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Holiday Gift Tip: Pigtronix FAT Drive Pedal
Analog tube overdrive sound comes in cool retro stompbox
By Alex Baker
Looking for that perfect holiday gift for the guitarist who has everything? Maybe you should consider the FAT Drive Pedal from Pigtronix.
If you’re looking for classically overdriven blues guitar tone with rich saturation and an abundance of analog warmth (and who doesn’t like analog warmth at the holidays?) this is a great pedal for you. Pigtronix take a futuristic approach to analog and the FAT Drive features multiple… Read More
12-12-12 Concert For Hurricane Sandy Victims At Madison Square Garden, Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Reviewed by Rock NYC
Massive benefit for Sandy Victims reviewed by Rock NYC
By Iman Lababedi
My friend Mike works the floor of Barclay Center but he is in enemy territory tonight for the biggest benefit of all time at Madison Square garden. Still, there is honor among Arena personnel, they all know each other, often work stints together, and have a professional courtesy clause added to their rider. So Mike paid for his ticket sitting next to me, and then wandered off… Read More
Paul McCartney to Front Nirvana for Hurricane Sandy Benefit?
Sir Paul will reportedly take the stage with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear to headline star-studded relief concert
By Alex Baker
With acts like The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Green Day, Bon Jovi, The Who, Kanye West, Read More
Rush Tops List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees for 2013
Canadian rock trio to be inducted along with Heart, Randy Newman, Albert King and others
By Alex Baker
Today the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame officially announced its list of inductees for 2013.
Topping the list is Canadian prog-rock power trio Rush, who’ve long been regarded as one of the… Read More
The Rolling Stones at Barclay Center, Saturday 12/8 – Rock NYC Review
Mick, Keef, and the boys bring the rock & roll circus to Barclay Center and Rock NYC is on the scene
By Iman Lababedi
Towards the end of the Rolling Stones eagerly anticipated performance at Barclay Center, Mick Jagger said, “People always ask us, why do you keep touring? You’re the reason we really do this.” This isn’t true, the Stones do it for money. If they did it for… Read More
Ana Popovic: GSTV’s Exclusive Interview with Female Blues/Rock Sensation
Serbian blues/rock guitarist talks to Guitar Shop TV backstage at the Iridium in NYC
Belgrade-born Ana Popovic was introduced to the blues at an early age by her father. Taking up the guitar as a teenager, Ana began performing on the European blues circuit in the mid 1990s. By decade’s end, she’d recorded an album with her band Hush and relocated to Amsterdam to study at… Read More
