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FROM ONE COLLECTOR TO ANOTHER...
TEC TALK
Each year at the NAMM Show I look forward to
the TEC (Technical Excellence & Creativity) Awards.
COLUMNS
This is a banquet style night to honor the brightest
and best in the sound recording and production
10 | QUIRKY VINTAGE sector, whose nominees and award-winners are
32 | ASK SKIP the Les Paul Award, and this year Joe Perry was the
34 | FRETBOARD LESS TRAVELED who also slung on a guitar and joined Joe on stage
chosen by industry peers. The night also includes
honoree. Introducing him was his pal Johnny Depp,
with Aerosmith band mate Brad Whitford (all three
38 | VIEW OF THE DAY
sporting Les Paul guitars, of course), and then Alice
Cooper came out as guest vocalists as they roared
46 | PAWN SHOP PRIZE
through Aerosmith favorites “Train Kept A Rollin” and
CONTRIBUTORS
Dave Belzer Rick King
Bob Cianci Joe Riggio
One of the top vintage guitar authorities in the world, with
30+ years of experience. His knowledge of vintage guitars
is only exceeded by his passion for playing them
www.burstbrothers.com
A lifelong musician, music journalist, and author of the
book, Great Rock Drummers of The Sixties, and has
written extensively for many guitar and drum publications,
newspapers, websites, and fanzines.
The owner of Guitar Maniacs in Tacoma Washington. He
lives in Gig Harbor with his wife Sheila, two dogs and a cat.
[email protected]
A professional guitar builder, repairman, and technician,
based in Tacoma, WA. He owns and operates “Service
Guitar Repair” and “Riggio Custom Guitars”.
RiggioCustomGuitars.com
Dave Cleveland Rich Severson
Eric Dahl Skip Simmons
Session guitarist from Nashville. He’s recorded for Miley
Cyrus, Martina McBride, Stephen Stills, Judy Collins,
Whitney Wolanin & Girls Generation. He recently wrote the
TV theme for Mud People and Mustang Millionaire.
Host of the FOX 17 Rock & Review show in Nashville, TN.
The program features new + cool gear that favorite artists
are using or that is new to the market!
Fox17.com/RockAndReview
Doug Doppler
When not writing gear reviews, the former Guitar Hero
session player and Favored Nations recording artist spends
his days, hours, weeks and years demoing the coolest gear
on the planet.
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Michael Elsner
Guitarist, songwriter, producer who has written for shows
including American Idol, Amish Mafia, EXTRA, The Sing Off,
and So You Think You Can Dance among others.
Michae lElsner.com
Guitarist, clinician, author, + former GIT instructor.
Preview Rich’s educational products at...
99CentGuitarLessons.com
“Sweet Emotion”.
It was a fun presentation. Also honored that evening
was long time Aerosmith engineer and producer
Jack Douglas (who has worked with a host of other
prominent artists over the years) who was inducted
into the NAMM TEC Hall of Fame.
To tie the whole evening together was host/
Skip is a nationally known vintage amp repairman.
He can be reached at...
SkipSimmonsAmps.com
comedian/musician Sinbad. His irrelevant and self-
deprecating ramblings about roaming the NAMM
Show convention floor was simply hysterical.
Phil Traina
The Gear Concierge. Helping guitar players get the tone
they’ve been looking for. Living the dream in Northern
California with his wife and kids.
The TEC Awards invites the press in early for some
terrific catered food as well. Good food, good music,
and humor? That is my type of evening. See the
Roger Zimish
Roger Zimish and his wife Jamie reside just outside of
Music City in Hendersonville, TN, with their 2 dogs and lots
of guitars.
[email protected]
entire list of winners at www.tecawards.org. Come
out and be a part of it next year!
Guitarists helping guitarists… Bruce
The Cast
The Details
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