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Miscellaneous Gear Alert: December 2021
![Later funk grooves are felt in one-measure and sixteenth notes patterns. Later funk grooves are felt in one-measure and sixteenth notes patterns.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/Later%20Funk.png?itok=lTE3F4ta)
Bass Around the World #7: Later Funk Cold Sweat Style
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Modeling Combos Peavey Vypyr x 1/2/3
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10 Celebrities Who Play Cheap Guitars
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Pedalboard Gems #7: L.R. Baggs Session Acoustic DI
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All Eyes on Ukraine, One of the Fastest-Growing Music Markets in Europe
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Solid-State Single Channel Diezel VH Micro Head
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Milestones in Music History #3: Suicide, and How Bravery Paid Off
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How To Choose Drum Covers
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Patrón: “I’ve Always Been Attached to the Desert”
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Pigtronix Gamma Drive With Active EQ
![Early funk grooves were based on eight notes syncopation and more traditional blues and R'n'B chord progressions. Early funk grooves were based on eight notes syncopation and more traditional blues and R'n'B chord progressions.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/Early%20funk.png?itok=udrceZwF)
Bass Around the World #6: Early Funk Eight Notes Grooves
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FLB 1991: Overdrive With the Sound of Pearl Jam Guitarists
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The 10 Biggest LGBT Rock Icons
![Many guitarists that come into the repair shop are astonished at all the things that can happen—let's say spontaneously—at the neck/body joint. Many guitarists that come into the repair shop are astonished at all the things that can happen—let's say spontaneously—at the neck/body joint.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/B31EF891-2E06-4174-B849-1DE2D6A2E6F6.jpeg?itok=9Tk4kxcA)
Under the Hood #5: How To Solve Neck Attachment Problems on a Telecaster
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All Eyes on the UK: For Those About To Rock...
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With SE P20E PL Acoustic, PRS Caters for Female Guitarists
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The Gear That Made Us #2: Fender Precision Bass
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Review Your Record #1: Emma Ruth Rundle’s Decade of Darkness and Despair
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Guitar Gear Alert: December 2021
![Learn how to play four-on-the-floor and mute your octaves as these two elements are at the core of disco basslines. Learn how to play four-on-the-floor and mute your octaves as these two elements are at the core of disco basslines.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/Disco.png?itok=XWHgJYOE)
Bass Around the World #5: Disco Is Fun!
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Shure MV7X Flexible Dynamic XLR Microphone
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![Tim/Timmy is deservedly one of the most used, most talked about, and most copied pedals for connoisseurs who want to fine-tune their sound | Photo: Dr. Hyenik Tim/Timmy is deservedly one of the most used, most talked about, and most copied pedals for connoisseurs who want to fine-tune their sound | Photo: Dr. Hyenik](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_big/public/tim%20head.jpg?itok=rnEbkypr)
Pedalboard Gems #6: Tim