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The Dog That Barks in Open G: Inside the Dobro Hound Dog Round Neck
The Dobro Hound Dog Round Neck delivers authentic spider-bridge resonator tone on a budget. Gibson heritage, $499, laminated maple — the honest story.
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Muddy Waters Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Father of Chicago Blues’ Rig
Muddy Waters' guitars, amps, and effects — the complete guide. The Hoss Telecaster, 1952 Les Paul Goldtop, Chess Records tone, slide guitar technique, and how to nail that Chicago blues sound.
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Gary Rossington Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Last Founding Member’s SG & Peavey Rig
Gary Rossington guitars & gear: Lynyrd Skynyrd's last founding member. Gibson SG, Les Paul signatures, Peavey, Marshall, slide guitar — the Sweet Home Alabama Southern rock tone.
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George Thorogood Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Delaware Destroyer’s Gibson ES-125, Slide & Dual Showman Rig
George Thorogood guitars & gear: the Delaware Destroyer. Gibson ES-125TDC P-90, Epiphone White Fang signature, Fender Dual Showman, open G tuning, sandpaper slide — Bad to the Bone tone.
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Dobro Hound Dog Round Neck: The Guitar Named After a Legal Problem
The Dobro Hound Dog Round Neck resonator: the 1967 Hound Dog name origin, full specs, spider vs biscuit tone, honest player facts and buying advice.
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Derek Trucks Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Slide Master’s Rig
Derek Trucks' guitars, amps, and effects — the complete guide. Gibson SG, Dickey Betts SG, Dunlop glass slide, Alessandro and Fender amps, and how to nail that liquid slide tone.
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Bonnie Raitt Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to the Slide Guitar Legend’s Rig
Bonnie Raitt's guitars, amps, and effects — the complete guide. Brownie Stratocaster, Guild F-50, Bad Cat amp, MXR compressor, Dunlop slide on middle finger, and how to nail that emotional blues slide tone.
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Charlie Starr Guitars & Gear: The Complete Guide to Blackberry Smoke’s Southern Rock Tone Connoisseur’s Rig
Charlie Starr guitars & gear: Blackberry Smoke's tone connoisseur. Gibson Les Paul Junior P-90, Germino Lead 55, 1960 Fender Concert, Greer Lightspeed — the full rig guide.
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Gretsch G9200 Boxcar: The Five-Hundred-Dollar Honk That Doesn’t Reissue Anything
The Gretsch G9200 Boxcar resonator: 2012 Roots Collection origins, full specs, the rosewood-to-padauk change, tone recipes, tunings and buying advice.
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Recording King Dirty 30s Series 7 Single 0: The Two-Hundred-Dollar Guitar Wearing a Dead King’s Crown
The Recording King Dirty 30s Series 7 Single 0 explained: real specs, whitewood truth, the John Fahey myth corrected, tone recipes and honest buying advice.