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Holiday Gear Guide 2012: The Vox AC4C1-BL Guitar Amp
The VOX AC4C1-BL Guitar Amp The VOX AC4C1-BL is a sharp looking amp, aping the stylish look of vintage ’60s VOX amps. It’s portable, with an all-tube design, and has a simple set-up with just four...
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Holiday Gear Guide: Live From Santa’s Pub
It's always Christmas at Santa's Pub, a Nashville dive that serves cheap beer, karaoke and yuletide cheer twelve months a year. American Songwriter - along with singer-songwriter Amanda Shires and...
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Review: HD Dierks Bentley Custom Signature Artist Edition Guitar
CMA award winner and longtime Martin player Dierks Bentley has joined the ranks of artists with signature guitars with the C.F. Martin HD (herringbone dreadnought) Dierks Bentley Custom Signature...
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Review: Blake Shelton Signature Guitar
(MSRP $550) The Blake Shelton Signature guitar, by Michael Kelly Guitars, is a member of their well known, and well respected, Patriot line. The Patriot series can run the gamut from metal to country,...
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Six Ways To Get Your Music On TV
First, I'd like to thank everyone who has written in and asked me questions. Keep them coming! Please keep in mind if you're just asking me stuff that you can easily find out by using Google, it is...
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Review: Korg microARRANGER
Two problems that songwriters regularly face are finding sounds that are inspiring and knowing what their songs will sound like with a band. If you don’t have a studio and musicians at the ready, you...
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Review: Bose L1 Model 1S with B2 sub
Performing your original material is often so much about getting your sound right. Since 2003, Bose Corporation has offered the L1 system, a great portable PA package that’s ideal for the...
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Good Vocals: The Art Of Preparation
On one level, singers are master preparers. We spend tremendous amounts of time training and practicing, and for many of us, songwriting as well. In fact, we’re so focused on our instruments and...
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Review: Martin D-Mahogany Guitar
Martin FSC®-certified D Mahogany (MSRP $3,599) In just a few words, Martin’s D Mahogany, built entirely of woods certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), is an absolutely outstanding...
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Review: HK AUDIO Lucas Nano 300 Portable Sound System
List Price: $979.00/ Street Price: $699.00 Whether you are a working professional songwriter or just trying to break into the business, conquering the small venue is key to getting your songs heard....
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Gruhn Guitars: Nashville’s Guitar Nirvana
Photos by Mackenzie Moore Situated amid the honky-tonks of Nashville’s lower Broadway is Gruhn Guitars, a legendary shop that boasts one of the best collections of new and vintage instruments in the...
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Review: Gibson J-200 Standard Acoustic-Electric Guitar
Gibson J-200 Standard Acoustic-Electric Guitar MSRP: $4,925 Now entering its 76th year, the Gibson J-200 - the "King of the Flat-tops" - is as much of a legend as ever. The current crop of J-200s,...
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Review: Apogee Quartet Desktop Audio
APOGEE QUARTET www.apogeedigital.com (MSRP $1,295) Are you a performing songwriter and Apple devotee looking to upgrade your recording setup? Perhaps you have a one or two input recording interface...
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Winter NAMM Rolls On: Day 2
It was another cloudy day with showers in So. Cal this morning as NAMM kicked into second gear. The general mood was spirited despite the weather, which also had bouts of sunny optimism … and, it was...
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Winter NAMM Keeps Chugging: Day 3
Saturday continues on with all the hustle and bustle one might wish for … if your idea of a good time is loud noises, crowded walkways, star gazing and circus freak shows. There was certainly a lot of...
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Winter NAMM 2013: More Odds And Ends
The dust has settled on Winter NAMM 2013, but we just can't let the memory go here at American Songwriter. Here are twelve items from Anaheim that have stayed with us ... RECORDING KING RJJ-116...
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Inside Look: Eric Clapton And Guitar Center’s Crossroads Guitar Collection
The tones and sounds Eric Clapton has coaxed out of his guitars are legendary: from his heavy blues-based riffs in the ’60s power trio Cream to the weeping moans and wails of unrequited love on the...
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