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“Music Was Mine to Experience.”
For all its ghastliness and heartbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic has been good to Keb’ Mo’. When the virus hit the US, it forced the cancelation of a string of his concerts. “I was getting a little burned out on touring,” he confesses.
NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI
Armed with a Rickenbacker and a Fender Twin, Peter Buck helped R.E.M. put alternative rock on the map. Producer Mitch Easter reveals the genius behind the jangle pop.
THESE THINGS TAKE TIME
Rejecting traditional rock guitar stylings, Johnny Marr created a new ethos that defined alternative rock and placed it at the forefront of the U.K.’s 1980s music scene.
EARTHQUAKER DEVICES
Hizumitas Fuzz Sustainer
Alternative Notion
"AVA puts an elegant spin on carbon-fiber luthiery with its One First Edition electric guitars."
John Frusciante
He saved the red hot chili peppers. But first he had to save himself.
Fire Down Below
"Armed with just his phone and extensive network of musical cohorts, Tom Morello takes the electric guitar into uncharted territory on The Atlas Underground Fire."
Time Is on Her Side
Stripping away the heavy rock guitars of her previous albums, Courtney Barnett makes a fresh start with Things Take Time, Take Time.
Leo Rising
After 50 years, Leo Nocentelli’s long-lost solo debut reveals a softer side to the hard-nosed electric funk legend.
Twice As Nice
FENDER DUAL MARINE LAYER REVERB AND DUEL PUGILIST DISTORTION
Separated at Birth
DID YOU KNOW KIRK HAMMETT’S FAMOUS AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT 1959 GIBSON LES PAUL, GREENY, HAS A SIBLING? AND THAT IT’S OWNED BY HIS FRIEND, GIBSON BRAND PRESIDENT CESAR GUEIKIAN? NEITHER DID THEY! UNTIL VERY RECENTLY...
Rockabilly Renaissance Man
CANADIAN GUITARIST PAUL PIGAT GETS BACK TO BASICS ON COUSIN HARLEY’S LET’S GO!
The ROYAL TREATMENT
SIX-STRING HEAVYWEIGHT ERIC GALES DISCUSSES HIS TRIUMPHANT NEW ALBUM, CROWN, AND HIS JOURNEY TO ULTIMATE BLUES SALVATION
Romance Play - EASTMAN ROMEO LA
IF YOU’RE IN the market for a thin-line semi-hollow electric, there’s never been a better time to shop than the present. Whereas only a few years ago the selection was pretty much limited to large, double-cutaway 335-style models with a pair of humbucking pickups, today one can find semi-hollow guitars in a variety of body sizes and styles with a wider variety of pickup and electronic configurations.
KINGPIN of the BLUES
JOE BONAMASSA RETURNS WITH TIME CLOCKS, HIS STRONGEST AND MOST DIVERSE ALBUM TO DATE — AND ALSO DISCUSSES HIS NEWFOUND ROLE AS 2021’S FOREMOST BLUES/ROCK IMPRESARIO
WINNING LAP
Having mastered Guitar Hero, Yasmin Williams turned her attention to the real deal and became a lap-tapping superhero in her own right for a new generation of players.
Joanne Shaw Taylor
"With Joe Bonamassa at the helm, the heralded british guitarist tackles 11 awesomely obscure blues gems by Little Milton, Magic Sam, Albert King and more"
2021 a Few of Our Favorite Things
Like the headline says, here’s a solid sampling of new gear that struck our fancy over the past 12 months
SHOUT IT OUT
LOUD It took four albums for Kiss to rise from Rust Belt cult act to national rock stars. Now the pressure was on for a follow-up. They responded with Destroyer, the 1976 album that turned the New York City glam-rockers into Gods of Thunder.
RUST BELT Troubadour
After making his mark with Gregg Allman and members of the Band’s camp, Scott Sharrard now takes his place in Little Feat while dropping a solo album infused with his Midwest roots.
2021 News of the (Guitar) World
Lean back, crack open that broadsheet and get ready for the splashiest guitar-centric news stories of 2021!
David Bowie's Extensive Music Catalog Is Sold to Warner
The extensive music catalog of David Bowie, stretching from the late 1960s to just before his death in 2016, has been sold to Warner Chappell Music.
Lake Effect
The late Pat Martino took a stirring voyage on fusion's treacherous waters.
MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS
With thousands of sessions to his name, Lee Ritenour picks five solo tracks that define his multi-genre career.
LONE STAR Mojo
Sue Foley brings swagger, sweetness and bite to the bold and unfiltered Pinky's Blues.
RETRO-MODERN MARVEL
Mike Baranik’s “Arabella” B-1 brings 1960s-inspired guitar design to the boutique market.
Switched-On Box
With its range of tones and innovative features, the Teisco Spectrum 5 will push your buttons.
THE SPACEMAN'S RETURN VOYAGE
Back on the road, Ace Frehley is still struttin' and smokin'.
How I Wrote... "I Love Rock 'N' Roll"
The late Alan Merrill recalled how his flop became Joan Jett's runaway hit.
Acoustic Blues Musings, Pt.4
Slide song suggestions with insights from Ben Harper and Roy Rogers.