Guitar Player Magazine - November 2024

In this issue

BELEW & VAI - HOW ROBERT FRIPP BLESSED THEIR KING CRIMSON REVIVAL.

IAN ANDERSON - “This was the only time I ever played a Les Paul”.

PLAY BEATLES BETTER - Brian Ray’s five tips to boost your Fab Four game...

MADE IN THE SHADE

The Gibson Custom Shop created just 59 examples of the Jason Isbell \"Red Eye\" 1959 Les Paul Standard. We got our hands on one of them.

5 mins

MAN AT WORK

A juke joint just wasn't in the cards. So Cedric Burnside turned the old building into a studio for his hardcore blues workout, Hill Country Love.

5 mins

TIPSHEET

We asked Brian Ray for his advice on playing Beatles tunes. After all, he learned from the best.

6 mins

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS

Joe Walsh's Jazzmaster, Billy Cobham's bass line... As Bush head out on tour, Gavin Rossdale reveals the history behind a handful of their best tunes

8 mins

Pickup Artist

With its Wide Range humbuckers, the 1970s Fender Telecaster Thinline scores better than most of its contemporaries.

3 mins

Sol Salvation

The genius of Sol Hoopii is preserved in 16 timeless cuts on Master of the Hawaiian Guitar.

2 mins

DOUG GILLARD IS INDISPENSABLE

His six-string genius has proved vital to the music of Guided by Voices, Nada Surf and other indie-rock favorites. But all he really wants is to make good music.

10 mins

I'M 100 PERCENT HAPPY WITH THE WORK I'VE DONE WITH PINK FLOYD. BUT...'MY FOCUS IS DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW'

Leading a rock group and being a solo artist were \"not what I asked for,\" David Gilmour says. For Luck and Strange, he assembled a team that shared the weight of his creative efforts. The result? \"The best album I've made since The Dark Side of the Moon.\"

10+ mins

THE BEAT GOES ON

Together with Tony Levin, Adrian Belew and Steve Vai join forces for a Robert Fripp-endorsed revival of King Crimson's groundbreaking 1980s music.

10+ mins

TRANSCENDENTAL MAN

Luther Dickinson interpreted a priceless work of art in music. In the process, the blues guitarist wrote his own next chapter.

8 mins

MASTER OF HIS OWN JOURNEY

For more than 50 years, David Lindley graced albums and concert stages with his singular talent on a vast range of stringed instruments. In this Guitar Player exclusive, his musical friends — including Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder and Bonnie Raitt - pay tribute to an original.

10+ mins

CERTIFIED GREATNESS

Fingerstyle master Tommy Emmanuel combines unique musical instincts and breathtaking technique to become an acoustic tour de force.

8 mins

Dobro 101

A look at the iconic bluegrass slide box.

3 mins

EPIPHONE

Inspired by Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird V and 1959 ES-355

5 mins

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Guitar Player educates, empowers, and inspires obsessed guitarists to sound better and play better. Through its comprehensive print, online, and social-networking media—as well as community-rousing events such as Guitar Superstar—Guitar Player feeds a player’s passion for mastering tone, technique, gear, technology, composition, and live performance. Revered for its insightful artist interviews, multi-faceted music lessons, and trusted product reviews since 1967, Guitar Player has influenced generations of players— including some world-renowned guitar stars—and continues to encourage and motivate serious guitarists of all ages, styles, and skill levels.