INTRODUCING

HERE’S A QUESTION FOR YA...

CYNTHIA MOORHEAD (HUMAN) CLAUDIA SCHMIDT/SKETCHY PEDALS (PEDAL) BACK

COMPETELY RANDOM PHOTO OF THE MONTH

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READER ART OF THE MONTH

If you’ve created a drawing, painting or sketch

DEFENDERS of the Faith

Tal Caron AGE: 17 HOMETOWN: Kenora, ON GUITARS:

Stone Free

HOP-HOP SESSION ACE STONE MECCA TALKS GEAR, WU-TANG CLAN, SNOOP DOGG AND THE MERITS OF BEING ENTIRELY SELF-TAUGHT

Logan Ledger

IT TURNS OUT THIS GOLDEN-THROATED NASHVILLE-VIA-CALIFORNIA SINGER-SONGWRITER PLAYS A MEAN B-BENDER

WHAT'S ON MY PLAYLIST

YNGWIE VANHOUCKE (EARTHSIDE) ERIKA GOLDRING/GETTY IMAGES (LEDGER) JAMIE

INQUIRER ROBIN TROWER

THE GENIUS BEHIND BRIDGE OF SIGHS TALKS FLAMING AMPS, FAVORITE STRATS AND WHY HE STILL PRACTICES EVERY DAY

LOST CLASSICS

Adam and the Ants

From Out of the Darkness

DAN HAWKINS REVISITS THE MURKY MUSICAL LANDSCAPE THAT SOMEHOW GAVE WAY TO THE DARKNESS’S 2003 BREAKTHROUGH RECORD, PERMISSION TO LAND

5 FIVE QUESTIONS ALENA CIERA

GW PEERS INTO THE MIND OF THE BUSY DAVID BYRNE AND CEELO GREEN GUITARIST

Ryujin

RYOJI SHINOMOTO RECENTLY RENAMED HIS LONGTIME BAND, BUT HE’S STICKING TO THE TENETS OF “SAMURAI METAL” WHILE SHREDDING ON A JACKSON… AND THE OCCASIONAL SHAMISEN

MY PEDALBOARD

ALEX SKOLNICK

Sue Foley

THE AUSTIN BLUSER ON HOW HER AUDIEN CES PLAY A ROLE IN HER SHOWS, AND HER UPCOMING TRIBUTE TO PIONEERING WOMEN GUITAR PLAYERS

COVER MODELS

FUTURE (ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHER: MICHAEL CURTIS) Where and when

Martian TRAITS

A LOOK AT THE EX-MÖTLEY CRÜE GUITARIST’S FLASHY, BLUES-ROCK-BASED PLAYING STYLE AND TECHNIQUES

SOUND CHECK

PRS SE Series SE Custom 24 Quilt and SE Swamp Ash Special

IN THE GROOVE

Laying solo lines deep in the pocket

ODE TO RONNIE EARL

Part 2 of my tribute to one of the greatest blues guitarists ever

ROLL WITH IT

How to craft interesting rolling licks using open strings with various syncopations and articulation techniques

ZEROING IN

Focusing on dynamics and playing in a limited register

Performance Notes

HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH’S SONGS

1974 -PRESENT MXR PHASE 90

PHASE SHIFTER PEDAL

FRANK INFANTE

The former Blondie guitarist revisits his classic riffs and solos on “One Way or Another,” “Heart of Glass,” “Call Me,” “Rapture” and more

DREAM JOB

HOW GUITARIST SAM SHIPSTONE’S SID EWINDING RIFFS (AND G&L ASAT) KEEP YARD ACT’S DARK, DANCEY POST-PUNK-FUNK DELICIOUSLY OFF-KILTER

ALL HAIL THE TWANG BAR KING!

ADRIAN BELEW’s 10 definitive guitar moments

THE Li WAY

THESE DAYS, SOMEWHERE AMID THE FIRE AND THE FLAMES OF DRAGONFORCE’S EXTREME POWER METAL, YOU’LL DETECT A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA IN HERMAN LI’S PLAYING: AN EMPHASIS ON MELODY AND DYNAMICS

DROPOUTS

IN 1992, BOSTON’S DROP NINETEENS BECAME UNLIKELY STARS OF THE OVERWHELMINGLY BRITISH SHOEGAZE ROCK SCENE. A YEAR LATER, THEY FELL OFF THE MAP — BUT THEIR LEGEND ONLY GREW. NOW, AFTER NEARLY THREE DECADES IN THE DARK, THE BAND HAS RETURNED WITH HARD LIGHT

MOVE OVER, ROVER, AND LET EDDIE TAKE OVER!

VETERAN ENGINEER/PRODUCER EDDIE KRAMER —THE CLOSEST THING JIMI HENDRIX HAD TO A SONIC WINGMAN —LOOKS BACK ON HIS SESSIONS WITH THE KINKS, LED ZEPPELIN, KISS AND (OF COURSE) MR. HENDRIX

MARS ATTACKS!

FORMER MÖTLEY CRÜE AX-SLINGER MICK MARS COMES OUT GUNS A-BLAZING ON HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM, THE OTHER SIDE OF MARS. BELOW, MARS TAKES US BEHIND THE MAKING OF THE LONG-AWAITED RECORD AND RIFLES THROUGH SOME TURBULENT CRÜE HISTORY — GOOD, BAD AND UGLY

Lost on MARS!

TEN STELLAR (AND LESSER-KNOWN) MICK MARS RIFFS YOU MIGHT VERY WELL BE MISSING OUT ON

“SATCH BOOGIE”

Joe Satriani

“BLOOD IN THE WATER”

Ayron Jones

“BAD MOON RISING”

Creedence Clearwater Revival