Cort Sunset Nylectric DLX

EVERY GUITAR PLAYER should have at least one nylon-string guitar in their collection.

MY PEDALBOARD KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD

WHAT THE MODERN BLUES-ROCK ICON SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

Hamstead Redwing Analogue Stereo Modulator

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN modulation effects are often a simple matter of different delay ranges (for example, delay times for flanging effects typically range from 1 to 15ms, while chorus typically uses a 15 to 50ms delay), delay versus filtering (a split signal is delayed for flanging or filtered for phasing), or what is actually modulated (a phaser modulates phase while vibrato modulates pitch).

IBANEZ ICEMAN

1975-82, 1992-PRESENT CATEGORY: SOLIDBODY ELECTRIC GUITAR

Black to the Future

The death of AC/DC frontman Bon Scott in February 1980 looked like it might've also dealt a fatal blow to the band. But then they got a new singer and made a career-rejuvenating record that became the biggest-selling rock album of all time — Back in Black

A FABULOUS DISASTER

Exodus and Slayer mainstay Gary Holt reveals what compelled him to finally roll up his sleeves and unflinchingly tell his life story

Ricky Warwick

HOW OLD FRIENDS (AND GUITARS) HELPED TURN THE THIN LIZZY SINGER'S NEW SOLO RECORD INTO A SONIC TOUR-DE-FORCE

RIFFER MADNESS

How Deafheaven brought back the heavy on Lonely People with Power

BRIAN RAY

From playing the “Monster Mash” with Bobby Pickett at17 to touring the world with Paul McCartney, Brian Ray has had a career like no other

SOUND CHECK

FOR MANY GUITARISTS, the Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ ranks at the top of their Holy Grail, bucket list, unobtanium amps.

On-Stage Travel Guitar Amplifier

BEFORE YOU RIP my head off for reviewing the most basic of portable guitar amps — the On-Stage Travel Guitar Amplifier — allow me to point out that there’s more to this one than meets the eye.

Winona Fighter

ON THE NASHVILLE BAND'S DEBUT ALBUM, GUITARISTS COCO KINNON AND DAN FUSON SPECIALIZE IN GRUNGY POP HOOKS AND BRASH LEADS

Robin Nolan

HOW A GYPSY JAZZ BUSKER BECAME A FRIEND, INTERPRETER AND COLLABORATOR OF GEORGE HARRISON

Fender Standard Series Stratocaster

AT THIS POINT, Fender's core instruments have become the equivalent of classic novels like Moby-Dick and On the Road, which are refreshed nearly every other year for new audiences to digest.

LIEBER GUITARS

The story of Tom Lieber, the aspiring guitar builder who wouldn't take no for an answer and ended up making prized instruments for the Grateful Dead

PERMANENT WAVZ

Envy of None guitarist Alex Lifeson brings his prodigious chops back to the forefront on the band's sophomore release, Stygian Wavz. Plus, a new Rush box set, hangin' with Geddy Lee, Lerxst gear and more

Weapons of Mass Destruction

HOW ALIEN WEAPONRY CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OF MIXING THEIR MĀORI BACKGROUND WITH HARD-HITTING RIFFS

Dutch Interior

ON THEIR THIRD ALBUM, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-BASED INDIE ROCKERS REFINE THEIR SOUND WHILE HONORING THE MUSICAL BOND THAT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER

Funkwrench Blues

THIS SAN FRAN BASS PLAYER HAS A KNACK FOR GETTING TOP-SHELF GUITARISTS – INCLUDING VERNON REID, OZ NOY, GRANT GREEN JR. AND JAZZER MIKE STERN – TO PLAY ON HIS NONSTROP STREAM OF SPOTIFY MASTERPIECES

Dark Chapel

DARIO LORIA — WHO HAS SPLIT BLACK LABEL SOCIETY'S GUITAR DUTIES WITH ZAKK WYLDE SINCE 2014 — DELIVERS SOME SERIOUS FUEL-INJECTED MOTO-METAL FURY ON SPIRIT IN THE GLASS

LOST CLASSICS: Sonic Youth

NYC NOISE-ROCK PIONEER THURSTON MOORE RECALLS THE MAKING OF 1987’S SISTER AND HIS LATEST ALBUM, 2024’S FLOW CRITICAL LUCIDITY

Divine Intervention

SIX-STRING-SAVANT JASON RICHARDSON ON THE NEW ALL THAT REMAINS ALBUM, DUAL GUITAR SOLOS, USING MUSIC THEORY AND IMPROVISATION (HIS ALLEGED ACHILLE'S HEEL)

5 FIVE QUESTIONS CAMILLA SPERATI

THE ON-THE-RISE ROMAN GUITARIST IS HELPING TO PUT FUSION BACK ON THE MAP

The Frst

SINGER-GUITARIST MIKEI GRAY HAS A SECRET WEAPON — A GUITAR MADE OUT OF AN OLD BUICK HUBCAP, OF COURSE

JIM BABJAK

The Smithereens guitarist talks “A Girl Like You,” New Jersey lore, touring with Tom Petty and his guitar tone's impact on Nirvana

THIRD MAN HARDWARE

With a line of products that range from the Triple Threat, a three-in-one distortion/phaser/echo pedal that you can probably afford after mowing a few lawns, to the Fender Jack White Pano Verb amp, Third Man Hardware aims to inspire guitar players of all skill levels

LOST CLASSICS: Dead Kennedys

EAST BAY RAY TAKES US INSIDE THE MAKING OF THE SAN FRAN PUNKS' CLASSIC 1980 ALBUM, FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTING VEGETABLES

GA-2.0

GA-20 — everyone's favorite bass-guitar-free Boston-based blues trio debut a new guitarist and drummer on their latest EP, Volume 2

The Fleshtones

KEITH STRENG'S RHYTHMIC GARAGE RIFFS KEEP THE PUNK-ERA LEGENDS VITAL AFTER FIVE NON-STOP DECADES

Bonnie Trash

MEET THE CANADIAN QUARTET TWISTING POST-ROCK WITH GOTHIC NOISE AND AVANT-GARDE SURREALISM