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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. CollectibleGuitar.com 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 Publisher + Editor: Bruce Adolph Vice President: Judy Adolph Layout + Production: Matt Kees CTO + Art Director: Doug Doppler Customer Experience: Brian Felix Advertising Sales: Drew Adolph CollectibleGuitar.com AdolphAgency.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] AAI Office: 253-445-1973 ©2017 Collectible Guitar published by Adolph Agency, Inc. Mar  Apr 2017 CollectibleGuitar.com 7