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VOL. 42 | NO. 3 | MARCH 2021

SOUNDING BOARD

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READER ART OF THE MONTH

If you’ve created a drawing, painting or sketch

Sonic Blue Persuasion

LONGTIME STRAT ADDICT KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD UNVEILS HIS NEW SIGNATURE OFFERING FROM FENDER — AND A NEW LIVE DVD/ALBUM

Alter Bridge

MARK TREMONTI TALKS WALK THE SKY 2.0 AND “LAST RITES,” A BRAND-NEW TRACK WITH A JERRY CANTRELL VIBE

Khruangbin

EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DOES THIS ON-THE-RISE HOUSTON TRIO PLAY? GUITARIST MARK SPEER TAKES YOU UNDER THE WIG!

Beauty of a Beast

EPIPHONE JOE BONAMASSA BLACK BEAUTY LES PAUL CUSTOM

Beyond Bass

BOSS OC-5 OCTAVE

PRS Guitars

LIMITED EDITION POWDER BLUE SE PARLOR ACOUSTICS

Buzz Bin

Vidami Video Looper Pedal

Engineer in a Box

DRYBELL UNIT67

STRING THEORY

I GOT RHYTHM, PART 14 More “Kashmir”-like moves

IN DEEP

AROUND THE BENDS, PART 2 More expressive string bending

MOORE POWER

SCRATCHY RIFFING Using fret-hand-muted strums, and how to play

ACOUSTIC JOURNEY

DRAWING THE LINE Traditional bluesgrass-style riffing, and how to

PERFORMANCE NOTES

• • • HOW TO PLAY THIS MONTH’S SONGS• • •

“SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT”

NIRVANA | NEVERMIND, 1991 | GUITARIST: KURT COBAIN | STORY BY CHRIS GILL

Hooks in You

IN HIS JUST-PUBLISHED FIRST BOOK, IRON MAIDEN STALWART ADRIAN SMITH SHARES A BOATLOAD OF BIG-FISH STORIES

Nervosa

HOW BRAZILIAN GUITARIST PRIKA AMARAL REBUILT HER THRIVING THRASH-METAL JUGGERNAUT FROM THE GROUND UP AND JUMPED HEAD FIRST INTO PERPETUAL CHAOS

New Music, Anyone?

THIS MONTH: SOME "DEVILISHLY GOOD STUFF" FROM WOLFGANG VAN HALEN, PLINI, WHEN RIVERS MEET AND MORE

BEN HARPER

WHY THIS MULTIFACETED ARTIST KNEW IT WAS TIME TO LET HIS LAP STEEL SHINE

PAGE TURNER

HOT ON THE HEELS OF HIS AMAZING NEW BOOK, JIMMY PAGE  DISCUSSES HIS EVOLUTION AS A GUITARIST, HIS LEGENDARY GEAR, THE CREATIVE PROCESS THAT WENT INTO THE HOLY TRINITY OF LED ZEPPELIN SONGS — “WHOLE LOTTA LOVE,” “KASHMIR” AND “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN” — AND THE TIME HE PLAYED AT “FULL ACCELERATION” WITH THE ROLLING STONES

WELCOME TO THE BUNGLE

FOUNDING MR. BUNGLE GUITARIST TREY SPRUANCE — AND DELIGHTED NEWCOMER SCOTT IAN — REMINISCE, RE-EVALUATE &  REIGNITE THE RAGING WRATH

CARRY ON!

CO-FOUNDING GUITARIST RICHARD WILLIAMS TALKS KANSAS: THE HIGHLIGHTS, THE HITS, THE CLASSIC GUITAR SOLOS AND THE NEW ALBUM, THE ABSENCE OF PRESENCE 

BLACK BEAUTY RIDES AGAIN

ONE FATEFUL DAY IN 1970,  JIMMY PAGE  HAD HIS 1960 LES PAUL CUSTOM BLACK BEAUTY STOLEN FROM HIM AT A MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT. IT TOOK NEARLY 50 YEARS, BUT THE GUITAR FINALLY MADE ITS WAY BACK TO ITS LEGENDARY AND RIGHTFUL OWNER. HERE’S THE INCREDIBLE STORY

JIMMY’S JAMS

A QUICK LOOK AT JIMMY PAGE’S BLUES-INFLUENCED LEAD STYLE RIGHT AROUND THE TIME  OF LED ZEPPELIN II

“PREACHIN’ BLUES”

LARKIN POE

“SIMPLE MAN”

Lynyrd Skynyrd