BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Welcome…

And a happy new year to you all.

“I’M NOT A GEAR NERD!”

SCENE YOUR NEWS IN GUITARS

ZOOM G2 FOUR / G2X FOUR

Zoom has announced a pair of new multi-FX

LACE CIGAR BOX ELECTRICS

After some seasick mojo from your next guitar?

IK MULTIMEDIA TONEX FOR IOS

IK Multimedia’s ToneX software launched earlier this year,

MENDES MARTIN

Martin’s new small-bodied acoustic sets pop guitar fans in its sights

METALLICA

Lux Æterna

MAKE YOUR POWER CHORDS ROCK!

From AC/DC to Zakk Wylde, it’s the subtle details that let you riff harder

“A GUITAR THAT’S TOO SMALL FOR ME LOOKS TRULY AWFUL!”

Devin Townsend – the prog metal maverick with very specific gear requirements.

“YOU CAN’T RELY ON BUYING NEW GEAR TO WRITE A GOOD SONG!”

For the guitarists in post-punk band The Murder Capital, it is a question of pedals: how many is too many?

“My twenty quid guitar is the best!”

Singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin composed her new album on a vintage Martin, but still has a soft spot for her junk-shop special

“WE HAVE A SICKNESS – IT’S CALLED ‘GUITAR PEDALS’!”

How the ambient music of Hammock is created – a “guitar symphony” with tons of effects but no rules

Brian May THE INTERVIEW

“We were the right people together at the right time. We were very much in harmony, without even trying”

Live Aid

How Queen ruled on the biggest stage of all

Queen + Adam Lambert

GOOD COMPANY Brian with Adam Lambert. “We make

THE GENIUS OF... BRIAN MAY

Power chord riffing, harmony lead and much more: the multi-faceted and instantly recognisable guitar style of Queen’s melodic maestro...

QUEEN THE SHOW MUST GO ON

Learn Brian’s classic rock guitar styling on the final track of 1991’s Innuendo – Queen’s final studio offering with Freddie Mercury

JIMI HENDRIX HEY JOE

Rockschool and TG take a look at Jimi’s blues-rock masterpiece

NIRVANA ABOUT A GIRL

In 1993, Nirvana unplugged for MTV at Sony Music Studios in New York and gave this deep cut a whole new life

TAB GUIDE

Get more from TG by understanding our easy-to-follow musical terms and signs

THE GAS STATION

R EAL WORLD REVIEWS OF THE BEST NEW

JACKSON X SERIES DINKY DK3XR HSS

A high-speed thrill ride for heavy metal neon nights

MORE MAESTROS

Gibson expands their freshly-revived Maestro brand with another five stompboxes

ROUND-UP

We’ve looked at four of Gibson’s five new Maestro pedals, but which is the right one for you?

BOSS DUAL CUBE LX £249

The legendary Cube returns with more features than ever before

ELECTRO-HARMONIX STRING9

Another string to the EHX 9 series bow

HANNAH JADAGU

Photo Jack Duffy Hailing from Texas but