Arteconciencias: Rory Gallagher – the gear behind the legend

Dimebag Darrell’s legendary Warhead amp is returning this year – could his guitars be next? | Muse are selling Kempers loaded with their guitar and bass tones, plus a revered Russian Big Muff and much more | Singer/songwriter Sinéad O'Connor has died at 56

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July 26, 2023

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Dimebag Darrell’s legendary Warhead amp is returning this year – could his guitars be next?

(Warhead Amps)

Due to arrive at some point in 2023, the upcoming Warhead is seemingly just one piece of iconic Dimebag gear set to be revived in the near future

Muse are selling Kempers loaded with their guitar and bass tones, plus a revered Russian Big Muff and much more

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Nearly 100 pieces of stage-played and studio-used gear – spanning multiple tours and albums – will go up for sale when the Reverb store goes live

Singer/songwriter Sinéad O'Connor has died at 56

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O'Connor's 1990 re-interpretation of the sweeping Prince ballad, Nothing Compares 2 U, topped the charts in the US, UK, and a number of other countries

Seymour Duncan Jupiter Rails: Aggression & Clarity

To capture Wes Hauch's articulate and aggressive tones, the Jupiter Rails humbucker set was crafted with dual stainless-steel rail poles, a ceramic magnet, and a finely tuned high output wind. It delivers mid-range attack, balanced response, and clarity. Learn More

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"Everyone else had walls of Marshalls, but Rory just turned up, put a Vox AC30 on two folded-out chairs and let rip": Rory Gallagher – the gear behind the legend

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As we rebuild the exact rigs from the late Irishman's most famous live periods – using historic gear loaned by his estate – Daniel Gallagher looks back over his uncle's lifetime onstage

"We've been talking about it for a decade – our artists want 'that' sound in their arsenal": How Myles Kennedy and Paul Reed Smith reinvented a classic with the NF 53

(Mikko Dumadag, PRS Guitars)

Satisfying an artist is one thing, creating a new version of an old favorite is another. With the new Myles Kennedy signature and NF 53, PRS has attempted to do both

	Seymour Duncan Jupiter Rails: Aggression & Clarity To capture Wes Hauch's articulate and aggressive tones, the Jupiter Rails humbucker set was crafted with dual stainless-steel rail poles, a ceramic magnet, and a finely tuned high output wind. It delivers mid-range attack, balanced response, and clarity. Learn More

From Guitar Player

Recorded during the pandemic simultaneously with 2021's Heavy Load Blues, Gov't Mule's ambitious new album, Peace… Like a River, is an exercise in taking risks

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It was also, Warren Haynes says, "a way of not going crazy"

"The sound is monstrous, dirty, and twangy": Hear Brian Setzer's new song, Girl on the Billboard

(Russ Harrington)

The track is powered by the quintessential rock and roll tone of a 1957 Gretsch Jet Fire Bird

Buyer's Guides

Guitar Center is raising hell and reducing prices on big-name brands in their demonic Metal Mayhem sale

(ESP, Strandberg, Schecter)

With as much as $499 slashed off a Strandberg seven-string, $350 off the Kemper Profiler, and up to $150 off select Jackson models, this sale is a metalhead's dream