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Do you suffer from the musicianly variety? Calm yourself down, turn to page 11, and feel lots better. OK now?

Discover that this means different things to different people — from free gear for life (perhaps) to a half-price plectrum (maybe)

rubbish bin

Part two of our natter with a couple of blokes who fix old keyboards every day. Common problems need common solutions

Doing it well does not necessarily mean doing it expensively, as we endeavour freely to demonstrate

Just what are all those technical chaps hanging around the studio control room really saying? We reveal the truth

bang wallop

keith moon

keyboard cures

eclectic electrics

Those strangely shaped metal and plastic things that you clamp to the guitar neck to change key, you know? You do now

rack guitar effects

Somewhat north-east of Java lies Korea, new-found source of fine electric guitars. Our crack investigation team pays a visit

Look at all those leads, what a mess, eh? You may well need a patchbay, a simple bit of gear that'll tidy everything up

two veg

three japs

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