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SOURCE AUDIO: Zio analog front-end + boost

SOURCE AUDIO IS best known for its forward-thinking digital effects pedals, like the C4 synthesizer and Ultrawave distortion, as well as the Nemesis delay and Ventris reverb. But a few years ago, the company began working with Christopher Venter of Shoe Pedals to combine the "under the hood" tweakability of its Neuro editing system with more traditional sounds.

Wham Bam Thank You, Ma'am!

“We had two weeks to make an album!” Engineer and producer Ken Scott recalls David Bowie’s ascent from one-hit boy wonder to the nazz of glam and the album that made it all happen: the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars.

Larry McCray – Better Days

A promising blues guitarist in the early 1990s, Larry McCray spent the past 20 years in the wilderness. Thanks to a restart and a new album, Blues Without You, his future looks brighter than ever.

Artful Selection

With the Telstar, Gene Baker’s b3 Guitars delivers the best of the Big F’s top two timeless models.

Ry Cooder – Back on Board

Ry Cooder reunites with Taj Mahal for an album that returns to both men’s roots: Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

Aero Instrument

dBuz Cable and dBuzX Extender

TOP GUN

With fans that ranged from Pete Townshend to Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen, Leslie West inspired players across the genres with his singular playing style and a searing lead guitar tone that could belong to no other.

SHRED WHITE & BLUE JACK WHITE

HAS PUT HIS SIGNATURE STYLE ON GEAR — FROM ITS SOUND TO ITS LOOK. AS HE DROPS HIS LATEST ALBUM, FEAR OF THE DAWN, HE GIVES GUITAR PLAYER AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE GUITARS, PEDALS AND PASSION BEHIND HIS BLUE PERIOD.

MIAMI VICE

Nile Rodgers riffs on his famed Hitmaker Stratocaster as Fender releases a limited-edition replica.

SQUIER

40th Anniversary Telecaster, Gold Edition

MY CAREER IN FIVE SONGS

As The Police — Greatest Hits returns in a deluxe edition, Andy Summers reflects on five classic tracks from the band's timeless catalog.

LINE 6

DL4 MkII Delay Modeler Pedal

LAVA ME 3

SMART GUITARS

How I Wrote... "Fantasy"

Aldo Nova reveals how some free studio time led to his breakthrough 1982 hit.

ELECTRIC WARRIORS

Following a seven-year absence, Def Leppard return with the glam-inspired Diamond Star Halos. Phil Collen explains how they got it on like the old days.

CRAZY TUBE CIRCUITS (Phi) Golden Ratio

EFFECTS PEDALS

AUSTIN POWER

From chunk to chicha, Beto Martinez is the new king of Latin rock guitar.

AMERICANA REDUX

In our second installment, Ry Cooder reveals the source of his authentic guitar tones on his new album with Taj Mahal, Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

A Good Year For The Rosewood

As Fender releases the George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster, we retrace the fascinating story of this iconic model with Fender historian Martin Kelly and a gorgeous 1969 original from its first, all-too-brief run.

Lone Star State of Mind

Spoon's Britt Daniel reveals how ZZ Top and their native Austin, Texas inspired the group's 10th long-player, Lucifer on the Sofa.

American Beauty

Armed with a vintage Martin, jamjazz cat Scott Metzger steps out with Too Close to Reason, an intimate solo debut that highlights the acoustic's unique charms.

Necks & Religion

Between a pair of shoulder surgeries, Steve Vai delivers Inviolate. An album of artistic purity, armed with a gretsch and the Triple-necked Hydra.

SMOOTH & SOULFUL

An in-depth look at the subtle artistic and technical elements behind Bonnie Raitt’s celebrated and highly emotive slide playing.

SOUL LOVE

HOW RICK TEDESCO FOUND AND LOST HIS DREAM GUITAR: MICK RONSON’S Z IGGY STARDUST–ERA 1968 GIBSON LES PAUL CUSTOM.

STARMAN

IN 1970, MICK RONSON CHANGED THE CAREER OF DAVID BOWIE AND WENT ON TO WORK WITH LOU REED, BOB DYLAN, JOHN MELLENCAMP, MORRISSEY AND MORE. WE CHART THE RISE AND FALL OF GLAM-ROCK’S GREATEST GUITARIST.

HARBINGER MLS1000 Portable

Line Array PA System

GIBSON

Generation Collection

PRS

S2 Custom 24-08

RIVOLTA

Regata VII

THE MAD AXE OF KING GEORGE

Finding Fretless author Paul Brett reveals how his relentless sleuthing uncovered the mysterious history of a most unusual Beatles guitar: George Harrison’s “mad” Bartell fretless.