultimate Guitar
Two of the industry's most elite guitar players Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani have announced that they will be teaming up for special performances this spring as part of Satriani's "Super Colossal" US Tour. For a select number of dates only, Johnson will appear as Satriani's special guest, performing songs off his recent Grammy nominated album "Bloom" as well as such fan -- favorites as the Grammy Award winning song "Cliffs Of Dover."

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Satriani Strings Together More Dates On Tour

Live Daily
Joe  Satriani's itinerary has more than doubled in size, and now runs from the beginning of April through mid-May. Tickets for most dates are on sale now, while those for stops in Las Vegas, San Diego, Vancouver and Portland, OR, are scheduled to hit the box office in the coming days.

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Singley To Make Rare Club Appearance

Jazz Police
Described by local jazz maven Tom Surowicz as "one of the most tasteful and accomplished guitarists in town" (Star Tribune), David Singley is seldom heard in the intimate setting of a jazz club. More often on stage with the JazzMN Big Band, and Minnesota Orchestra, or in the classroom at Carleton College, Singley will make a rare club appearance Thursday, March 23^rd, at the Dakota in downtown Minneapolis.

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