FORE
WORD
CONTENTS 8
GIVEAWAYS
10 NEWS & TOURS 14 PRODUCT NEWS 22 COLD CHISEL 24 DIRTY THREE ZAPPA 26 BEN KWELLER
As we bid a fond farewell to summer, the sun also sets on an incredible festival season. Harvest, Falls, Pyramid, Summadayze, Peats Ridge, Laneway, Big Day Out, Soundwave, and many, many more awesome festivals – it’s been real. But guess what? The party will not stop here at Mixdown as we still have many more events to look forward to, especially with cover stars and certified Aussie legends Cold Chisel headlining the upcoming Bluesfest, plus plenty of international acts hitting our shores for WOMADelaide and alike. We can’t wait! Of course, all these sweet gigs couldn’t happen without a multitude of the latest and greatest gear. Amplifiers especially. And if it’s amps you’re after, we’ve got you covered this issue with our massive 2012 Amp Special. No matter what your tonal, power, bass, electric or acoustic needs are, we have you covered. As well as that, we have the usual array of interviews with big name stars, all the latest product news, and plenty of road tests of the nonamp variety.
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE 28 EVANECENCE UNEARTH 30 FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS TAYLOR GUITAR FEATURE UNLEASH YOUR INNER ROCK GOD 34 WHATS THAT SOUND? - KEYS CLASSIC KEYS 36 HOME STUDIO HINTS
Tune In, Drop Out, Read On - Mixdown.
38 AMP SPECIAL
BANGIN’ THE TUBS 50 ROAD TESTS
PUBLISHER Furst Media
COVER ART Patrick O’Neill
GRAPHIC ARTISTS Luke Benge, Gill Tucker
EDITOR IN CHIEF Aleksei Plinte mixdown@beat.com.au
MIXDOWN OFFICE 3 Newton Street Richmond VIC 3121 Phone: (03) 9428 3600 Fax: (03) 9428 3611
LOGO DESIGN www.furstmedia.com.au
EDITORIAL CO-ORDINATOR Lachlan Kanoniuk PRODUCTION MANAGER: Patrick O’Neill
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Aleksei Plinte Editor In Chief
COLD CHISEL
ADVERTISING Aleksei Plinte, Ronnit Sternfein
CONTRIBUTORS Peter Hodgson, Rob Gee, Nick Brown, Adrian Viol, Matt Petherbridge, Tim Clarke
DIRTY THREE
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BEN KWELLER
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AMP SPECIAL
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