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Knaggs Guitars
Doug Rappoport Signature
Charly Bliss On Being True To Your 'School'
Charly Bliss On Being True To Your 'School'
1942 Gibson J-45
IT’S 1942, AND AS THE United States is entering World War II, the Gibson guitar company just releases what would become its most popular acoustic model of all time.
Jennifer Batten
JENNIFER BATTEN FASCInated me when I saw her playing with Michael Jackson in the ’80s and ’90s. At that time, you could count on one hand the number of female guitarists who played at that level, and who had achieved that kind of notoriety.
Amptweaker
O12J65 12" Speaker
Lone Eagle
Timothy B. Schmit Flies Home to His Roots on Leap of Faith.
Urgency & Expansion
World-beating Nylon Stringer Lawson Rollins on 3 Minutes to Midnight and Scoring the Golden Soundtrack.
Blues, Bones & Beck
Carmen Vandenberg Gets the Jeff Beck Seal of Approval
The Heart Of The Matter
Berta Rojas Pays Tribute to the Joyous Beauty of the Music of Brazil
JD Simo
On the Joys of Fuzz and Recording Direct
Melodic Mojo
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Traverses the Pop Side of the Blues
Yamaha Pacifica 611VFMX Limited Edition
AS THE LATEST ADDITION TO YAMA ha’s long running Pacifica line, the 611VFMX has a lot to offer players who want the performance advantages of a hot-rodded S-type guitar.
Epiphone
Limited Edition Johnny A Custom Outfit
Jason Isbell
My Musical Life in Five Riffs
True Friends
Scott Sharrard on Recording Gregg Allman’s Farewell Album, Southern Blood
Earthquaker Devices Data Corrupter Modulated Monophonic Harmonizing PLL
AS GUITARISTS WHO LOVE TO EXPERIMENT with bizarre sounds, how could we pass up anything called a “modulated monophonic harmonizing PLL?” The phrase itself almost makes no sense, unless you’re one of the science nerds on The Big Bang Theory. But it portends secret labs and clandestine government agencies messing with the fabric of time and space, so count us in.
Little Steven's Big Sound
Steven Van Zandt on the “five Crafts” of Rock and Roll
Gurus Brivido
Gurus Brivido
Ceriatone 2202
Ceriatone 2202
Preparing A Stylistic Stew
Jon Stickley on Eclectic Flat-top
Universal Audio
Apollo Twin MkII Quad
John 5 On Shredding, Diversity, And Keeping Audiences Engaged
“THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT—THAT’S what we do,” says John 5, who just released the new John 5 and the Creatures album, It’s Alive (his first to be offered on vinyl).
Joey Tafolla On Channeling Legends In The Graham Bonnet Band
FOR FORMER SHRAPNEL RECORDS alum Joey Tafolla—his releases on the label include 1987’s Out of the Sun and 1997’s Infra- Blue—it’s hard to think of a sweeter gig than playing with Alcatrazz, Rainbow, and Michael Schenker Group vocalist Graham Bonnet.
Remembering Terry Kath
THERE WEREN’T MANY GUITARISTS who made Jimi Hendrix sweat, but in 1968, he saw one who got under his skin. It was at the Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles, where Hendrix caught a set by the then-unknown group, Chicago Transit Authority. Impressed by their performance, he made his way backstage, and raved, “You guys are mother**kers. The horns are like one set of lungs, and your guitar player is better than me.”
My Signal Paths For “Lock & Loaded” featuring Gary Hoey
AS THE SON OF A WORLD WAR II VETeran, I have a fondness for those who serve their country, and that soldier’s sense of duty is what inspired my recent album, Band of Brothers [Cleopatra].
The Shape Of Things
IN THE EARLY 2000s, ON an evening stroll in Cordoba, Spain, I walked past the small shop of my friend Manuel Reyes, who builds flamenco guitars.
Joan Armatrading
JOAN ARMATRADING IS one of the greatest songwriters alive, and because her songs have had such an impact, many have overlooked her guitar playing. But Joan has been playing rhythm and lead—and on both electric and acoustic guitars— on all of her albums since the beginning of her career. What really knocked me out from our interview, though, was her self assuredness and her singular vision as a writer, player, and arranger. The mark of a master is how easy they make it all seem to the rest of us.
3 Shred Strategies For The Studio
THERE ARE NO UNBREAKABLE RULES in music, but if I dared propose a couple, it would be that shred tracks must be [a] savage, [b] clear and articulate, and [c] seductive in their surprise and ear-stickiness.
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTSBig five-knob control interfaceBBD analog delay soundBonus Chorus-Vibrato effectHard-wired AC power cordWet and dry outputs
Solo on the Side
Super Session Guitarist Rafael Moreira Goes His Own Way—temporarily— With Magnetico’s Death Race