Guitarist Magazine - October 2024

In this issue

Blueprint: ThorpyFX Electric Lightning.

Electro-Harmonix LPB-3.

Gibson Custom Shop 1965 Non-Reverse Firebird V 12-String Reissue...

Platinum Blonde

PRS has updated its Texas-voiced David Grissom signature amp with more features, lower wattage and a more approachable price tag

5 mins

Reach For The Star

Earlier this year Guild reorganised its 70s-era Polara range. We spent some time with this mid-range 2024 model: a modern pawn-shop prize or a copy too far?

4 mins

Sonic Shaper

Electro-Harmonix revisits the effect that launched the company with the LPB-3 Linear Power Booster and EQ

2 mins

the Wishlist

Dream gear to beg, borrow and steal for...

2 mins

CARLOS ALOMAR

Playing professionally since his teens, Carlos Alomar was part of the DAM Trio rhythm section that backed David Bowie from the mid-70s and now, he says, it's time to commemorate that legendary collective

10+ mins

BRITISH BLUES BOOM

With the death of John Mayall in July, we lost one of the architects of the 60s blues boom that not only transformed Britain's music scene but restored America's blues guitar pioneers to their rightful place on the world's great stages. Here we trace the story of the grass-roots movement that gave birth to rock itself

10+ mins

GOLDEN AGE GRETSCH DUO JETS

As solid-bodied models began taking the guitar world by storm in the early 50s, Gretsch joined the party with the revolutionary single-cut 6128 Duo Jet and its twangsome DeArmond 'Dynasonic' single coils

6 mins

JOE SATRIANI

As Sammy Hagar's The Best Of All Worlds Tour scales the globe, Joe Satriani joins us to explain how he set about honouring the magic of Eddie Van Halen's style, what gear he's bringing along for the ride, and how the experience has shaped his own playing

10+ mins

Acid Test

When the guitarist for acid jazz/funk band Jamiroquai gets together with top luthier Patrick James Eggle, is it Virtual Insanity or will the results Blow Your Mind?

10 mins

Top Guns

Chapman's new factory move coincides with a bit of a rethink. We track down the key players all around the world

4 mins

HIGH FLYER

Adrian Thorpe of ThorpyFX remembers the flight path - and turbulence behind Chris Buck's Electric Lightning overdrive/boost, named after a fighter jet and packing a bona fide valve

6 mins

Long termers

A few months' gigging, recording and everything that goes with it - welcome to Guitarist's longterm test report

3 mins

DIFFERENT WINDS

While there's no end to repros of all the classic pickup styles, more and more pickup makers are mixing things up to move forward - Cream T is a good example

3 mins

ELECTRIC STRINGS

Your tone starts with your strings - strike a balance between sound, tuning and durability with six of our favourites

2 mins

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