Rick and Roll Music

LET IT BEATLES

THERE ARE MANY ways to approach the Beatles’

MORE PAUL

Jon Sullivan’s ’71 Trella takes the classic single-cutaway set-neck design to new lengths

KARMA CHAMELEON

Aaron Lee Tasjan’s psychedelic guitar-pop visions lead him down the path of life’s surprises

THE FEEL’S THE THING

As a guitarist of many influences, Marcus Machado puts the “extra” into his sensory perception

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS

His twangy guitar has helped Duane Eddy travel across decades and genres. These are the top cuts from his long-running journey

Lady Swings the Blues

VINYL TREASURES

LET IT BE Guitar by Guitar

As the Beatles’ Get Back documentary prepares to head for screens, we look back at the guitars that defined the group’s long cold lonely winter of 1969

WITH A LITTLE HELP

In the summer of 1971, George Harrison corralled a who’s who of his musical friends to answer the call for humanitarian aid to Bangladesh. Two of his closest companions nearly left him hanging

WHILE THEIR GUITARS GENTLY WEEP

Here are the main axes that wailed at the Bangladesh benefit

REBEL ROUSERS

In 1977, Robert Gordon launched a rockabilly revival that would team him up with Link Wray, Chris Spedding and Danny Gatton. Here’s the full story in his own words and those of his closest collaborators

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO TAJ

Chapter Two: From North America to Hawaii

ODD JOBS

As the caretaker for a vast collection of unusual vintage axes, blues guitarist Mike Dugan has carved out a second career in front of the camera

BLUE TEISCO K-4L, A.K.A. THE SHARKFIN

This is one of the more sought-after Japanese

GREEN MEAZZI HOLLYWOOD MUSTANG

One of Italy’s lesser-known ’60s offerings, the Mustang

TELE STAR DOUBLE-NECK 4 + 6

Made by Kawai in the late ’60s, this

GREEN 1967 GALANTI GRAND PRIX 3003

Made by Galanti, a well-known accordion manufacturer in

PSYCHEDELIC FLOWER ZEROSETTE JG SAD 2

Very much like the Goya Psychedelic guitar made

TEISCO TRE-100

Complete with a built-in one-watt amp that runs

COUNTRY JAZZ, PART 2

This month, we present the conclusion of our look at John Scofield’s sophisticated reinvention of a country classic

Stageworthy Strategies, Pt. 4

The art of applying acoustic effects

K-LINE

Springfield

GRETSCH

G2627T Streamliner

FENDER

Jason Isbell Custom Telecaster

FENDER

Dhani Harrison Signature Ukulele

AERO INSTRUMENT

Standard Strad ESS Pickups

How I Wrote…“Evangeline”

Matthew Sweet recalls his date with a timelessly enticing alt-rock classic