Pocket Rocket

The Helix family expands with its smallest member yet – a true stompbox that will easily fit on your pedalboard

Dave Davies

The Kinks guitarist recommends keeping your bandmates close and your audience happy…

Raising The Tone Green And Pleasant Brand

Jamie Dickson explores the magic of celestion’s fabled Greenback speakers – and helps find the best fit for your rig

Family Matters

After four decades of guitar making, Godin still seems like a ‘new’ brand. Why is that and who exactly is Robert Godin? We catch up with the enigma in Québec

Taste Of The Xotic

The quality pedal manufacturer from Van Nuys, California dives into the electric guitar market, taking inspiration from down the road in Fullerton

Royal Jelly

Honey-smooth Overdrive and stinging fuzz blended in a single pedal

Pickup Artist

We catch up with Fender’s pickup guru Tim Shaw in his Nashville lair to learn more about the process behind the American Performers

Atkin Guitars

This month, we head to Canterbury and the workshops of one of the UK’s fastest growing acoustic guitar builders…

Longtermers

A few months’ gigging, recording and everything that goes with it – welcome to Guitarist ’s longterm test report

Box Of Tricks

Supros Black Magick gets a spring-loaded upgrade. We check the shimmer

Session Diary Life In The Slow Lane

Having had a break (and not in a good way) Adam Goldsmith decides to take it down a notch.

Kee Marcello

Its the final countdown for the ex-Europe guitar man as he answers the 10 questions we ask everyone.

Rich Robinson

The Magpie Salutes main man on keeping it real on stage and remembering your reading glasses

Silvertone 1423

Those who dont believe an instruments component and build quality have any impact on the sounds will often say: its all in yer fingers. But, if that was the case, we wouldnt need to spend vast sums of cash on our gear, would we?

Grand Canyon

EHX’s latest goes deep to offer a comprehensive multi-function delay.

Crystal Gazing

A reader wants to know whether it’s worth modding his Strat. Now, there’s a question…

Semi-Precious (Part 2)

Cleaned up and checked over, our already modded 80s ibanez as-50 is playing well – so it’s time to delve deeper and consider the electrics. Dave Burrluck has some words of caution…

Session Diary - Better The DI You Know

When it comes to relying on a hired backline, Adam Goldsmtith learns a few lessons the hard way…

George Benson

While the jazz legend’s latest album may’ve felt like a departure from his famed style, we discover how rock ’n’ roll is deeply rooted in his legacy – and that it’s really all about the audience

Dark Sun

Delay and reverb ambience designed with Periphery’s Mark Holcomb

Anna Calvi

As she prepares for the release of her third studio album Hunter, we tracked down the Tele-wielding, creative firebrand to Fender’s Artist Showroom in London

A Slice Of 70s Chic?

Guild’s second wave of electric solidbodies were little more than cynical copies of Gibson’s SG. Yet how do the originals compare with Guild 2018? Dave Burrluck investigates…

Ampli-Firebox

A range of amp sims that fit in your hand luggage? Here’s a complete rig in a standard stompbox

Longtermers

A few months’ gigging, recording and everything that goes with it – welcome to Guitarist’s longterm test reports

Doing The Splits Pt. I

Know your coil-splits from your coil-taps? No? Dave burrluck investigates the whys and wherefores of getting single-coil tone from your humbuckers

Orchestral Manoeuvres

One of Martins most versatile models gets the Reimagined treatment, and comes out of it rather nicely.

Doing The Splits - Part 2

In last issues Mod squad we looked at the basics of coil splitting here Dave Burrluck investigates some different concepts.

Embracing The Future

As Taylor advances with its V-Class bracing, we talk to designer Andy Powers about what he sees as a work in progress.

The Stuff Of Legends

To add to the pressure of starting a guitar company in a country with little domestic market and the necessity to import all woods, B&G also wanted to create a classic

Psycho Builders

How crazy expectations led to the development of Mansons offshoot hardware line, Psychopaf Pickups.