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Paul Riario - Guitar World Tech Editor: 25 Years of Teenaged Gear Glee

Malcolm X Abram

EQD asks Paul Riario a few questions about his job as Tech Editor for Guitar World magazine, his personal gear, not becoming jaded, and having to come up with groovy new licks to play for every damn video he makes.

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categories Interviews
tags New York Times, Gretsch, Gibson, Matchless, Vox, AC30, Les Paul, Martin, Taylor, Eric Johnson, Stratocaster, gear, Fender, Guitar World, Paul Riario, tech, amps, pedal, Telecaster, Hotel California, Stairway to Heaven

Ready For Pickup : Understanding and Appreciating Your Guitar’s Passive Pickups

Lane Sparber

Today I’d like to tackle the basics of a vital ingredient in your tone: the passive guitar pickup.

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categories How To
tags Pickup, guitar, humbucker, single coil, bobbin, wound, wiring, bass, tone, bright, AlNiCo, scatterwound, magnet, ceramic, DiMarzio, Super Distortion, polarity, reverse wound, vintage, vintage tone, strat, tele, jazzmaster, Fender, Leo Fender, P90, phasing, circuit, hum canceling, series, parallel, ground wire, hot wire, phase cancellation, 60-cycle hum, mids, treble, reverse polarity, rwrp, two-conductor cable, bridge pickup, neck pickup, middle pickup, Telecaster, Stratocaster, four-conductor humbucker, coil-tap, tone chasing, passive pickup, strings, pole pieces, machine wound, pickup selector, volume pot, baseplate, amp

ASK EQD : Jamie Stillman

Malcolm X Abram

To kick off our inaugural interactive missive, here are 10-ish questions from YOU answered by one of our Fearless Leaders; Founder, Lead Designer and President, Jamie Fuckin’ Stillman.

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categories ASK EQD, Interviews
tags Fuzz Face, Fuzz, Korg, EQD, MIDI, Reverb, Ebay, Garfield, Fender, Strat, Gibson, Les Paul, Sunn, Telecaster, Vintage, Bassman, Music Man, Marshall, Eurorack, Afterneath, effects, effects pedal, humbucker, Jamie Stillman, Jammie Fuckin’ Stillman

The Messthetics’ Anthony Pirog on Influence & Improvisation

Aaron Rogers

It’s been fifteen years since Fugazi last performed, but their improvisational impulses remain intact in the Messthetics, a jazz-inspired group led by virtuoso guitarist Anthony Pirog and featuring Fugazi’s unmistakably muscular rhythm section of bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty…

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categories Interviews
tags the Messthetics, Anthony Pirog, Joe Lally, Brendan Canty, Afterneath, reverb, Fender Deluxe Reverb, Marshall, Dischord, Fugazi, Sonny Sharrock, jazz, free jazz, Ian MacKaye, Guy Picciotto, Minor Threat, Joe Barden, Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Telecaster, Washington DC, Palo Colorado Dream, Cuneiform Records, Red Medicine, Trouble Funk, Sonic Circuits, roots, rockabilly, Scritti Politti, improvisation, Ben Monder, Pinback, ZVex, Digitech, Diamond, Electro Harmonix, Mel9, Greer, Polytune, Klon Centaur, transparent overdrive, Moog, voodoo lab, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Bill Laswell, Fred Frith, Dave Lombardo, John Zorn, Pharoah Sanders, Elvin Jones, Charnett Moffett, Elliot Sharp, Nels Cline, Slash Run, improv, Mick Goodrick, Miles Okazaki, Fundamentals of Guitar, Derek Bailey, Improvisation, Survival Kit, Cleveland, Ohio