David Konow

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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day during 1994 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York, United States.
The real story behind Green Day’s iconic Dookie tone

By David Konow Published

Billie Joe Armstrong’s legendary modded Marshall emerged from a tone lineage that spans Eddie Van Halen, Metallica and Steve Lukather

Guitar Amp Heads
Eddie Van Halen holding his guitar in front of a stack of Marshall amps, 1978.
The story of Eddie Van Halen’s elusive amp tech, José Arredondo – and the new amp that honors his legacy

By David Konow Published

José Arredondo modified amps for some of guitar’s biggest stars. Dave Friedman’s Jose amp pays tribute to this elusive legend and makes his formerly secret mods available to everyone

Guitar Amps
Norman Harris of Norman's Rare Guitars poses with a Les Paul at his legendary Tarzana, California guitar store.
Norman Harris on the future of Norman’s Rare Guitars and why he finally decided to sell

By David Konow Published

The man behind behind Tarzana, California’s most famous guitar store discusses his legacy, the vintage market today and where it’s headed in the future

Music Industry
(from left) Mark Gallagher, Rob "Wacko" Hunter, and John Gallagher, of the English heavy metal band Raven, pose for a group portrait at The Kabuki Theater in San Francisco, California on June 7, 1984
The thrash metal bands who deserved to make it – but didn’t

By David Konow Published

For every success story like Metallica from the ‘80s metal movement, there are countless bands who didn’t make it. Some of them never gave up

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Bands
A Soldano SLO-100 amplifier
The amp wizards who shaped the technology we use today, and gave the world great guitar tone

By David Konow Published

The designs and innovations created by Reinhold Bogner, Paul Rivera, Michael Soldano, and Jose Arredondo have shaped the amps of today, and continue to shape the amps of tomorrow

Guitar Amps