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Gearheads will be sated with the usual feast of goodies; Dave Hunter reveals the epiphany that is the Gretsch 6156 Playboy, Michael Wright tells about the Renaissance T-200G, and George Gruhn delivers a super-rare and very enigmatic Gibson five-string fretless banjo from 1932. Meanwhile, Willie Moseley talks about the Westone Genesis bass, and Peter Kohman talks about the early days of British guitarmaker Jim Burns. And beginning this month, check out the expanded "Gear Reviews" section in VG. We start things off with a significant bang, delving into the meat-and-potatoes facts on the Breedlove Mark Series solidbodies, New Orleans Guitair Company's Voodoo Custom, the Eastwood Messenger, the National ResoLectric Junior II, the Red Iron 5-Watter, Eventide's Tonefactor and Modfactor multi-effects, Budz Purebread pickups, Randall's Isolation 12 cab, BBE's Two-Timer delay! Here's a look at a few of Bishop's guitars featured this month! FEATURES Cool Rockin’ Daddy From the Bushmen to the Bis-Quits, solo work to his gig as Rodney Crowell’s lead guitarist, the multi-talented player, producer, and songwriter can do everything. It all started at a Springsteen concert in ’76! By Rick Allen AMP-O-RAMA The 1963 Gretsch 6156 Playboy Gearheads do love an occasional epiphany like this amp, which stands out in the Valco crowd with its cathodyne inverter, 6973 output tubes, and Jensen C10R. By Dave Hunter GIBSON FIVE-STRING BANJO Gibson got a late start in the banjo market, but with a flurry of models in the ’20s, it caught up and carried design forward into the ’30s. This one stands out as a unique and unexplainable “retro” model. By George Gruhn and Walter Carter ALVINO REY’S “MINI” GIBSONS Custom orders sometimes lure a potential endorser; a popular player seen with an instrument can be key to its commercial success. In 1936, an offhand remark prompted Gibson to woo an artist with two highly unusual instruments. By Lynn Wheelwright ELVIN BISHOP Cultivating the Blues The first album he ever played was a life-changer, and now, using his trademark Gibson ES-345, his new CD passes along the blues tradition the way legends of Chicago blues passed it down to him. By Dan Forte THE RENAISSANCE T-200G Plexiglas... cool, dense, and resonant. You’d think it would be the perfect medium for a mean rock and roll guitar. But through the years, practically every attempt to make a guitar from it has ended in failure – or worse! Here’s a prime example. By Michael Wright BASS SPACE The Westone Genesis The Matsumoku-made Westone brand came along at the start of the ’80s and evolved to become unique in their own right. This limited-edition commemorative was one of its more traditional models. By Willie G. 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