Ever wonder if that expensive mahogany actually makes your guitar sound better, or if it’s all just marketing smoke and mirrors? Musician Christian Boeger of Hometown Sweethearts decided to settle the score by building the “Les Pallet,” an electric guitar crafted entirely from a discarded shipping crate. To the untrained ear, this reclaimed lumber sounds shockingly punchy, proving that with the right electronics, you can find a killer tone in the most industrial of places.
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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.
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