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IN THE FLOW
As the visionary behind Lava Music, Lu Zitian is bringing innovative smart guitars to the masses.
TIP SHEET
Eric Johnson reveals his five guidelines to improve practice, technique and music knowledge.
VOLCANO GIRLS
Brooklyn, N.Y. indie rockers Momma bring back molten-hot Big Muff fuzz on Household Name.
SIGNIFICANT OTHER
Part Firebird, part SG and a full partner to Romeo, Juliet is Eastman's first original solidbody design.
All Night Long
Hill country blues was created for the juke joints. Here's how the new generation is evolving the sound.
TAYLOR: 724ce Koa Grand Auditorium
SOME PEOPLE ARE obsessed with power; some are obsessed with fame. Taylor chief guitar designer, president and CEO Andy Powers is obsessed with koa, and that's the name of the game for the new additions to the 700 series: the 722ce Grand Concert and 724ce Grand Auditorium, the latter of which is on review here. It's a totally different take on the lovely Hawaiian hardwood from a manufacturer who is passionate about koa.
WALRUS AUDIO: Mira optical compressor
WALRUS AUDIO BROUGHT studiograde compression to guitar effects with Deep Six, a pedal inspired by Universal Audio's industry-standard rackmount 1176 FET compressor. Now the Oklahoma City-based company has introduced Mira, an analog optical compressor that offers smooth, transparent compression in a pedal that boasts studio-quality features, specs and headroom.
KEELEY ELECTRONICS - Halo Andy Timmons Dual Echo
LONGTIME ANDY TIMMONS fans surely: remember an era when the Texas guitar hero gigged with two vintage Electro-Harmonix Memory Man analog delay pedals at his feet.
FENDER: Hammertone effects pedals
FENDER'S NEW LINE of Hammertone effects pedals features nine models, all in the same grey-finished 4.375 x 2.375 x 1.375-inch aluminum enclosure, with differently colored "F" logo "witch-hat" knobs derived from Fender's semi-hollow Starcaster guitar of the mid to late '70s.
A LEGEND COMES HOME
After a 46-year search, Randy Bachman is reunited with his long-lost 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins.
MOONLIGHT SERENADE
Jack Johnson dives deep into his percussive strumming style and enchanting new album, Meet the Moonlight.
CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE COMES HOME
One of the most revered blues harp players, Musselwhite finds his way back to the guitar on Mississippi Son.
MOON SHOT
Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi reveal the guitar secrets behind I Am the Moon, their ambitious (and massive) quadruple album project.
Southern Charm
With fuzz guitars and lap steel, Rebecca and Megan Lovell cast a spell on Blood Harmony, Larkin Poe's new album of blues-infused rock and roll.
VALCO
KGB DIST distortion pedal
JACQUES
Prisoner BBD - Analog Delay
How I Wrote..."Someday, Someway"
Marshall Crenshaw reveals Gene Vincent's role in his 1982 signature hit.
The Blues Had a Baby
Elvis Presley's Sun Sessions is the sound of rockabilly's accidental birth.
ZERO THE HERO
On Shinedown's latest, Zach Myers does more with less and finds an elusive amp tone in a Kemper.
TIP SHEET
Joe Satriani shares 10 pointers to improve your practice, playing and performance.
STRANGE BREW
Bartees Strange cooks up a heady, dynamic indie-rock concoction on Farm to Table.
MAGIC ACT
With electronics inspired by a famed 1970s studio console, Terry C. McInturff's Spellcaster sounds like a Telecaster from your favorite classic rock album.
UNCOMMON THREAD
Peter Rowan's remarkable career connects bluegrass legends from Bill Monroe, Jerry Garcia and Tony Rice to Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle, both of whom join him on his new album, Calling You From My Mountain.
THE BUD POWELL OF JAZZ GUITAR
One of the most gifted and musical jazz guitarists of today, Pasquale Grasso takes inspiration not from his six-string brethren but from the genre's legendary ivory ticklers.
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING
With King Crimson on perhaps permanent hiatus, the notoriously interview-shy Robert Fripp does the unthinkable and sits down for a lengthy talk about his musical beginnings, Crimson's history and the guitars with which he's created some of prog-rock's finest moments.
GOING BIG
Josh Smith's band grows a larger horn section. The result is his big-band extravaganza Bird of Passage.
MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS
Joe Ely shares highlights from his rockabilly career and recalls his former Lubbock, Texas, neighbor: Buddy Holly.
SOME KIND OF MONSTER
Kirk Hammett set out to write background music. Instead, he created the four horror movie-themed guitar instrumentals that his debut solo effort, Portals.
LIVING ON THE EDGE
WRITTEN AND RECORDED PIECEMEAL ON DAYS OFF BETWEEN GIGS, CLOSE TO THE EDGE COALESCED INTO A PROG-ROCK MASTERPIECE. ON THE ALBUM'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY, STEVE HOWE REVEALS HOW YES CREATED THEIR GREATEST TRIUMPH.
AND THEN THERE WERE THREE
Following a 13-year hiatus, Porcupine Tree regroup with one less member and a broader musical palette. Steven Wilson explains why this is a new beginning for the progressive-rock group or maybe the end of the road.