Guitar World - September 2023

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PRACTICE AMP ROUNDUP
Ten practice amps that’ll actually inspire you to practice.

JAKE KISZKA
On Starcatcher, the Greta Van Fleet guitarist cranks up the volume and taps into his country blues influences.

VITO BRATTA
We go solo by solo with the reclusive White Lion great..

Giants Under the Sun

LIFELONG YES GUITARIST STEVE HOWE WEIGHS IN ON THE BAND'S NEW ALBUM AND HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE 1973'S TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS

4 mins

INQUIRER KAT DYSON

CATCHING UP WITH THE PRINCE AND CYNDI LAUPER VETERAN

2 mins

Marcin

MEET AN ACOUSTIC MASTER WHO PROBABLY BURNS ABOUT 1,500 CALORIES WITH EACH PERFORMANCE OF BACH'S TOCCATA

2 mins

Adrian Vandenberg

SUFFERING FROM RIFF-WRITER'S BLOCK? TAKE A PAGE FROM THE FORMER WHITESNAKE GUITARIST'S BOOK AND HOP ON A BIKE

2 mins

Dusting Off Angel

ANGEL GUITARIST PUNKY MEADOWS TALKS GEAR, NEW MUSIC AND THE GLAM TITANS' SURPRISE SECOND ACT

5 mins

MY PEDALBOARD: JOHN NOTTO

WHAT DIRTY HONEY’S MARSHALL-DIMING SIX-STRINGER SEES WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN

1 min

Teke::Teke

FINALLY, A BAND THAT BLENDS CLASSIC JAPANESE BALLADRY, SURF ROCK AND PSYCHEDELIA

2 mins

5 FIVE QUESTIONS JAKUB ŻYTECKI

NEW INSPIRATIONS, TWO-MINUTE SOLOS AND WHY RIGHT NOW IS A PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TIME FOR THE GUITAR

2 mins

STRETCHING THE TRUTH

ON TRUTH KILLER, SEVENDUST'S MENACING (AND GUITAR-PACKED) NEW ALBUM, CLINT LOWERY AND JOHN CONNOLLY PONDER THE MUSICAL QUESTION, \"HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?\"

8 mins

21st Century Schizoid Men

How did a Swedish death metal band end up releasing one of the greatest progressive rock masterpieces of the modern age? Opeth's MIKAEL ÅKERFÉLUT looks back on 20 years of Damnation

9 mins

WARREN PEACE

WARREN HAYNES and GOV’T MULE return with Peace…Like a River, a sublime example of longform rock ’n’ soul that draws inspiration from John Lennon, the Doors and the multipart masterpieces of Kansas and Queen

9 mins

ROLLIN' AND TUMBLIN'

On STARCATCHER, GRETA VAN FLEET'S NEW BACK-TO-BASICS ALBUM, GUITARIST JAKE KISZKA HEADS FOR THE HILLS, CRANKS UP THE VOLUME AND TAPS INTO HIS COUNTRY BLUES INFLUENCES BY

10+ mins

BEHIND THE SOLOS: VITO BRATTA

The reclusive guitarist discusses his classic WHITE LION solos, a poignant conversation with EDDIE VAN HALEN and how he wound up using JIMI HENDRIX'S Strat 50

10+ mins

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

SOPHIE LLOYD DISCUSSES THE JOYS AND THE VERY PUBLIC PITFALLS OF HER WILD TRAJECTORY FROM POPULAR ONLINE CREATOR TO MACHINE GUN KELLY'S ARENA-ROCKING SECRET WEAPON

10+ mins

MOMENTS OF TRUTH

SOPHIE LLOYD BREAKS DOWN HER MAIN RIFFS AND SOLO IN \"DO OR DIE\" AND OFFERS SOME USEFUL PLAYING AND PRACTICING TIPS

7 mins

Wet and Wild

BOSS SDE-3000EVH DUAL DIGITAL DELAY

4 mins

Bare Essence - FURCH VIOLET D-SM

LITERALLY DOZENS OF great acoustic guitars are available these days if you have around $1,000 to spend. While newer companies that specialize in entry level models offer some good choices, I often recommend considering a guitar built by a company with a decent history that also offers a selection of instruments extending well into higher price ranges due to experience and “trickle down” quality factors.

1 min

And It Was All Yellow

JACKSON GUITARS X SERIES DINKY DK3XR HSS

3 mins

Buzz Bin Apogee Jam X

AUDIO INTERFACES COME in all shapes and sizes, but when it comes to being lightweight and mobile and having a clean design — combined with boasting the utmost in studio-quality fidelity — it’s hard to beat Apogee’s notable Jam audio interfaces.

2 mins

Polymorph

FISHMAN FLUENCE TIM HENSON SIGNATURE SERIES AND SCOTT LEPAGE CUSTOM SERIES

3 mins

IN DEEP

QUADRAPHONIC - How to weave four-part guitar harmonies

2 mins

TALES FROM NERDVILLE

TOOLS OF THE TRADE, PART 5 - The 1959 Blonde Gibson ES-345

2 mins

MELODIC MUSE

STORY TELLING - Describing a chord progression in a solo

2 mins

LIVE FROM FLAT V

DIMINISHED RETURNS, PART 2  - More on using diminished shapes in a blues solo

2 mins

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