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Alan Rogan 1951 – 2019
Whitesnake alumnus Bernie Marsden remembers a legendary guitar tech who worked with more major artists than almost any other and became an influential force in guitar in his own right
Woodstock Message To Love
By Turns Shambolic, Historic, Hallucinatory And Majestic, The Woodstock Festival Of August 1969 Marked Both The Pinnacle Of A Revolution In Music – And The Beginning Of Its Fall. It Also Gave Us Some Of The Greatest Moments Of Wild, Unfiltered Guitar Genius The World Has Ever Witnessed. Join Us As We Celebrate Its 50Th Anniversary And Uncover The Six-String Stories Behind The Festival’S Greatest Performances, From Hendrix To Ten Years After…
Pure Custom
Veteran Guitar Maker Chris George Is The Epitome Of The Solo Luthier, Crafting Both Electric And Acoustic Models To Your Taste. We Check Out His Latest Vision…
Seth Baccus Guitars
Last Issue, We Reviewed One Of Seth’S Nautilus Guitars And Were So Impressed We Decided It Was High Time We Headed Off To Cornwall To Meet The Man Himself…
The Other Guys
If You Can’T See Past The Teles And Strats In The Fender Catalogue, Check Out The Latest In The Offset Bloodline, With Their Vintage Looks And Modern Playability
Super Natural
Boutique Feel And Features At A Midmarket Price? We Find Out If Auden’S Poised And Polished Guitars Are Giant Slayers In The ‘Serious Acoustic’ Stakes
Special Relationship
Vox Adds A Limited-Edition Ac15 Featuring A Us Warehouse Loudspeaker To Its Roster. A Different Flavoured Classic? We Find Out…
Lloyd Cole
If Elvis Had Taken A Philosophy Degree, He Might Have Emerged Making Music Like Lloyd Cole’S. Underpinned By The Brash Voice Of His Telecaster, Cole Had A String Of Hits With The Commotions In The 80S And His Thoughtful Journey Into Songcraft Has Only Deepened Since Then. We Join Him To Talk About His New Album, Old Guitars And Lost Weekends
Dave Hill
Dave Hill Shot To Fame In The 70S With National Glam-Rock Treasures Slade As They Exploded In The Uk Charts With No Less Than 13 Top 10 Singles. He Acquired His First Guitar In 1959 At Age 13, And This Year Marks The 60Th Anniversary Of Dave Hill The Guitarist – A Man Who, While Touring With Slade To This Day, Is Still Very Much Feeling The Noize. We Caught Up With Dave On Home Turf In His Native Black Country To Reflect Upon The Glam, The Glitz And The Guitarz…
Good Enough For Jazz
With The Jazzmaster’S Underdog Image Rapidly Fading Into The Past, Guitarist Takes A Step Back In Time With Fender Historian Terry Foster, And Catches Up With Mike Long, Proprietor Of Vintage Specialists Atb Guitars In Cheltenham, To Touch On Its Future…
50 Years After
At 8.15Pm On Sunday 17 August 1969, Ten Years After Took To The Stage At Woodstock To Perform A Set That Would Change The Band’S Fortunes Forever And Propel Alvin Lee On To Guitar Superstardom. This Is The Story Of That Night And Of ‘Big Red’, The Iconic Es-335 That Alvin Bought In A Nottingham Music Shop For A Mere £45 (With Case)…
Call Of The Wild
Receiving rave reviews in the USA, Teye guitars are now becoming available in the UK. We listen to the howls of the Super Coyote.
Special Delivery
These very different takes on Gibson’s strippeddown Junior and Special ‘student’ guitars are still valid some 60 years after they were introduced
The Twang! Guitar Story
Steely Dan guitarist and session legend Elliot Randall fills in the gaps and brings us up to date in the concluding part of his epic saga that is his life in guitars
Julian Lage
The US jazz man on early heroes, leaps of faith and why his genre isn’t as elitist as you think…
Muscle Man
The second signature guitar from Knaggs aims to hit the pro-spec workingman’s single-cut spot
Crowd Pleasers
Conceived by YouTube star Rob Chapman with input from his online community, the new 2017 range boasts impressive modern spec at tidy prices
Neptune Rising
Supro goes big on size, 60s styling and vintage sounds with its latest combo release
Hone Your Tone - Feel The Blues
Getting nuanced, expressive blues tone is surprisingly difficult – here’s five ways to improve yours
Buyer's Guide - Gretsch White Falcon
Dan Orkin of Reverb.com gets out his binoculars for a bit of twitching, explaining what to look out for when seeking this spectacular bird of prey
Classic Gear - Gretsch White Falcon
Gretsch spared no expense with the launch of their flagship guitar…
Purrer
A stompbox that offers twin channels of boost and drive to make your amp purr like a contented cat
Neville's Advocate
Nev Marten reminisces about his early days of buying gear, joining bands and learning the ropes…
Session Diary - Styling & Profiling
With no time for the January Blues Adam Goldsmith got nerdy in the studio with his Kemper profiling amp
Maximum Overdrive
From volcanic lead tones to organic, expressive crunch, every guitarist needs a touch of overdrive from time to time. But how do you make sure your drive tone is warm as honey and twice as sweet – not tizzy as a bee imprisoned in a tin? We consulted three acknowledged experts on the subject of great overdriven tone to hear their seasoned advice on dishing the dirt…
Lifting The Veil
A dark-sounding Les Paul Standard has Mod squad chief Dave Burrluck considering some cost-effective tone changing choices
We'll All Be Kit Building
Is it really so simple to build your own axe? Mod Squad chief, Dave Burrluck, guides us through the pros and pitfalls of Guitar Construction 101
Shergold Masquerader SM-04 With Dave Burrluck
Shergold Masquerader SM-04 With Dave Burrluck
Atlantic Storm
A semi-solid, 24-fret bolt-on using woods you’ve never heard of? Welcome to PRS’s ‘Reclaimed Limited’ CE 24
The Wishlist Dream Guitars To Beg, Borrow And Steal For…
Gibson custom Mark knopfler 1958 les paul £9,399