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Rules Are Made To Be… Repaired

I recently broke one of my own rules and bought

Gas Supply

So, PRS stands for ‘Paul Reed Smith’ - we’re sure

THE WOLFMEISTER GIG-SHELLS

“To carry a vintage/high-end guitar around in a black plastic

VINTAGE V6H ICON ULTRA GLOSS DISTRESSED

As mentioned a few issues ago, Vintage has taken delivery

What’s Goin’ On

What started as a moment of lockdown boredom on 5

The Players

Our 2018 Guitarist Of The Year winner releases debut solo

SESSION DIARY: Strat’s Love

One thing I’ve never owned - that many guitarists consider

NEVILLE’S ADVOCATE: Listening Posts

If, like many of us lately, you’ve been living your

CONFESSIONS OF A LUTHIER: What’s In A Wood?

When it comes to handmade guitars, I love a bit

RAISING THE TONE: Going Nuts

This month’s column was prompted by a debate I saw

Substitute

There’s a definite jazzy, summery feel to the chords this

Feedback

I was 16 when I got my first guitar. My

Riding With The King: 20th Anniversary Edition

It certainly doesn’t feel like it was 20 years ago

Liquid Quartet Live

When James Taylor refers to someone as “the complete virtuoso”

Earth

In the same vein as his signature Stratocaster, Ed O’Brien’s

Start me up

If you enjoyed some of the artists who recorded for

Feel The Change

Following up on 2017’s Rising, Goldray have taken their soaring

Street Cred

Also known as ‘Shamel ash’ or ‘evergreen ash’, the trees

Into The Woods

Rosie Heydenrych of Turnstone Guitars in Surrey is a strong

STREETS AHEAD

Guitarists are notoriously conservative, but Taylor - as a brand

Longtermers

In our final part of this disparate two-guitar test, our

ADRIAN VANDENBERG

What was the first serious guitar you bought with your

GIBSON FIREBIRDS

There have been numerous Firebird reincarnations since they were discontinued

HOME-GROWN TONE PART 2

I don’t think I’ve ever asked a Master Builder at

Sweeten The Pot

Some players will only touch their guitar volume control to

Classic Gear

By the mid 50s, the demand for electric guitars had

ReverbRarities

In the pantheon of all-time classic guitar models, it doesn’t

JOHN SMITH

Back in March, John Smith was in the middle of

SETUP SECRETS

A while back one of the team was messing about

ASSESSING T HE PROBL EM

The overall condition of an instrument tells us so much

ASK THE EXPERTS

With more knowledge than most of us could ever dream

LES PAUL SETUP

“First off, fit a fresh set of strings,” Jim DeCola

STRAT SETUP TIPS

“When you’re setting up the trem [aka vibrato unit], I

TOP TWEAKS

“In general, raising humbuckers higher will give you more output

TELEOLOGY

I was always a Strat guy, but as I got

STEVE HOWE

As a child of the 50s stirred by the spirit of rock ’n’ roll, Steve Howe’s rite of passage on the London gig circuit saw him come of age during the swinging 60s. Later rising from the ashes of flower power to join prog-rock trailblazers Yes in 1970, he then spent the next decade helping to cut a swathe of genre-defining classic albums. With his new autobiography - All My Yesterdays: The Autobiography Of Steve Howe - set for release later this year, we caught up with the man himself to take a look back at his prolific career as one of rock’s most influential guitarists…

Skin Deep

WHAT IS IT? An affordable mash-up of modern feel and

Pint-Size Powerhouse

WHAT IS IT? Compact pedalboard-sized head with a unique four-valve

The Lone Ranger

WHAT IS IT? The first Telecaster to feature the proper-recipe

Family Values

1 Doesn’t Huber just made über-expensive custom guitars? These don’t

The Long Game

Two decades on from his first ever product review in Guitarist, we catch up with Nik Huber. How things have changed…

Compadre

Arguably, there are two pedals that you can put before

Vahlbruch pedals

Whoever said making stompboxes isn’t rocket science obviously hadn’t heard

Blue Bottle Inductorized Booster

Effectrode, the UK company that specialises in valve-based pedals, has

Plug In & Play

During lockdown I have been unable to make music during

Blues Headlines

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