Gear
Product Review: Fender’s ’57 Bandmaster 5E7 Reissue Amp
Pure Guitar magazine’s first father-son product review! Ritchie and Jack Fliegler test drive Fender’s ’57 Bandmaster 5E7 reissue.
How to use Moog Music’s Animoog app and Keith McMillen Industries’ 12 Step controller to replicate the classic Taurus pedal sound.
Keith Richards inspires Joe Gore to experiment with using a lavalier microphone to record a guitar. With audio samples.
With this early-1940s Martin OOO-28 repair challenge, the story is really about how the original must have been produced and how to replicate that.
A DIY guide on what to do – and what to not even think about doing! – when it comes to vintage amp restoration.
Curious about high-priced guitar picks? We put them to the test, and recorded the results.
A forum for and about the well-known repair person, the up-and-coming genius, the tinkerer, and instrument lovers who enjoy a good story.












