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Welcome…

Few guitarists have had greater impact on rock

EVERYTHING LOUDER THAN EVERYTHING

A s Angus Young sees it, what

RIDE THE TIGER!

Epiphone unleashes its new Prophecy range

AC/DC

Shot In The Dark

QUEEN FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS

Make your rockin’ world go round with Queen’s drop-D tuned, fat bottomed guitar anthem

GET THE SOUND

Everything you need to know before playing ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’

SCALES

Brian uses the D major pentatonic scale (D

CHORDS

As the song is in drop-D tuning, notes

QUEEN FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS

QUEEN FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS Intro Roll off your

richTONE

https://www.richtonemusic.co.uk

AEROSMITH & RUN DMC

WALK THIS WAY

OPEN-MIC SONGBOOK

THE 1975  ME AND YOU TOGETHER SONG

Magazine Direct

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Introduction

TAKE A LOOK AT THE LANDMARK GUITARS THAT LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC, AND LEARN THE STYLES OF THE GUITARISTS WHO PLAYED THEM

EDDIE VAN HALEN: FRANKENSTRAT

Designed, built and modified to revolutionise the guitar

BRIAN MAY: RED SPECIAL

The home-built electric guitar that's fit for a king

“IT WAS A MOMENT OF GREAT JOY, PLAYING WITH THIS GUY…”

IN 1983, TWO OF ROCK’S GREATEST GUITARISTS, BRIAN MAY AND EDDIE VAN HALEN, JOINED FORCES IN THE STAR FLEET PROJECT. NOW, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TG EDITOR CHRIS BIRD, BRIAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS LATE FRIEND, AND TELLS THE STORY OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC THEY MADE TOGETHER

Fender

GRETSCH G6 120

The start of roc k ’n’ roll

HOLLOWBODY GUITARS

The roots of the electric guitar

GIBSON ES-350T

Johnny B Goode’s axe of choice

GIBSON ES-335

God’s guitar

GIBSON TRINI LOPEZ ES-335

The Foo Fighters formula

EPIPHONE CASINO

John Lennon’s greatest workhorse

GIBSON ES-355

The sweetest blues voice ever

EPIPHONE SHERATON

The sound of Britpop going supernova

GRETSCH WHITE FALCON

All Cult followers need one

ESP

RICKENBACKER 360

The Beatles, bottled

GIBSON ES-150

Where it all began

DOUG IRWIN WOLF

The Grateful Dead’s unique axe

BURNS MARVIN 64

An all-British signature model

LES PAUL’S LES PAUL

Guitar genius’s genius guitar

LES PAULS & SGS

The greatest Gibsons that made history

THE GRAIL CUSTOM

A Les Paul for maximum metal

KRIS DERRIG LES PAUL COPY

A copy that revived Gibs on’s fortunes

MAGIC AKA GREENY

The Les Paul of rock royalty

JIMMY PAGE NUMBER ONE

Everyone’s number one Les Paul

’59 TOBACCO BURST

The OTHER Les Paul of rock royalty

ANGUS YOUNG’S SG STANDARD

A high-voltage rock machine

JAYDEE ‘OLD BOY’ SG

The metal god’s number one

1983 SG STANDARD

Bringer of droptuned chaos

’67 SG STANDARD

An American legend

BABY SNAKES SG

Zappa’s feedback machine

‘OLD FAITHFUL’ LES PAUL SG

Pioneering shred tone

SG CUSTOM

Taking gospel-blues to the masses

MOSRITE VENTURES II

Raw punk machine

GIBSON EDS-1275 DOUBLENECK

Not just a gimmick

DANELECTRO 3021

Jimmy Page’s secret weapon

GRETSCH JET FIREBIRD

The sound of AC/DC’s biggest riffs

FENDER JAZZMASTER

For alternative rock connoisseurs

OFFSETS & ANGLED GUITARS

The alternative choice of guitar?

FENDER JAGUAR

The definitive grunge guitar

HETFIELD'S ‘EET FUK’ ESP

Defining the sound and look of thrash

FENDER MUSTANG

Kurt’s choice for In Utero

DEAN ML

The only choice for cowboys from hell

GIBSON FIREBIRD

Gibson’s Fender beater

EVH

https://www.evhgear.com

AIRLINE RES-O-GLASS

Jack White’s garage rock machine

MANSON GUITARS

Hi-tech wizardry behind the Muse sound

GRETSCH TWANG MACHINE

Rock ’n’ roll rhythm in a box

PRS SINGLECUT

The choice for modern metal

40 YEARS OF JACKSON GUITARS

As Jackson celebrates its 40th anniversary, we chart its history from custom repair shop to the number one supplier of rock and metal guitars

JACKSON CONCORDE

Randy Rhoads’ gift to guitar design

WIZARD OF OZ…

THE MAGIC OF RANDY RHOADS’ PLAYING STYLE

Marshall

https://www.marshall.com

GIBSON J-160E

One of the first electro-acoustics

ACOUSTIC GUITARS

Not just for singers-songwriters

NATIONAL STYLE O

The acoustic guitar, louder

MARTIN D-18E

MTV Unplugged history maker

HARMONY SOVEREIGN

The guitar that wrote Zeppelin

MONTEREY STRAT

Hendrix changed the world. This guitar was there

FENDER STRATOCASTER

A true American icon

THE BLACK STRAT

Pink Floyd’s main axe

BLUE

Pop-punk’s most recognisable guitar

NUMBER ONE

The sound that everyone wants

BLACKIE

A beautiful mongrel

’61 SUNBURST STRATOCASTER

The world’s most abused guitar

Musician Union

https://www.themu.org

FENDER TELECASTER

The ultimate workhorse?

MICAWBER

Rolling Stones’ prolific riff machine

1983 FENDER TELECASTER

An unpopular guitar touched by grace

PAGE’S DRAGON

The original Zeppelin guitar

FENDER TELECASTER/ ESQUIRE HYBRID

From Born to Run to Nebraska

66 TELECASTER CUSTOM

The Iceman’s blues weapon

SENDERO LUMINOSO

The world’s greatest drop D weapon

TELE-VISION…

The origins of Leo Fender’s design

MUSIC BROS

https://musicbros.co.uk

KARL SANDOVAL FLYING V

The most memorable Flying V

IBANEZ JEM

The modern shred machine, idealised

CHARVEL SAN DIMAS STYLE 1

Hair metal’s chosen hot rod

ARM THE HOMELESS

Tom Morello rages against his equipment

WASHBURN N4

Nuno Bettencourt’s Extreme axe

EXTENDED-RANGE GUITARS

When six-strings ain’t enough

IBANEZ TAM100

For the discerning djentleman

MODERN DESIGN

The future of guitar innovation

IBANEZ UNIVERSE

The birth of extended-range metal

rotosound

the mann

THE GAS STATION

REAL WORLD REVIEWS OF THE BEST NEW GEAR

FRACTAL FM3 AMP MODELLER/FX PROCESSOR

Instantly stage-ready high-end amp and effect modelling

keithdawson music

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EPIPHONE LES PAUL STANDARD 50S

A gold standard from a golden era of inspiration?

TC ELECTRONIC PLETHORA X5

MASH to the future

BLACKSTAR LIVE LOGIC

The logical choice for er, Ableton

FM3

https://www.g66.eu

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JULIEN BAKER

Armed with just a Telecaster and a monster

RABEA MASSAAD

https://breaknucklepickups.co.uk

dv247

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