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premierguitar.com | Charles Saufley
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1 hour agoFriday the 13th has a ring of bad luck to it, and this month, it has brought a change of status to the iPhone XS. As of June 13, that phone is added to its vintage product list. Here’s why, and what it means. Apple adds products to its vintage (and later its obsolete) lists on a strict schedule, …
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premierguitar.com | Charles Saufley
Andy Powers’ influence on the substance and style of Taylor guitars has been truly significant. Over his 14-year tenure leading Taylor’s design efforts, he’s introduced entirely new bracing patterns and body profiles—never easy when working for a legacy brand in a tradition-oriented industry.
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2 weeks ago | 
premierguitar.com | Charles Saufley
A fuzz/boost combo that’s as hot as the name suggests, but which offers plenty of smoky, subdued gain shades, too. Generally speaking, I avoid combo effects. If I fall out of love with one thing, I don’t want to have to ditch another that’s working fine. But recent fixations with spatial economy find me rethinking that relationship. MayFly’s Le Habanero (yes, the Franco/Spanish article/noun mash-up is deliberate) consolidates boost and fuzz in a single pedal. That’s far from an original concept.
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2 weeks ago | 
premierguitar.com | Charles Saufley
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1 day agoThis 7-in-1 Retro Radio Might Outlast Your Smartphone, and That’s Actually the PointThere was a time when all a radio needed was a solid signal and a reassuring click of the dial. No apps. No algorithmic nudges. Just music, news, and …The The's latest album on #cassette5 hours agoEnsoulment Excl.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Charles Saufley
8 hours agoSean “Diddy” Combs has been raking in millions by renting out his private jet to wealthy individuals since he was arrested last September and charged with sex trafficking crimes. According to the US Sun, Diddy has earned $4.1 million by renting out his $60 million Gulfstream G550, known as LoveAir. …
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1 month ago | 
premierguitar.com | Charles Saufley
One big, bad, and very boss, no-frills fuzz. On the surface, fuzz is an almost barbarian concept—a nasty sound that’s easy to grasp in our imaginations. But contrast David Gilmour’s ultra-creamy Big Muff sounds with James Gurley’s free and visceral fuzz passages from Big Brother and the Holding Company’s Cheap Thrillsand you remember that two different fuzzes, in the hands of two different players, can speak very different languages.
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1 month ago | 
premierguitar.com | Charles Saufley
Bold-voiced, super-tunable distortion that excels in contexts from filtered boost to total belligerence. Whitman Audio calls the Wave Collapse a fuzz—and what a very cool fuzz it is. But classifying it strictly as such undersells the breadth of its sounds. The Seattle, Washington-built Wave Collapse has personality at low gain levels and super crunchy ones.
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2 months ago | 
premierguitar.com | Charles Saufley
Adding octave, drive, and boost functions to an extraordinary fuzz yields a sum greater than its already extraordinary parts. One should never feel petty for being a musical-instrument aesthete. You can make great music with ugly stuff, but you’re more likely to get in the mood for creation when your tools look cool.
