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Early Fender Amp History - The first Fender amps where made in Fullerton California in early 1946. The aliens hadn't yet landed at Roswell nor had the Transistor yet been invented. The amps where first manufactured under the name "K&F Manufacturing" and where designed for lap steel guitar players. The early amp designed where base on RCA amplifier circuits found in there tube application manual. The first Fender amp was made in 1947 and actually had a label stating "licensed under US Patents of American Telephone and Telegraph Company". ! To Read Article

Chop Shop for 2008
History of Fender Amps - July 28, 2008
Phil Baugh Biography - May 17, 2008
Guitar Lesson with Stevie Ray ! - March 17, 2008
Guitar Lesson with Brian Setzer - March 3, 2008
Learning To Play Guitar Leads Successfully - Feb 12, 2008
Steve Vai - The Attitude Song Jan 26, 2008
Press Release - the Rebirth of Way Huge Jan 12, 2008

Chop Shop for 2007
Where did the music go !
Simple Steps to Better Guitar Tone
Fu Manchu Video of this Killer Band 6-15-07
John Frusciante Live Rig 4-15-07
Clip of the James Gang ! 3-15-07

Chop Shop for 2006

Pat Metheny Live with 54 String Guitar 12-15-06
Very insightful interview with Derek Trucks 11-15-06
Jimi Hendrix death announcement on ABC news 11-01-06
Rush - The Trees 9-25-06
The Late Rory Gallagher 8-25-06
The History of the Yardbirds 8-10-06
Janes Addiction Inventor of Alt 7-28-06
Gang of Four UK Underground 1982 7-10-06
Edgar Winter Frankenstein 6-15-06
David Gilmour House Boat Studio 6-1-2006
The Vox Jingle 1966 5-15-2006
Seymour Duncan Installing Pickups 4-6-06
Hiwatt Amps from the UK 3-8-06
The History of the Ramones 2-15-06!
Danny Gatton Hillbilly Jazz 1-15-06!

Chop Shop for 2005
True Bypass True or Not ? 11-15-05!
Why the iPOD ruined music 10-15-05 !
Sonnny Landreth 9-15-05
Tubes, Mechanics and Mystiques 8-1-05
Jimi Hendrix 7-12-05
Pink Floyd and the Wizard 6-22-05
Link Wray Distortion Inventor 6-10-05
Soulive 5-28-2005
Joe Bonamassa - Blues Slayer 5-15-2005
John Zeigler Killer Gtr 5-5-2005
Alex Skolnick 4-28-2005
The Late Lenny Breau 4-10-2005
The Sound of Fu-Manchu ! 3-21-2005
The Unknown Hinson ? 3-15-2005
History of Dean Gtrs 3-1-2005
Ollie Halsall - Who Is He ? 2-15-2005
Metals New Old Gods Slipknot 1-30-2005
Hark Garland Passes 1-15-2005

Chop Shop for 2004
Motely Crue on the Road Again 12-15.-2004
Eric Sardinas Guitar Wizard 12-1-2004
Mattias Ia Eklundh Freak Guitar 11-15-2004
Mick Ronson Bowie Star 10-31-2004
Tremelo and Magnatone 10-15-04
Johnny Ramone RIP 9-30-04
Adam Bomb Plays On 9-1-04
Keith Moon Roackstar Madness 8-15-04
Electro Harmonixs Bandaid 7-15-04
Francos's Rig Italian Style 6-15-04
Pete Townshend and the Stack 4-15-04
Slash !! Gear and Guitars 3-15-04
Stiff Little Fingers Review 2-15-04
NAMM 2004 Review 1-15-04
Shopping with Billy Gibbons 1-03-04

Chop Shop for 2003
Seymour Duncan Tricks 12-03-03
#1 Les Paul Guitar 11-25-03
Brad Paisley 11-14-03
U2s The Edge 10-20-03
Leslie West of Mountain 10-01-03
Johnny Cash 9-21-03
Rob Balducci 9-12-03
History of Orange Amps 8-20-03
Roy Buchanan 7-20-03
Dean Delio STP 7-4-03 Article
Alex Lifeson of Rush 6-24-03
Angus Young 6-10-03
Kurt Cobain 5-21-03
Jimi Hendrix Live 5-25-03
Robin Ford 5-05-03
Doyle Bramhall II 4-15-03
Electro-Magnets 3-21-03
Journey Man Scott Henderson 2-15-03
Madman Henry Kaiser 1-20-03
The Toneful Steve Kimock 1-10-0

Chop Shop for 2002
Reeves Gabrels LIVE 12-10-02
The History of Ibanez 11-20-02
Fo Man Dave Grohl 11-10-02
Les Paul Man Wonder 10-15-02
Warren Haynes Journey Man 10-01-02
Mike Einziger Rocks Fine Ace 9-15-02
Blues Legend Johnny Winter 9-5-0
Living Colour's Vernon Reid 8-1-02
The Dead's Jerry Garcia 7-15-02
The Great Jimmy Page 6-15-02
The History of Marshall! 6-1-02
The The Early History of Mesa Boogie! 5-15-02
The Early Days of Music Toyz.com! 5-1-02
The Chronicles of Vox Amps in the UK ! 4-15-02
Jimi Hendrix's Flying V ! 3-15-02
The King of Tone Eric Johnson 2-15-02
Sludgefeast Guitar by Andy Nayler 2-02-02
Adrian Belew and the Art of Backwards Gtr 1-15-02

Chop Shop for 2001
Robert Fripp and Fripptronics 12-12-01
Stevie Ray Vaughan 1984 11-15-01
The King Jeff Beck..10-31-01
Adam Jones guitar player for TOOL 10-15-01
Asma Guitar Crazy 9-15-01
Keith Richards and Fuzz 8-15-01
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine 7-25-01
How To Mic a Guitar Cab 7-10-01
KoRn and their Guitar Players 06-10-01
Peter Frampton Guitar Great 5-24-01
Benoît Maubrey of Germany 5-10-01
Aliverz Effects Guitars 5-02-01 >
Neil Young: King of Grunge 4-24-01
Watkings Guitar 4-04-01
Gary Moore Gear 3-1-01
History of TC Electronics 2-13-01
Frank Zappa Interview 1-10-01

Chop Shop for 2000
Dave Bowie demostrating the Stylophone 12-10-00
Dave Navarro Set Up 10-27-00
Eddie Van Halen Set Up 10-08-2000
The History of the Wah Wah 08-15-2000
Jimi in Boy's Life 04-04-2000
History of the Vox Tonebender 2-01-2000
Jimi Hendrix and the FBI 1-15-2000

Chop Shop for 1999
Jimi Hendrix and the Univibe 11-15-1999
Adrian Belew and The Pedals of Art 10-13-1999
How To Assemble a Pedal Board 9-1-1999
Robin Trower Pedal Board Set Up 7-10-1999
National Hurricane Surf Pedal 5-4-1999
Tubescreamer History 3-31-1999
Big Muff History 2-24-1999
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd Pedal Set-up 2-10-1999
Making of a Rat 1-25-1999
Electro Harmonix Ad from Downbeat 1-17-1999
Randy Rhoads Pedal Setup 1-11-1999

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