SOUNDING BOARD

MAGICAL MYSTERY BAND

VOL. 42 | NO. 9 | SEPTEMBER 2021

Jazzercise

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA DIVE HEAD FIRST INTO UNCHARTED WATERS ON THEIR DAZZLING NEW EP

Gilby Clarke

THE FORMER GUNS N’ ROSES GUITARIST UNLEASHES SOME “STRAIGHT-AHEAD ROCK ’N’ ROLL” ON HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM IN 20 YEARS

Dave Hause

THE WORKING CLASS HERO — AND FORMER LOVED ONES FRONTMAN — DIGS INTO HIS ROOTS ON HIS NEW EPS, PATTY AND PADDY

Genghis Tron

THE EXPERIMENTAL METALLERS ARE BACK — AFTER 13 YEARS — WITH AN UNEXPECTED NEW SOUND. GUITARIST HAMILTON JORDAN GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON DREAM WEAPON

Ayron Jones

SEATTLE’S SELF-TAUGHT SIX-STRING DYNAMO TALKS TONE, TENSION, CHANNELING TOM MORELLO — AND WHY HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF THE BRUCE LEE OF GUITARISTS

New Music, Anyone?

THIS MONTH: THE RETURN OF YNGWIE MALMSTEEN AND THE ARRIVAL OF CARDINAL BLACK, PLUS CHOICE CUTS FROM IDA MAE, MARC RIBLER AND MORE

EVIL AND DIVINE

THE STORY OF AN UNLIKELY PAIRING — L.A. GUNS’ TRACII GUNS AND STRYPER’S MICHAEL SWEET — AND THEIR DOOMY NEW SIDE-PROJECT, SUNBOMB

SOUND CHECK

the gear in review 71

Love at First Sting

CARR AMPLIFIERS SUPER BEE

Crunch Time

GRETSCH G2622-P90 STREAMLINER

Buzz Bin

Dusky Electronics Augustus Octave Fuzz

I GOT RHYTHM, PART 20

STRING THEORY

AROUND THE BENDS, PART 8

IN DEEP

MODULATION RESOLUTION

THE GRISTLE REPORT

GYPSY MELODIES

MELODIC MUSE

PERFORMANCE NOTES

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

“SCARLET”

The Rolling Stones (featuring Jimmy Page)

“CLIFFS OF DOVER”

Eric Johnson

“THE JOKER”

Steve Miller Band

“HEY BULLDOG”

THE BEATLES | YELLOW SUBMARINE, 1969 | GUITARIST: GEORGE HARRISON | STORY BY CHRIS GILL

AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK...

| PHOTOS BY BRYAN BEASLEY His father was

IT’S ALL TOO MUCH

ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE HARRISON’S PASSING, GUITAR WORLD CELEBRATES HIS GREATEST BEATLES-ERA GUITAR TRACKS - AS CHOSEN BY THE WORLD’S GREATEST GUITARISTS

Harrison ’71

Although George Harrison played on other people’s songs throughout his solo career, there’s something kinda special about his slinky ’71 session work

THE QUIET ONE SOUNDS OFF

GEORGE HARRISON’S ALL THINGS MUST PASS GETS THE 50TH-ANNIVERSARY BOX SET TREATMENT, LOVINGLY CURATED BY HIS SON, DHANI

SIGN OF THE TIMES

10 of our editors’ favorite pieces of recent-vintage signature gear

FLEETWOOD MAC’S DANNY KIRWAN

Learn a handful of tasty licks in the style of this unsung British blues revivalist — complete with a backing track you can jam over