Vintage Guitar March 2012

[rickboy88]

I've been meaning to post about his for a bit. I wanted to relate that March 2012 "Vintage Guitar" magazine has quite a bit of good stuff, and it probably set a record for the most cut out articles to keep for future reference. There was a lot for bass players in this one.

Probably my favorite one was the long interview with bassist Leland Sklar (James Taylor's "Whenever I See Your Smiling Face" and ~ 26,000 others). He didn't only talk about the usual bass geek stuff, but what he would do if he could again, etc. He strikes me as a just a very down to earth person. He notes that his house is "packed with antiques, all in transition" and that other people had them before him and others will have them after him. The same goes for our guitars and/or basses when you think about it. You can't take it with you.

There is a history of the Fender Bass VI, a nice Bill Wyman article, a shorter Chris Hillman (bass with the Byrds) article, an interesting "Spruce and Prejudice" article on tone woods. There is also a nice Brian May "Fretprints" article on his playing style.

Last but not least, there is a detailed history of stereo guitars where of course Rickenbacker is mentioned with an image of the good old "Rick-O-Sound" box. I think I might have gotten the last one left in Colorado after they were discontinued. I just wanted to have one. Gretsch apparently was the first.