January 2017

You've learned your modes, mastered the four chords found in every pop song and can play the intro to “Crazy Train” with your eyes closed.

“Want a little head” is not only the punch line to a bad sex joke about Amazonian rain forest tribes;it also is apparently the phrase on a motivational poster in the Peavey amp design laboratory.

There are so many wonderful wah-wah pedals on the market these days that one is probably prone to ask, “Does the world need yet another wah?”

Usually when marketing materials describe a product as “no-nonsense,” the phrase usually means the same thing as “austere,” “stripped-down,” or “plain.”