Bluegrass Meets Soul
“The music I grew up on is not the music I ended up playing. It was the same as the Kentucky bluegrass, except Kentucky made more of it, commercialised it. [My home state of] Missouri had the same music, and I did get to work with some of those guys. Tom Brumley played steel guitar and he used to date my cousin, so when his band would play at fairs and all, they’d drag me along and I’d get to hear them when I was a little bitty kid. When we lived in West Plains, we went to one concert that had some of the old Grand Ole Opry people on it, like the Carters, Rod Brasfield and Minnie Pearl.”
Silver Tones
“My uncle didn’t play guitar, but he had one and so I used to get that out and pluck it a little bit. Not really play it, but just pull the strings like a rubber band and make it vibrate. I was about seven or eight years old, I guess. Later I bought a Silvertone from Sears and Roebuck, an old country and western flat-top, and my dad said, ‘If you learn how to play that I’ll get you a good guitar.’ And he did. He bought a used electric guitar and I remember getting it and holding it. There’s a picture of me standing up and playing it. My mom took the picture and there’s a Christmas tree behind me – we’d just got it, so it was undecorated. That picture has been blown up and it’s in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.”
Origins Of The MG’s
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BASIC INSTINCTS
The sophisticated range of Swedish-designed guitars made by .strandberg* has lured thousands of players over to the headless side. But the company's new stripped-back Boden Essential model is its strongest play yet for the hearts and minds of mainstream players
Second String
As PRS's more affordable USA-made S2 line moves into its second decade, the series gets a revamp with - at last - USA-made pickups and electronics. What took so long?
PABLO VAN DE POEL
When a band from The Netherlands describes themselves as 'raw, psychedelic Southern rock', it may take a little cognitive processing to work out what that might mean. One listen to DeWolff, however, and you will be duly transported to the 60s for some fuzzed-out rock 'n' roll
THE BERNIE MARSDEN COLLECTION
With a fabulous collection of the late Bernie Marsden's guitars, amps and other highly collectable music gear going under the auctioneer's hammer on 11 June, we were thrilled to have the chance of a sneak preview
LENNY KRAVITZ
Some 35 years since the release of his debut LP, for his 12th record, Blue Electric Light, Lenny Kravitz is back again with equal doses of vigour and vibes, using vintage guitars and the purest valve amps
GEORGE VJESTICA
You may not know him at first glance, but the work of Stoke-on-Trent native George Vjestica has probably impacted some of your favourite albums and movies
DICKEY BETTS
Emerging from the shadow of Duane to write signature hit Ramblin' Man, the Allman Brothers guitarist was a hard-living pioneer of Southern rock
NICK GUPPY
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our highly valued amplifier guru, who died suddenly in April
Lucky Break
Alex Bishop blends old wood with new in an attempt to fix a severely damaged guitar headstock
Tones Behind The Tracks
Cedric Burnside learnt at the knee of his fabled grandfather, but his latest album is a hill country blues masterclass on his own terms