Nothing says “low budget cool” like a lipstick tube pickup. Maybe it’s their humble but sweet sound. Maybe it’s the quirky housing. Or maybe just the fact that, for countless Baby Boomers, the lipstick tube pickups of the ’60s provided the formative electric guitar experience. Whatever the reasons, it’s been a loooooong time since […] Longtime Howlin’ Wolf sideman Hubert Sumlin died this week at age 80. He played with Wolf on and off from 1953 until the singer’s death in 1976. (The YouTube clip features the two performing one of their greatest tunes live in Europe in 1964, accompanied by pianist Sunnyland Slim, drummer Clifton James, and the […] 
Not a turkey: Dave Wetherby's eye-catching Colorcaster The contestants were formidable. The competition was fierce. But by the time yesterday’s deadline arrived, one mutant stood triumphant — so triumphant that we are spared the interminable silliness responsibility of a run-off round. And the winner is Dave Wetherby’s kaleidoscopic Colorcaster. Congrats to Dave, who […] |
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