Without You

This month, we lost one of the greats of British

Gas Supply

Every year since 2007, PRS Guitars has held an Experience

ALSO OUT NOW...

In the year of the pandemic, iconic vibrato manufacturer Floyd

The Players

Players such as Jimi Hendrix, Brian May and Slash have

ALSO THIS MONTH

A deluxe reissue of The Rolling Stones’ 1973 album Goats

JD Simo

Imagine combining Motown with Woodstock and enhancing it with large

Joe Bonamassa

Is it really 20 years since Joe Bonamassa, that fleet-fingered

Kansas

Kansas has an impressive history of music and musicians. The

Kirk Fletcher

We’ve been keeping an eye on Kirk Fletcher’s career since

David MacGregor

Scottish world jazz guitarist and composer David MacGregor currently resides

A Classic Return

There’s a question I get asked regularly by students and

Man Of The World

Okay, I know I talked about Peter Green and his

What’s The Buzz?

The easing of lockdown restrictions has stimulated a change of

Open Chords

One of the most notable characteristics of the guitar is

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In The Driving Seat

I love big amps for my distortion and drive tones,

BAREFACED AUDIO

It’s slightly embarrassing that it took a bassist to rethink

Nik Huber Piet with Dave Burrluck

A few months’ gigging, recording and everything that goes with

Emerald X10 Artisan Woody with David Mead

This month David rummages through his collection of leads to

GE OFF TYSON

“It was a Gibson ES-335 solidbody, which was a limited-edition

GRETSCH CHET ATKINS SIGNATURE MODELS

Chet Atkins (1924-2001) is probably the most important guitarist ever

LESS CAN BE MORE

It wasn’t too many years ago that brands like Harley

WIRE CHOICE

Q As a novice 70-year-old guitar player/collector, I have 13

Mini-Humbuckers

In the mid-50s, Gibson electronics engineer Seth Lover set about

classicGear

By the late 50s, it was clear to Gibson that

ReverbRarities

For a majority of guitar players and vintage aficionados, any

BIBI MCGILL

Bibi McGill is at home in Portland, Oregon. Amid the

LOOKING BACK

Even Whitesnake and UFO guitarist Bernie Marsden got butterflies whenever

HEAVY LOAD

Few guitarists have the power to snatch a show out

FREE SPIRIT

As well as being an author, authenticator of vintage guitars

DION

“My uncle got me a Gibson L-1, that’s what I

Lucky Punks!

WHAT IS IT? A Heath Robinson take on a Fender

Dynamic Duo

WHAT IS IT? A high-quality all-valve lunchbox head featuring MIDI

Cort & Spark

WHAT IS IT? Chinese-made OM cutaway electro-acoustic that boasts an

Old Soul

1 That’s a Gibson Les Paul Junior if ever I

Good Ol’ 55

Spend any time with Eastman designer Pepijn ‘t Hart and

Acoustic Alchemy

FENDER ACOUSTASONIC STRATOCASTER & PRS SE HOLLOWBODY II PIEZO £1,749

Communication Breakdown

Rightly regarded as one of the classic fuzz pedals, the

Danelectro pedals

The aim of Danelectro’s ‘vintage’ pedal range, complete with its

IK Multimedia pedals

Last year, IK Multimedia, maker of the AmpliTube amp and

PETER GREEN’S FLEETWOOD MAC

FREDDIE KING AND BB KING HEAVILY INFLUENCED GREEN’S STYLE -

Blues Headlines

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